Tools Flashcards
This tool selects objects with similar attributes
The Magic wand
This tool selects entire objects
The Selection tool (black arrow)
This tool selects points or path segments within objects.
The Direct selection tool (white arrow)
This tool selects objects and groups within groups
The Group selection tool
This tool selects points or path segments within objects
The Lasso tool
This tool creates separate artboards for printing or export.
The Artboard tool
This tool draws straight and curved lines to create objects
The Pen tool (p)
This tool adds anchor points to paths
The add Anchor point tool
This tool deletes anchor points from paths.
The Delete Anchor point tool
This tool changes smooth points to corner points and vice versa
The Convert anchor point tool
This tool draws individual straight line segments
The Line segment tool
This tool draws individual concave or convex curve segments.
The Arc Tool
This tool draws clockwise and counterclockwise spirals
The Spiral tool
This tool draws rectangular grids
The Rectangular grid
This tool draws circular chart grids
The Polar grid tool
This tool draws squares and rectangles
The Rectangle tool
This tool draws circles
The Ellipse tool
This tool draws regular, multi-sided shapes
The Polygon tool
This tool draws stars
The Star tool
This tool creates lens-flare or solar-flare-like effects
The Flare tool
This tool draws and edits freehand lines
The Pencil tool
This tool smooths Bezier paths
The Dmooth tool
This tool erases paths and anchor points from the object
The Path Eraser tool
This tool allows creating and rendering artwork in perspective.
The Perspective Grid
This tool allows you to bring objects, text, and symbols in perspective, move objects in perspective, move objects in perpendicular to its current direction.
The Perspective Selection
This tool creates individual type and type containers and lets you enter and edit type
The Type Tool
This tool changes closed paths to type containers and lets you enter and edit type within them.
The Area Type tool
This tool changes paths to type paths, and lets you enter and edit type on them.
The Type On A Path tool
This tool creates vertical type and vertical type containers and lets you enter and edit vertical type.
The Vertical Type tool
This tool changes closed paths to vertical type containers and lets you enter and edit type within them.
The Vertical Area Type tool
This tool changes paths to vertical type paths and lets you enter and edit type on them.
The Vertical Type On A Path tool
draws freehand and calligraphic lines, as well as art, patterns, and bristle brush strokes on paths.
The Paintbrush tool
creates and edits meshes and mesh envelopes
The Mesh tool
adjusts the beginning and ending points and angle of gradients within objects, or applies a gradient to objects.
The Gradient tool
samples and applies color, type, and appearance attributes, including effects, from objects.
The Eyedropper tool
paints faces and edges of Live Paint groups with the current paint attributes.
The Live Paint Bucket tool
selects faces and edges within Live Paint groups.
The Live Paint Selection
measures the distance between two points.
The Measure tool
draws paths that automatically expand and merge calligraphic brush paths that share the same color and are adjacent in stacking order.
The Blob Brush tool
rotates objects around a fixed point.
The Rotate tool
flips objects over a fixed axis
The Reflect tool
resizes objects around a fixed point.
The Scale tool
skews objects around a fixed point.
The Shear tool
Adjusts selected anchor points while keeping the overall detail of the path intact.
The Reshape tool
Scales, rotates, or skews a selection.
The Free Transform tool
creates a series of objects blended between the color and shape of multiple objects.
The Blend tool
allows you to create a stroke with variable width.
The Width tool
molds objects with the movement of the cursor
The Warp tool
creates swirling distortions within an object.
The Twirl tool
deflates an object by moving control points towards the cursor.
The Pucker tool
inflates an object by moving control points away from the cursor.
The Bloat tool
adds random curved details to the outline of an object.
The Scallop tool
adds random spiked details to the outline of an object.
The Crystallize tool
adds wrinkle-like details to the outline of an object.
The Wrinkle tool
merges simple shapes to create custom, complex shapes
The Shape Builder tool
lets you add, move, and rotate pins to seamlessly transform your artwork into different positions and stances.
The Puppet Warp tool
divides artwork into separate web images
The Slice tool
selects web slices
The Slice Selection tool
erases any area of the object over which you drag
The Eraser tool
cuts paths at specified points
The Scissors tool
cuts objects and paths
The Knife tool
adjusts the page grid to control where artwork appears on the printed page.
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