illustrator Flashcards
Adobe Illustrator is a professional illustration software application-You can create everything from simple graphics icons, and text to complex and multilayered
Adobe Illustrator
Dialog box - can change size - width, height- page orientation
Dialog box
Cmyk: cyan, magenta, yellow, black (used for print projects)
Cmyk
Rgb: red, green, blue: used for projects that will appear on screens
Rgb
Precision is key to good design - can get better precision using points and picas
Precision
Point is 1/72 of an inch
Point
Pica is 12 points or 1/6 of an inch
Pica
Preferences: use to set units of measure - in edit menu
Preferences
Title bar: contains the name of your document, magnification level, and color mode
Title bar
Menu bar: includes all of the illustrator menus
Menu bar
Black triangle: leads to a sub menu
Black triangle
Ellipsis: followed by dialog box
Ellipsis
Artboard: area bound by a solid line, which you create your artwork - can be as large as 227X227
Artboard
Scratch area: area outside the artboard where you can store objects before placing them on artboard - will not print
Scratch area
Tools Panel: contains tools that let you create, select, and manipulate objects
Tools Panel
Tiny black triangle: indicates “hidden” tools behind that tool
Tiny black triangle
Zoom text box: displays current magnification level
Zoom text box
Status bar: contains a list arrow menu from which you can choose a status line with info about current tool
Status bar
Panels: windows containing features for modifying and manipulating Illustrator objects. - Arranged in
Panels
Docking Panels: allows you to arrange multiple panels or panel groups vertically
Docking Panels
Tab Key: hides and shows panels
Tab Key
Outline View: shows the skeleton of your workalikes and curves.
Outline View
Preview: shows complete work - ctrlY (toggle key)
Preview
Zoom: command +
Zoom
Zoom out: command -
Zoom out
Hand tool (hold spacebar): allows you to move artboard
Hand tool (hold spacebar)
Bounding box: eight hollow white squares that show an object is selected
Bounding box
Bitmap Image: created using square or rectangular grid of colored squares called pixels.
Bitmap Image
Resolution: the number of pixels in a given inch
Resolution
Resolution-dependent: pixels must be small enough to create an image with the illusion of continuous tone
Resolution-dependent
Vector graphics: created with lines and curves and are defined by mathematical objects called vectors
Vic
Paths: anchor points and lines segments together that
Vectors: are often used to create logos or line art
Vectors
Resolution-independent: because they are not created with pixels, this is no resolution
Resolution- independent
X: switches between fills and stroke mode
X
“None”: Swatch with red Line though it is called this and used as a fill for a hollow object - any object with or without a stroke
“None”
Grouping; objects allows you to move many objects as 1 - to group - go to objects, group
Grouping
Smart guides: temporary guides that can be turned on or off in view menu
Smart guides
Scale, rotate, and reflect tools are the fundamental transform tools.
Reflect tool: to flip an object over an imaginary axis
Reflect tool
Transform: repeats the previous transformation
Transform
Direct selection tool: selects individual anchor points or single paths of an object can distort
Direct selection tool
Guides: help you work with precision. - Will lose fill, stroke, etc while guides are on
Guides
