Classroom in a Book Ch 0: Quick Tour

Question 1

Re: drawing a shape, what is the white area called where all printable artwork will go?

Answer 1

Artboard

Question 2

Most shapes you create are Live Shapes, which means properties such as w________, h________, c__________, a________, and n__________ of sides can continue to be modified after the shape has been created.

Answer 2

• width
• height
• corners
• angles
• sides

Question 3

Re: applying color, shapes you create have a s___________(b_____________) and a f________.

Answer 3

• stroke
• border
• fill

Question 4

This can be the visible outline (border) of artwork like shapes and pads.

Answer 4

• Stroke

Question 5

These allow you to organize and more easily select artwork.

Answer 5

• Layers

Question 6

This tool lets you draw free-form paths that contain curves and straight lines.

Answer 6

Pencil tool

Question 7

This is in interactive tool for creating complex shapes by merging and erasing simpler shapes.

Answer 7

• Shape Builder tool

Question 8

In Illustrator, t__________________ artwork means there are number of ways to move, rotate, skew, scale, distort, and share (and more) artwork.

Answer 8

• transforming

Question 9

Another way to draw and edit shapes; this recognizes drawn gestures and transforms them into shapes.

Answer 9

• Shaper tool

Question 10

To simply copy appearance attributes, like text formatting, fill, or stroke, from one object to another is done with this tool.

Answer 10

• Eyedropper tool

Question 11

JPEG and Adobe Photoshop files are known as r__________images.

Answer 11

• raster

Question 12

What is Image Trace use to convert?

Answer 12

• Raster images into Vector artwork

Question 13

Describe what gradients are.

Answer 13

• Color blends of two or more colors that you can apply to the fill or stroke of artwork

Question 14

Brushes let you stylize the appearance of path. In what two cases can you apply brushstrokes?

Answer 14

• To existing paths
• Use the paintbrush tool to draw a path and apply a brush stroke simultaneously

Question 15

Describe a symbol.

Answer 15

• A reusable art object stored in the Symbols panel

Question 16

Describe a clipping mask.

Answer 16

• An object that masks other artwork so that only areas that lie within its shape are visible …
• in effect, clipping the our work of the shape to the mask

Question 17

These alter the appearance of an object without changing the base object.

Answer 17

• Effects