illustrator ch 3 Flashcards

1
Q

pen tool

A

use to draw lines

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2
Q

marquee

A

the rectangular dotted line that surrounds the area you drag over

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3
Q

corner point

A

where the end points of 2 straight segments are united by a point

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4
Q

average command

A

simple and effective choice for aligning points

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5
Q

join

A

unites two anchor points

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6
Q

smooth points

A

anchor points created by clicking and dragging the pen tool

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7
Q

direction points

A

handles at the end of direction lines to reshape the curve

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8
Q

to name a view

A

click view menu, new view

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9
Q

command/ctrl

A

to change the selection tool and click dartboard to stop the pen

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10
Q

anchor points

A

that are selected appear as solid blue squares

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11
Q

average command

A

align points

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12
Q

drawing from scratch

A

starting w/ new document and using only illustrator tools

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13
Q

tracing scanned image

A

use the place command

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14
Q

attributes

A

refers to that which has been applied to an object that affects its appearance

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15
Q

eyedropper tool

A

apply all attributes of one object to another

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16
Q

use stacking commands

A

to assemble an illustration

17
Q

caps

A

applied to the end of stroke paths round caps are more appealing

18
Q

joins

A

when two stroke paths form a corner point

19
Q

miter

A

length of a point

20
Q

pseudo

A

false stroke where there is no stroke but an object behind it and distort it to look like a stroke

21
Q

stroke panel

A

create dashed lines

22
Q

live trace

A

illustrator traces a scanned image or photo

23
Q

live paint

A

designed to make painting easier and more intuitive uses regions and edges