Illustrator Chapter 1 Flashcards
is a professional illustrating 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 paint projects)
Cmyk
red, green, blue : used for projects that will appear on screens
RGB
is a key to good design - can get better precision using points and picas
Precision
is 1/72 of an inch
point
is 12 points or 1/6 of an inch
pica
use to set units of 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 a sub menu
black triangle
followed by a dialog box
ellipsis
area bound by a solid line, which you create your artwork - can be as large as 227x227
Artboard
area outside the dartboard where you can store objects before placing them on artboard - will not print
Scratch area
contains tools that let you create, select 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 can 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 (toggle key)
review
- command +
zoom in
command -
zoom out
allows you to move artboard
hand tool (hold spacebar)
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
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 graphic
anchor points & line segments together that make up vector graphics
paths
are often used to create logos and line art
vectors
because they are not created with pixels, there is non resolution
resolution-independent
switches between fill and stroke mode
X
swatch with red line through it is called this - and used as a fill for a hollow object - any object w/out a stroke
“none”
objects allows you to move many objects as 1 - to group - go to object, group
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
to flip an object over an imaginary axis
reflect tool
repeats the previous transformation
transform
selects individual anchor points or single paths of an object - can distort with this tool
Direct selection tool
help you work with precision - will lose fill, stroke, etc while guides are on
guides
