chpt3 Flashcards
pen tool
to draw lines
Marquee
rectangular, dotted line that goes around something that you have selected.
Corner Point
where the endpoints of 2 straight segments are united by a point
Average command
simple and effective choice for aligning points
Join
connects two anchor points
Smooth points
anchor point 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
change the selection tool and click art-board to stop the pen
Anchor points
that are selected appear as solid blue squars
Average command
aligns points
drawing from scrath
starting w/ new documents and using only illustrator tools
tracing the scanned image
us 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 form a corner point
Miter
length of a point
pseudo-stroke
or 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
illustrator traces a scanned image or photo
live paint
designed to make paintings easier and more intuitive.- uses regions and edges - (like fill and stroke)
