Illustrator Flashcards
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
Adobe Illustrator
can change size - width, height -page orientation- and unit of measure-color
dialog box
cyan, magenta, yellow, black (used for print projects)
Cmyk
red, green, blue: used for projects that will appear on screens
RGB
is a key to god design - can get better precision using points and picas
Precision
1/72 of an inch
point
is 12 points or 1/6th of an inch
pica
use to set units of a measure-in edit menu
Preferences
contains the name of your document, magnification level and color mode
Title bar
includes all of the illustrator menus
menu bar
leads to sub menu
black triangle
followed by dialog box
ellipsis
area bound by a solid line, which you create your artwork - can by as large as 227X27
artboard
area outside the art board where you can store objects before placing them on art board - will not print
Scratch area
contains tools that let you create, and manipulate objects
tools panel
indicates hidden tools behind that tool
tiny black triangle
displays current magnification level
Zoom text box
contains a list arrow menu from which you choose a status line with info about current tool
Status bar
windows containing features for modifying and manipulating illustrator objects. -arranged in groups
Panels
allows you to arrange multiple panels or panel groups vertically
docking panels
hides and shows panels
tab key
shows the skeleton of your work - lines and curves
outline view
shows complete work - command Y
preview
command +
Zoom
command -
Zoom out
allows you to move art board
hand tool
eight hollow white squares that show an object is selected
Bounding box
created using square or rectangular grid of colored squares called pixels
Bitmap images
the number of pixels in a given inch
resolution
pixels must be small enough to create an image with the illusion of continuous tone
Resolution. dependent
created with lines and curves and are defined by mathematical objects called vectors
vector graphics
anchor point and line segments together that are made up. of these vector graphics
paths
ar3e often used to create logos and line arts
vectors
they are not created with pixels, this is no resolution
Resolution-independant
switches between fill and stroke mode
X
Swatch with red line through it is called this- and is used for a hollow object - any object w/ out a stroke
none
objects allows you to move many objects as one
Grouping
temporary guides that can be turned on and off in view menu - and help you move and align objects in relation to other objects
smart guides
fundamental transform tools
scale rotate and reflect
flip an object over axis
reflect tool
repeats the previous transformation
transform
allows you to distort and selects individual anchor points
direct selection tool
help you work with precision
guides
