Illustrator Flashcards

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is a professional illustration software application- You can create everything from simple graphics, icons, and text to complex and multilayered illustrations. -for page layouts, multimedia presentations or on the web

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Adobe Illustrator

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2
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can change size - width, height -page orientation- and unit of measure-color

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dialog box

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3
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cyan, magenta, yellow, black (used for print projects)

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Cmyk

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4
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red, green, blue: used for projects that will appear on screens

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RGB

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5
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is a key to god design - can get better precision using points and picas

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Precision

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6
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1/72 of an inch

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point

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7
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is 12 points or 1/6th of an inch

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pica

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8
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use to set units of a measure-in edit menu

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Preferences

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9
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contains the name of your document, magnification level and color mode

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Title bar

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10
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includes all of the illustrator menus

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menu bar

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11
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leads to sub menu

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black triangle

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12
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followed by dialog box

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ellipsis

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13
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area bound by a solid line, which you create your artwork - can by as large as 227X27

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artboard

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14
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area outside the art board where you can store objects before placing them on art board - will not print

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Scratch area

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15
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contains tools that let you create, and manipulate objects

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tools panel

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16
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indicates hidden tools behind that tool

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tiny black triangle

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17
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displays current magnification level

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Zoom text box

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18
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contains a list arrow menu from which you choose a status line with info about current tool

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Status bar

19
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windows containing features for modifying and manipulating illustrator objects. -arranged in groups

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Panels

20
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allows you to arrange multiple panels or panel groups vertically

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docking panels

21
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hides and shows panels

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tab key

22
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shows the skeleton of your work - lines and curves

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outline view

23
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shows complete work - command Y

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preview

24
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command +

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Zoom

25
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command -

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Zoom out

26
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allows you to move art board

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hand tool

27
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eight hollow white squares that show an object is selected

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Bounding box

28
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created using square or rectangular grid of colored squares called pixels

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Bitmap images

29
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the number of pixels in a given inch

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resolution

30
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pixels must be small enough to create an image with the illusion of continuous tone

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Resolution. dependent

31
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created with lines and curves and are defined by mathematical objects called vectors

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vector graphics

32
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anchor point and line segments together that are made up. of these vector graphics

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paths

33
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ar3e often used to create logos and line arts

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vectors

34
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they are not created with pixels, this is no resolution

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Resolution-independant

35
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switches between fill and stroke mode

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X

36
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Swatch with red line through it is called this- and is used for a hollow object - any object w/ out a stroke

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none

37
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objects allows you to move many objects as one

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Grouping

38
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temporary guides that can be turned on and off in view menu - and help you move and align objects in relation to other objects

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smart guides

39
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fundamental transform tools

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scale rotate and reflect

40
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flip an object over axis

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reflect tool

41
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repeats the previous transformation

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transform

42
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allows you to distort and selects individual anchor points

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direct selection tool

43
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help you work with precision

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guides