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Adobe Illustrator

Subjects : it-skills, multimedia
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Resizing an object horizontally - vertically - or proportionally in both directions to a percentage of its origanal size.






2. Uses the y-axis to revolve an object around an axis. For example - an arc becomes a circle.






3. Move a shape while drawing it (W/M)






4. white arrow that will select individual objects in a group or anchor points






5. A group of relaxed command and options.






6. The top box in the color icons (bottom of the tool bar) and what you call the inside "color" of a shape






7. Zoom out to view the whole art board.






8. Moves the view of the art board when zoomed in- you can toggle it with the space-bar






9. Hold shift to draw ___________.






10. Letter 'd' - black 1pt stroke - white fill.






11. Constrain Blob Brush path horizontally or vertically (W/M)






12. Provides access to a large bank of color pallets built by an international design community.






13. black arrow that will select the whole or grouped objects.






14. stretch artwork evenly along a path and include strokes that resemble graphic media - such as the Charcoal-Feather brush used to create the tree and objects such as the Arrow brush.






15. Change the _______ of a spiral (W/M) - Start dragging then Ctrl-drag/Start dragging then Command-drag






16. Increase size of Blob Brush (W/M)






17. Letter '/' (questions mark key) - a box with red slash






18. Will show you variations on a selected color including tints - shades - and pallets based upon that color.






19. in the option bar for a selected live paint group






20. Paint a pattern made up of separate sections - or tiles - for the sides - ends and corners of the path; the brush applies different tiles from the pattern to different sections of the path - depending on where the section falls on the path.






21. Will turn the top shape into a picture frame for all selected art below it.






22. Letter 'v' - black arrow - will select the whole or grouped objects






23. Amount of light that can pass through an object. a transparent object allows objects below to appear.






24. A separate - external file connected to the Illustrator file by an electronic link.






25. Layer in which one or more sublayers are stored






26. Hold option to draw from the center.






27. Switch between __________ (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down C






28. A single level in the stacking order that can hold any number of object.






29. Cannot be used as symbols.






30. Add or remove _______________ from a rectangular grid or radial lines from a polar grid (W/M) - Start dragging - then press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow






31. Rectangle drawn around an object with a tool to select an area.






32. To create _________ by placing the object to be used as a mask on top of the object to be masked. Then you select the mask and the objects to be masked - and choose Make Opacity Mask from the Transparency panel menu.






33. A mask can be a ______________. You can use type as a mask. You can import opacity masks with placed Photoshop files. You can also create layer clipping masks with any shape that is the topmost object of a group or layer.






34. A location in the application window where a panel or panels are secured so they do not float.






35. The two main benefits of ______________are cross-platform compatibility (they work the same on Windows and Mac OS) and support of widely expanded character sets and layout features - which provide richer linguistic support and advanced typographic co






36. Two types of ________.






37. Scatter an object - such as a leaf - along a path; you can adjust the size - spacing - scatter and rotation options to change the appearance of the brush.






38. This creates a text box where the text will wrap at the end of the line to the next. Also when you re-size the box - the text remains the same size.






39. A layer within a layer that can have its own name and its own settings






40. To ___________ Select the paths - then press Ctrl+J/Select the paths - then press Command+J






41. A special effect applied to a digital image. Many filters mimic the effect of special camera lenses.






42. ______________ polygon sides - star points - arc angle - spiral winds - or flare rays (W/M) - Start dragging - then press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow






43. Draw from the center of a shape (except for polygons - stars - and flares) (W/M)






44. Characteristics of the outline of an object - such as its weight - color - style - etc.






45. Six basic ___________ are: Rectangle - Rounded Rectangle - Ellipse - Polygon - Star - and Flare.






46. Get you out of the Type tool and selects the Selection tool






47. solidity of an object's color; the opposite of transparency.






48. Line extending from anchor point that shows the direction of a curve






49. Three types of _______: Extrude & Bevel - Revolve - Rotate






50. Because the __________ is part of the Illustrator file - no link can be broken.