Additional Flashcards
Types of tools in Illustrator
Tools in Illustrator are divided into six categories. Select any of these categories to learn about the tools within them.
•Draw tools
• Select tools
•Navigate tools
•Hello Paint tools
•Text tools
•Modify tools
lets you select an object or a group of objects to move and resize.
Selection tool [V]
lets you select anchor points and path segments to reshape objects.
Direct Selection tool [A]
lets you select objects that share an attribute, like color or opacity.
Magic Wand tool [Y]
Lets you drag to draw a shape around the elements that you want to select.
Lasso tool [Q]
lets you draw connected lines and curves with precision using anchor points and direction handles.
Pen tool[P]
lets you add anchor points on paths.
Add Anchor Point tool[+]
lets you remove anchor points from paths.
Delete Anchor Point tool[-]
lets you convert from corner points to smooth anchor points, and adjust the direction handles if smooth
Anchor Point tool[Shift+C]
lets you draw and edit connected lines and curves easily using anchor points.
Curvature tool[Shift+~]
lets you enter text at a point or in an area.
Type tool[T]
lets you use the boundaries of objects to enter and control the flow of text.
Area Type tool
lets you enter text along the shape of a path.
Type on a Path tool
lets you enter text vertically at a point.
Vertical Type tool
lets you use the boundaries of objects to enter and control the flow of vertical text
Vertical Area Type tool
lets you enter vertical text along the shape of a path.
Vertical Type On A Path tool
lets you move, scale, and rotate individual characters in a word.
Touch Type tool[Shift+T]
lets you draw line segments.
Line Segment tool[]
lets you draw arcs.
Arc tool
Lets you draw spirals and rotate them to adjust the size.
Spiral tool
Lets you add rectangular grids.
Rectangular Grid tool
Lets you add grids containing concentric circles and radial divisions.
Polar Grind Tool
lets you draw rectangles and squares.
Rectangle tool [M]
Lets you draw rectangles with rounded
corners.
Create square and reactangles with rounded corners.
Rounded Rectangle tool
Creates ovals and circles
Ellipse tool
Lets you draw polygons of up to 1000 sides.
Create multisided shapes.
Polygon tool
Lets you draw stars of up to 1000
arms.
Create and rotate pointed shpes.
Star tool
Create and modify flares. lets you add flare objects that have a bright center, a halo, rays, and rings.
Flare tool
lets you apply brush strokes freehand.
Paintbrush tool[B]
lets you draw filled shapes freehand.
Blob Brush tool[Shift+B]
lets you sketch rough freehand shapes and converts them into crisp vector shapes.
Shaper tool[Shift+N]
lets you draw freehand paths like drawing with a pencil.
Pencil tool[N]
lets you draw freehand paths like drawing with a pencil.
Pencil tool[N]
Lets you draw over an existing path to smooth it.
Smooth tool
Lets you join two paths to create a single path.
Join paths where they intersect and trim excess from overlapping paths
Join tool
Lets you erase parts of a path segment by drawing over the path.
Path Eraser tool
lets you remove parts of the artwork.
Eraser tool[Shift+E]
lets you split a path at a segment or an anchor point.
Scissors tool[C]
Lets you cut out objects or text along a freehand path.
Knife tool
lets you rotate an object around a reference point.
Rotate tool[R]
lets you flip an object over a reference point.
Reflect tool[O]
lets you resize an object relative to a reference point.
Scale tool [S]
Lets you slant or skew an object relative to a reference point.
Shear tool
Lets you reshape a path relative to an anchor point on the path.
Reshape tool
lets you change the thickness of strokes.
Width tool [Shift+W]
lets you shape an object inward or outward.
Warp tool [Shift+R]
lets you twirl an object around a reference point.
Twirl tool
Lets you stretch or shrink an object to give a spiky appearance.
Pucker tool
Lets you stretch or shrink an object to give a rounded appearance.
Bloat tool
Lets you add rounded projections on an object’s outline.
Scallop tool
Lets you add spiky structures on an object’s outline.
Crystallize tool
Lets you add wrinkled structures on an object’s outline.
Wrinkle tool
lets you distort an object freeform.
Free Transform tool[E]
lets you add pins to warp an object.
Puppet Warp tool
lets you create complex shapes by merging and erasing simpler objects.
Shape Builder tool[Shift+M]
lets you create a Live Paint group and apply color, patterns, or gradients to
different elements.
Live Paint Bucket tool[K]
lets you select elements of the Live Paint group.
Live Paint Selection
tool[Shift+L]
lets you show, move, and adjust the
perspective grid.
Perspective Grid Tool [Shift+P]
lets you select, move, scale, and duplicate objects that are in perspective, or bring an existing object into perspective.
Perspective Selection tool[Shift+V]
lets you blend colors and create
contours on the surfaces of objects.
Mesh tool[U]
lets you create a gradual blend between colors.
Gradient tool[G]
lets you pick a color from one object and apply it to another.
Eyedropper tool[I]
lets you measure the distance between two points.
Measure tool
lets you blend objects or paths together.
Blend tool[W]
lets you create multiple instances of a
symbol picked from the Symbols panel.
Symbol Sprayer tool[Shift+S]
lets you rearrange symbol instances in a symbol set.
Symbol Shifter tool
lets you adjust the spacing between symbol instances in a symbol set.
Symbol Scruncher tool
lets you resize symbol instances.
Symbol Sizer tool
lets you rotate symbol instances.
Symbol Spinner tool
lets you gradually change the hue of symbol instances.
Symbol Stainer tool
lets you adjust transparency of symbol instances.
Symbol Screener tool
lets you apply a style from the Graphic Styles panel to symbol instances.
Symbol Styler tool
lets you create a graph with data presented as vertical bars.
Column Graph tool[J]
lets you create a column graph with partitions that correspond to components of the whole.
Stacked Column Graph tool
lets you create a graph with data presented as horizontal bars.
Bar Graph tool
lets you create a bar graph with partitions that correspond to components of the whole.
Stacked Bar Graph tool
lets you create a graph with lines connecting individual data points,
showing the data trend.
Line Graph tool
lets you create a graph with lines connecting individual data points,
and fills the area below the line with a solid color.
Area Graph tool
lets you create a graph using x-axis and y-axis values.
Scatter Graph tool
lets you create a circular graph with slices corresponding to the proportions of data components.
Pie Graph tool
lets you create a circular graph with axes that grow outward from the center, in which each axis represents a variable.
Radar Graph tool
lets you select, create, and adjust artboards on the canvas.
Artboard tool [Shift+O]
lets you divide the artboard into different areas and save them as separate images.
Slice tool[Shift+K]
lets you select, move, or transform a slice.
Slice Selection tool
lets you move the canvas around to view parts of your artwork.
Hand tool[H]
lets you zoom in and out of the canvas.
Zoom tool[Z]
Set interior and outline color, pattern, or gradient.
Fill and Stroke [X]
