ch 3 illustrator Flashcards
pen tool
use to draw lines
marquee
rectangular, dotted line that goes around the area you drag over
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 2 anchor points
smooth points
anchor points created by clicking and dragging the pen tool
direction point
handles at the end of 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 dartboard to stop the pen
anchor points
that are selected appear as solid blue squares
average command
aligns points
drawing from scratch
starting w/ new document and using only illustrator tools
tracing scanned image
use the place command - use as a guide
attributes
refers to that which has been applied to an object that affects its appearance
eyedropper tool
to apply all attributes of 1 object to another
