chp3 Flashcards
pen tools
use pen tools to draw lines
marquee
dotted line that surrounds the area you drag over
corner point
where the endpoints of 2 straight segments are united by a point
avg command
simple and effective choicer for aligning points
join
unites 2 anchor points
smooth points
anchor points created by clicking and dragging the pen tool
direction points
handles at 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 dartboard to stop the pen
anchor points
that are selected appears 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
use stacking commands
bring to front send to back to assemble an illustration
caps
applied to ends of stroked paths round caps are more appealing
joins
when 2 stroked paths from a corner point
miter
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
stoke panel
to create dashed lines
live trace
illustrator traces a scanned image or photo
live paint
designed to make painting easier and more intuitive uses regions and edges
