illustrator chap 3 Flashcards
PEN TOOL
what you use to draw lines
marquee
rectangular dotted lines that surrounds an area you select
corner point
where endpoints of two 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 then new view
ctrl/command
to change to selection tool and click dartboard to stop the pen
anchor points
that are selected appear as a solid blue sqaures
average command
aligns points
drawing from scratch
start with a new document and using only illustrator tools
tracing scanned image
use the place command use as aa guide
attributes
refers to that which has been applied to an object that affects its appearance
eyedropper tool
to apply all attributes of 1 object to another