Illustrator Chapter 3 Flashcards

1
Q

pen tool

A

draws lines

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2
Q

Marquee

A

rectangular, dotted line that surrounds the area you drag over

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3
Q

Corner point

A

where the endpoints of 2 straight segments are united by a point

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4
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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 the direction lines to reshape a curve

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8
Q

To name a view

A

click view menu, new view

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9
Q

ctrl/command

A

to change the section tooling click the dartboard to stop the pen

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10
Q

anchor points

A

are selected appear as solid blue squares

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11
Q

average command

A

aligns 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 scannes image

A

use the place command - use as a guide

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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

eye dropper tool

A

to apply all attributes of 1 object to another

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16
Q

using stacking commands

A

to assemble an illustration

17
Q

Caps

A

applied to the ends of stroke paths- round caps are more appealing

18
Q

Joins

A

when 2 stroked paths from a corner point

19
Q

Miter

A

length of a point

20
Q

Pseudo Stroke

A

or 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

to create dashed line

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