illustrator ch 3 Flashcards
pen tool
draw lines
marquee
surrounds a selected area
corner point
where the endpoints of 2 straight segments are united
average command
simple and effective choice for aligning points
join
unites 2 anchor points
smooth points
anchor points created by clicking and dragging the pen tool
direction points
handles at end of direction lines to reshape the curve
to name a view
click view menu, new view
control/command
to change selection tool and click artboard to stop pen
anchor points
that are selected appear as solid blue squares
average points
aligns points
drawing from scratch
new document and only using illustrator tools
tracing scanned image
use the place command- use as a guide
attributes
applied to an object and affects its appearance
eyedropper
to apply all attributes of 1 object to another
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
false stroke, object being it that looks like a stroke
stroke panel
create dashed lines
live trace
illustrator traces a scanned image or photo
live paint
designed to make painting easier and more intuitive
