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Adobe Illustrator

Subjects : it-skills, multimedia
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1. Keep the sides of a star ________ (W/M) - Alt-drag/Option-drag






2. Decrease the _______ for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10% (W/M) - Start dragging - then press F






3. object that is dimmed and unavailable for modification but can be used as a guide for creating objects.






4. To slant or skew an object from its original orientation.






5. Nonprinting lines that can be used to create boundaries or guidelines in a drawing






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






7. Stroke type - brush - color transparency and effects






8. Cannot be used as symbols.






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






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






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






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






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






14. Two ways to bring symbols from _____________ : Copy and paste the symbol(s) from Illustrator to Flash - choose File > Import > Import to Stage - or choose File > Import > Import to Library.






15. Layer in which one or more sublayers are stored






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






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






18. You ____________ by selecting a layer name in the Layers panel and dragging the layer to its new location. The order of layers in the Layers panel controls the document's layer order - topmost in the panel is the frontmost in the artwork.






19. 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.






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






21. 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.






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






23. This creates a single line of text. If you re-size this type it will re-size the text.






24. These tools allow you to cut and merge selected shapes.






25. A point on a path that indicates a change of direction.






26. __________ the skew value for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10% (W/M) - Start dragging - then press V






27. Measurement system used in grapic programs; there are six of these in an inch.






28. A temporary frame around a selected object that shows the object's outer dimensions.






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






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. Opacity and blending mode






32. __________ the skew value for vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10% (W/M) - Start dragging - then press X






33. Letter 'c' - it will cut line segments






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






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






36. An anchor point where a path changes direction direction in an angle rather than smoothly.






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






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. Five ________: Art - Calligraphic - Pattern - Bristle and Scatter.






40. Letter 'z'. magnifying glass - click and drag around the zoom area - hold option + click and zoom out.






41. Resizing an object horizontally - vertically - or proportionally in both directions to a percentage of its origanal size.






42. A saved set of panel arrangements and tool setting.






43. vector paths that are continuious and have no ends - the beginning and end points are the same.






44. Appearance panel contains the _______________ (fill type - color - transparency and effects)






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






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






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






48. Defined by an elliptical shape whose center follows the path; they create strokes that resemble hand-drawn lines made with a flat - angled calligraphic pen tip.






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






50. __________________ horizontal lines from a rectangular grid or concentric lines from a polar grid (W/M) - Start dragging - then press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow/






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