illustrator chat 3 Flashcards
pen tool
used to draw lines
marquee
rectangular, dotted line that surrounds the area you drag over
corner point
where the endpoints of 2 straight segments are united by a point
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 the end of direction lines to reshape a curve
to name a view
click view menu, new view
ctrl/command
to change to selection tool and click dartboard to stop the pen
anchor points
when selected appear as solid blue points
average command
aligns points
Drawing from scratch
starting w/ new document and using only illustrator tools
Tracing scanned image
use the place command - use as a 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
use stacking commands
(bring to front, send to back -) to assemble and illustration
caps
applied to ends of stroked paths - round caps are more appealing
joins
when 2 stroked paths from a corner point
miter
length of a point
pseudo-stroke
or false stroke: where there is no stroke - but an objet behind it and distort it to look like a stroke
stroke panel
to create dashed lines
live trace
illustrator traced a scanned image or photo
