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Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
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a professional illustration software application- You can create everything from simple graphics, icons, and text to complex and multilayered illustrations. For page layouts, multimedia presentations or on the web.

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Adobe Illustartor

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can change size- width, height- page orientation-and unit of measure-color

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dialog box

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cyan, magenta, yellow, black (used for print projects)

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CMYK

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red, green, blue (used for projects that will appear on screen)

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RGB

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5
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is a key to good design- can get better precision using points and picas

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Precision

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1/72 of an inch

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point

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12 points or 1/6 of an inch

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pica

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use to set units of measure- in edit menu

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preferences

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contains name of your document, magnification, and color mode

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Title bar

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includes all of the illustrator menus

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menu bar

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leads to a sub menu

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black triangle

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followed by a dialog box

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ellipsis

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area bound by a solid line, which you create your art work- can be as large as 227x227

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artboard

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area outside the artboard where you can store objects before placing them on artboard- will not print

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scratch area

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contains tools that let you create, select, and manipulate objects

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tools panel

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indicates “hidden” tools behind that tool

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tiny black triangle

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displays current magnification level

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zoom text box

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contains a list arrow menu from which you can choose a status line with info about current tool

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status bar

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windows counting features for modifying and manipulating objects - arranged in groups

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panels

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allows you to arrange multiple panels or panel groups vertically

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docking panels

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hides and shows panels

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tab key

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shows the skeleton of your work- lines and curves

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outline view

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shows complete work- command Y

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preview

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command +

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zoom

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command -

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zoom out

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allows you to move around in your artboard (hold spacebar)

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hand tool

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eight hollow white squares that show an object is selected

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bounding box

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created using square or rectangular grid of colored squares called pixels

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Bimap images

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the number of pixels in a given inch

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resolution

30
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pixels must be small enough to create an image with a continuous tone

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resolution-dependent

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created with lines and curves and are defined by mathematical objects called vectors

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Vector graphics

32
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anchor points and line segments together that are made up of these vector graphics

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paths

33
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are often used to create logos or line art

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Vectors

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imager is not created with pixels, has no resolution

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resolution-independent

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switches between fill and stroke

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X

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swatch with red line through us called this - used as a fill for a hollow object - any object without a stroke

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none

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object allows you to move many object as 1 - to group- go to object, group

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grouping

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temporary guides that can be turned on and off and view mode- help you move and align object in relation to other objects

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smart guides

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the fundamental transform tools

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scale, rotate, and reflect

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to flip an object over an imaginary axis

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reflect tool

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repeats the previous transformation

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transform

42
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selects individual anchor points or single paths of an object- can distort with this tool

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direct selection tool

43
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help you work with precision- will lose fill, stroke, etc while on

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