Chapter 1 Illustrator Flashcards
is a professional illustration software application- you can create everything from simple graphics, icons, and text to complex and multi layered illustrations.- for page layouts , multimedia presentations or on the web.
Adobe illustrator
-can change size- width, height, page orientation- and unit of measure- color.
dialogue box
cyan magenta yellow black (used for print projects)
Cmyk
red green blue: used got projects that will appear on screen.
RGB
a key to good design- can get better points using points and picas
Precision
1/72 of an inch
point
is 12 points or 1/6th of an inch
pica
use to set units of a measure- in edit menu
Preferences
contains the name of your document, magnification level and color mode
Title bar
includes all of the illustrator menus
menu bar
leads to sub menu
black triangle
followed by a dialogue box
ellipsis
area bound by a solid line
artboard
area outside of the art board
scratch area
contains tools that lets you create and manipulate objects
Tools panel
indicates hidden tools behind that tool
tiny black triangle
displays current magnification level
Zoom text box
contains a list arrow menu from which you can choose a status line info
Status bar
windows containing features for modifying and manipulating Illustrator objects
Panels
allows you to arrange panels vertically
docking panels
hide and unhide the panels
tab key
shows the skeleton of your work- lines and curves
Outline view
Shows complete work
preview
command +
zoom
command -
zoom out
allows you to move artboard
hand tool
white squares that show an object is selected
bounding box
created using square or rectangular grid of colored squares called pixels
Bitmap image
the number of pixels in a given inch
resolution
when pixels are small enough to create image with a continuous tone
Resolution dependent
created with lines and curves and are defined by mathematical objects called vectors
Vector graphics
anchor point and line segments together that are made up of these vector graphics
Paths
often used to create logos and liners
Vectors
an image is not created with pixels so there is no resolution to change
resolution independent
switches between the fill and stroke
X
swatch with red line through it and used as a fill for a hollow object, any object without a stroke
none
objects allows you to move many objects as one
Grouping
temporary guides that can be turned on and off in view menu and help you move and align objects in relation to other objects
Smart guides
fundamental transform tools
scale rotate and reflect
flip an object over axis
reflect tool
repeats the previous transformation
transform
allows you to distort and selects individual anchor points
Direct selection tool
help you work with precision
guides
