Terms Flashcards
Packaged Files
When you create a package you add any linked files that the document contains eg.) fonts, other illustrator or photoshop files.
How do you create a package?
File -> Package
Can you save your own custom views?
Yes
Can you create your own custom toolboxes?
Yes
ASE
Adobe Swatch Library
A panel that allows the user to perform a series of set tasks with the click of a button.
Action Panel
This tool adds anchor points to a pre-existing path, allowing for more control over the path’s shape, curves, and angles.
Add Anchor Point Tool (+)
A panel from which to align selected objects with each other in a variety of ways.
Align Panel
A panel that not only keeps track of all attributes an object has, but can also be used to add or edit said attributes.
Appearance Panel
A warp effect that controls an object or path’s arc.
Arc
A warp effect that controls an object or path’s arched shape. Similar to an Arc, the arch warp effect curves the center of the object up or down while keeping the side edges stationary.
Arch
A warp effect that curves the bottom edge of an object and allows for horizontal or vertical distortion throughout.
Arc Lower
A commonly used panel to add various styles to stroked paths. You can create new brushes in assorted styles (calligraphic, artistic, etc), edit existing brushes, go through downloaded libraries of brushes, and set up your preset brush gallery so it’s on hand whenever you need it.
Brushes Panel
A warp effect that curves an object’s top and bottom edges outwards or inwards
Bulge
This panel controls the character attributes for text
Character Panel
The panel that controls the attributes applied to selected text. Create, edit, or delete said styles within the panel.
Character Styles
A panel of color theory and inspiration. It breaks down shades, tints, and color harmonies for your selected color.
Color Guide
Seen above, this panel controls your fill or stroke color through sliders, hexadecimal codes, or RGB/CMYK.
Color Panel
A 3D vector effect that converts a flat object into its 3D counterpart
Extrude & Bevel
A Pathfinder function that deletes the intersecting shape of two overlapping and selected objects
Exclude
A stylization effect that creates a soft blur at the edge of an object. Users can adjust the size of the blur with the available options
Feather
A warp effect that squishes an object into fish-like shapes determined by the effect’s options
Fish
A warp effect that contorts a selected object like a fisheye camera lens
Fisheye
A warp effect that gives an object flag-like qualities. Similar to the Wave effect
Flag
A panel that allows the user to preview artwork that will be affected by flattening. Useful for saving files to earlier versions of Illustrator or other applications
Flattener Preview
A transform effect that allows the user to distort a selected object by freely skewing its anchor points without affecting the others within the object’s path
Free Distort
This panel contains sets of font characters, including alternate glyphs, that can be inserted into your document.
Glyphs
The counterpart panel to the Gradient Tool. Lets the user play with gradient options such as gradient type, angle, opacity, and location
Gradient Panel
A panel that allows the user to create and edit appearance attributes.
Graphic Styles Panel
Users can trace a bitmap image within the panel’s options for later conversion to vector objects
Image Trace
A warp effect that creates bending curves beyond the edges of an object, puffing them outwards (or inwards) according to the effect’s selected options
Inflate
A panel that gives information on where the cursor is within a document and selected fill colors
Info Panel
A raster effect that adds a blurry glow to the inside edge of an object
Inner Glow
A Pathfinder function that deletes the non-overlapping components of two or more selected objects
Intersect
A raster effect that adds a blurry glow to the outside edge of an object.
Outer Glow
Expands the path outward, at a specified size, in a mitered, rounded, or beveled style without changing the object’s paths themselves. Useful for keeping objects smaller, taking up less file space, while expanding their perceived size in a picture plane.
Offset Path
This panel makes use of OpenType fonts, which have additional glyphs and attributes within the font file. You can add swashes, change numbers to fractions, add ordinals, etc. within the panel to customize the text within your document.
OpenType
A Pathfinder effect that creates outlines from overlapping stroked objects
Outline
A Path effect that allows objects to stay editable, such as type paths, while allowing objects to be aligned to the object boundaries versus the type path.
