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






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






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






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






5. Menu button You can access symbols from saved documents either by clicking the _____________ at the bottom of the Symbols panel and choosing Other Library from the menu that appears; by choosing Other Library from the Symbols panel menu; or by choosi






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






7. Constrain a shape's proportions or orientation to: equal height and width for rectangles - rounded rectangles - ellipses - and grids; Increments of 45° for line and arc segments; Original orientation for polygons - stars - and flares (W/M)






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






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






10. The point on which an object rotates or transform . The point of orgin may be within the object or outside it.






11. Toggles the Type tool

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






13. ______________ a Live Trace object in one step (W/M) - Alt-click Live Trace in the Control panel - or hold down Alt and select a tracing preset./Option-click Live Trace in the Control panel - or hold down Option and select a tracing preset.






14. ______ an arc - keeping the reference point constant (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down F






15. Keep the sides of a star ________ (W/M) - Alt-drag/Option-drag






16. A mathematically generated curve that has two endpoints and control points to specify curve direction






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






18. ____________ winds from a spiral while increasing the length of the spiral (W/M) - Start dragging - then Alt-drag/Start dragging then Option-drag






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






20. printable portion of the work area - where illustrations can be finalized.






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






22. 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






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






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






25. Allow you to create brush strokes with the appearance of a natural brush with bristles.






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






27. fills overlapping SELECTED shapes and line segments






28. 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.






29. Increase the skew value for _________ in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10% (W/M) - Start dragging - then press C






30. Decrease size of Blob Brush (W/M)






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






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






33. Two types of ________.






34. 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.






35. Opacity and blending mode






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






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






38. Hold option to draw from the center.






39. vector paths that have two ends; the beginning and end points are not the same






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






41. 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.






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






43. Stroke type - brush - color transparency and effects






44. 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.






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






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






47. 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






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






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






50. A group of relaxed command and options.