TOOLS OF ILLUSTRATOR Flashcards
Tools that you will use to select portions of an image to edit.
Selecting Tool
Tool that lets you select, move, or modify specific points or path segments in a path or a shape. (allows a user to select individual points of any object.)
Direct Selection Tool
Tool that lets you select objects, anchor points, or path segments by dragging along all or parts of the object.
Lasso Tool
Tool that creates a selection based on
the shift in brightness ranges within an image.
Magic Wand Tool
Tool that simplifies path creation and makes drawing easy and intuitive.
Curvature Tool
This tool lets you draw connected lines and curves with precision using anchor points and direction handles. (a path creator)
Pen Tool
Tool that allows you to draw straight paths with
a few mouse clicks.
Line Segment Tool
You can type out lines of horizontal text or align text to follow a vector path, to name just a few functions. (inarguably one of the most
important tools within Adobe Illustrator)
Type Tool
Tool that’s one of the tools found in the tools palette. (you can create vector images that are quite complex.)
Paintbrush Tool
Tool that lets you create rectangular and artwork.
Rectangular Tool
Tool that’s essentially a brush. Tool is essentially a brush. You can change the size, hardness and spacing, just like any other brush. It’s also possible for you to change the mode from Brush to Pencil or Block.
Eraser Tool
Tool that’s used for drawing free path lines,
just as if you are using an actual pencil to draw on the paper. paper. (It offers you the freedom to draw whatever you want digitally but still keeps a little bit of realistic taste.)
Pencil Tool
Tool that allows you to easily resize in Illustrator. (tool that lets you enlarge or reduce objects and shapes.)
Scale Tool
To rotate the object around its center point, drag in a circular motion anywhere in the document window.
Rotate Tool
Tool that allows you to rotate, scale (resize), reflect (mirror image), shear (slant), or distort an object. You can apply perspective and distortion to an object.
Free Transform Tool
Tool lets you create variable-width strokes,
and create stroke profiles so you can apply styles consistently.
Width Tool
Tool selected, you can click and adjust any handle in the grid as you like.
Perspective Grid Tool
Tool, which was added in Illustrator CS5, allows you to combine multiple shapes in various. You can merge shapes, as well as subtract one shape from another.
Shape Builder Tool
Tool is used to adjust the appearance of the gradient.
Gradient Tool
Provide a way to easily manipulate color transitions on the object. You can change the intensity of a color shift, or change the extent of a colored area on the object.
Mesh Tool
Tool lets you combine shapes and colors
between two or more objects to create a new object.
Blend Tool
Tool lets you pick a color from an object or an image and apply it to other objects.
Eyedropper Tool
Tool (keyboard shortcut “j”) in the Toolbar. Work for Column and Bar graphs.
Column Graph Tool
It is a great way to repeat instances of your artwork multiple times quickly and efficiently.
Symbol Sprayer Tool
Tool is used in the creation of web pages, and web design works.
Slice Tool
Tool is used to both create and edit artboards.
Arthboard Tool
Tool allows you to zoom in and out quickly by clicking on your Artboard.
Zoom Tool
Tool that’s lets you add anchor points on paths.
Add Anchor Point tool
Tool that’s responsible for panning and moving around a document. No matter what type of artwork you’re working on, you’ll likely need to move around that artwork so that you can see the area that you’re working on. (one of the most used tools in Illustrator.)
Hand Tool
A vector graphics editor and design program developed and marketed by Adobe Inc.
Adobe Illustrator
Originally designed for the _______ _______ ,
development of Adobe Illustrator began in ____. Along with _______ _______, _______ _______ was
released.
Apple Macintosh, 1985, Creative Cloud, Illustrator CC
It is a visual artist who enhances literature or clarifies thoughts by creating a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the accompanying text or idea.
Illustrator
Lets you select an object or a group of objects to move and resize.
Selection tool
Tool that’s lets you
remove anchor points from paths.
Delete Anchor Point tool
Tool that’s lets you convert from corner points to smooth anchor points, and adjust the direction handles if smooth
Anchor Point tool
Tool that’s lets you use the boundaries of objects to enter and control the flow of text.
Area Type tool
Tool that’s lets you enter text along the shape of a path.
Type on a Path tool
Tool that lets you enter text vertically at a point.
Vertical Type tool
Tool that lets you use the boundaries of objects to enter and control the flow of vertical text.
Vertical Area Type tool
Tool that lets you enter vertical text along the shape of a path.
Vertical Type On A Path tool
Tool that lets you move, scale, and rotate individual characters in a word.
Touch Type tool
Tool that lets you draw spirals and rotate them to adjust the size.
Spiral tool
Tool that lets you add grids containing concentric circles and radial divisions.
Polar Grind Tool
Tool that lets you
draw rectangles with rounded corners.
Rounded Rectangle tool
Tool that create ovals and circles
Ellipse
Tool that lets you draw polygons of up to 1000 sides.
Polygon tool
Tool that lets you draw stars of up to 1000 arms.
Star tool
Tool that lets you
draw filled shapes freehand.
Blob Brush Tool
Tool that lets you
sketch rough freehand shapes and converts them into crisp vector shapes.
Shaper Tool
Tool that lets you draw over an existing path to smooth it.
Smooth tool
Tool that lets you join two paths to create a single path.
Join tool
Tool that lets you erase parts of a path segment by drawing over the path.
Path Eraser tool
Tool that lets you split a path at a segment or an anchor point.
Scissors tool
Tool that lets you cut out objects or text along a freehand path.
Knife tool
Tool that lets you flip an object over a reference point.
Reflect tool
Tool that lets you slant or skew an object relative to a reference point.
Shear tool
Tool that lets you reshape a path relative to an anchor point on the
path.
Reshape tool
Tool that lets you twirl an object around a reference point.
Twirl tool
Tool that lets you shape an object inward or outward.
Warp tool
Tool that lets you stretch or shrink an object to give a spiky appearance.
Pucker tool
Tool that lets you stretch or shrink an object to give a rounded appearance.
Bloat tool
Tool that lets you add flare objects that have a bright center, a halo, rays, and rings.
Flare Tool
Tool that lets you add rounded projections on an object’s outline.
Scallop tool
Tool that lets you add spiky structures on an object’s outline.
Crystallize tool
Tool that lets you add wrinkled structures on an object’s outline.
Wrinkle tool
Tool that lets you add pins to warp an object.
Puppet Warp tool
Tool that lets you create complex shapes by merging and erasing simpler objects.
Shape Builder
tool
Tool that lets you create a Live Paint group and apply color, patterns, or gradients to different elements.
Live Paint Bucket tool
Tool that lets you select elements of the Live Paint group.
Live Paint Selection
tool
Tool that lets you create multiple instances of a symbol picked from the Symbols panel.
Symbol Sprayer tool
Tool that lets you rearrange symbol instances in a symbol set.
Symbol Shifter tool
Tool that lets you adjust the spacing between symbol instances in
a symbol set.
Symbol Scruncher tool
Tool that lets you resize symbol instances.
Symbol Sizer tool
Tool that lets you rotate symbol instances.
Symbol Spinner tool
Tool that lets you gradually change the hue of symbol instances.
Symbol Stainer tool
Tool that lets lets you adjust transparency of symbol instances.
Symbol Screener tool
Tool that lets you apply a style from the Graphic Styles panel to symbol instances.
Symbol Styler tool
Tool that lets set interior and outline color, pattern, or gradient
Fill and Stroke
Tool that lets you select, move, or transform a slice.
Slice Selection tool
Tool that lets you select, move, scale, and duplicate objects that are in perspective, or bring an existing object into perspective.
Perspective Selection tool