ch 3 illustrator Flashcards
pen tool
draws lines
marquee
rectangular, dotted line that surrounds a selected area
corner point
where the endpoints of 2 straight segments are united by a point
average command
simple and effective choice for aligning points
join
unites two anchor points
smooth points
anchor points that are created by clicking and dragging the pen tool
direction points
handles at the end of the direction lines to reshape the curve
to name a view
click view menu, new view
ctrl/command
to change to selection tool and click the art board to stop the pen
anchor points
that are selected will be solid blue squares
average command
aligns points
drawing from scratch
starting with new document and using only illustrator tools
tracing the scanned image
use the place command - use as a guide
attributes
refers to anything which has been applied to an object that affects its appearance
eye dropper tool
to apply all attributes of one object to another
use stacking commands
(bring to front, send to back) to assemble an illustration
caps
applied to the ends of stroke paths- round paths are more appealing
joins
when two stroke path forms a corner point
miter
a length of a point
pseudo stroke
false stroke: where there is no stroke - but an object behind it and distort it to look like a stroke
stroke panel
to create dashed lines
live trace
traces a scanned image or photo
live paint
designed to make painting easier and more intuitive - uses regions and edges- (like fill and stroke)