Outline Object
A Path effect that treats the stroke of the given path as if it were a fill, rather than a stroke. This is most effectively used when coupled with another effect
Outline Stroke
A distortion effect that transforms an object by curving its edges towards the center (Pucker) or pushing them away from the center (Bloat) all the while keeping the anchor points in place
Pucker & Bloat
An effect that converts vector work into rastered images. Often used to prepare artwork for import into another program
Rasterize
A warp effect that brings up one edge of the object depending on the options you choose for the effect
Rise
A distortion effect that gives an object a rough, sketchy edge
Roughen
A Pathfinder effect that deletes overlapping objects in their entirety from the objects beneath them
Subtract
Scalable Graphic Vector effects that you can apply to vector objects that are resolution independent, allowing for them to be easily scaled or edited without a loss of information (as would be the case if these were rasterized effects).
SVG Filters
The SVG panel that keeps track of, edits, creates, and deletes the SVG effects implemented within your document.
SVG Interactivity
This panel contains information for transforming objects. You can edit their scale, axis, and angle.
Transform Panel
An effect which allows you to duplicate, scale, move, mirror, or rotate an object within one panel. Handy when an object needs to be duplicated several times without needing to add extra points/shapes to a document.
Transform Effect
A Pathfinder function that deletes the hidden components of overlapping groups and objects so only visible pieces of objects remain
Trim
Shortcut keys that toggle the fill and stroke colors and switch them respectively. Shortcut keys, which have been labeled throughout this guide, are extremely useful when working in Adobe Illustrator to speed up your workflow and keep focus on creating with vector graphics instead of running through panels and menus.
X and Shift-X
Allows the user to toggle between the document’s outline and preview mode. In preview mode, the default view of documents in Illustrator, you view your artwork in full color with the effects, attributes and so on that have been applied to objects within it. In outline mode, you get a chance to see what’s “under the hood”; linked files are displayed as boxes, and objects are outlined only if they’re fully expanded (so effects disappear in this view mode). It’s like seeing a wireframe of the design work without the detail of preview mode, causing it to load more quickly.
Preview Mode (Control-Y)
A distortion effect that creates sharp or curved ridges along the edge of an object. Especially useful for creating starburst-shaped objects.
Zig Zag
A commonly used tool for focusing on a certain area of the vector work by increasing the magnification size, or to focus on the larger picture by decreasing the magnification size
Zoom Tool
Software with tools that allow the user to create crisp, professional looking graphics such as logos
Drawing Programs
Image editing programs. Provide tools to color-correct, retouch,and edit digital photos
Painting Programs
Allow you to combine graphics that you create in drawing and paint programs with text
Page Layout Programs
Images created using a grid of small squares called pixels.
Bitmap Images
Term that stands for picture element, a single point on a computer monitor screen
Pixel
Measurement system frequently used in graphic design.
Picas. There are six picas to an inch
A temporary frame around a selected object that shows the object’s outer dimensions
Bounding Box
The process of connecting palettes by dragging one palette by its tab to the bottom of another palette
Docking Palettes
What is a Knockout Group?
Create two overlapping shapes in Illustrator.
Add the stroke that you want knocked out.
Select the shape with the stroke and go to the appearance panel.
Click the arrow next to “Stroke”.
Click “Opacity” and change opacity to 0%.
Select both shapes and group them.
Knockout group opacity.
Gradient Mesh is ______ painting at its best
photo-realistic
squares represent _____ points and diamonds represent _____ points.
anchor points. mesh points
With gradient mesh, you can create ____ dimensional gradients
2 dimensional
What are Actions?
Recorded sequence of operations
Vector graphics are _______.
Resolution independent
What does embedding mean?
The image becomes part of the document. It’s not linked to a different file.
Compound Shape means?
You have access to all your original path outlines
