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Adobe Illustrator

Subjects : it-skills, multimedia
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Two types of ________.






2. 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






3. place a file or object in a file so that it becomes part of the file.






4. Measurement system used in graphic design; 1/72nd of an inch.






5. Hold shift to draw ___________.






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






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






8. 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)






9. Toggles the Type tool

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






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






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






13. __________________ 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/






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






15. Letter 'x' - two arrows






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. A group of relaxed command and options.






29. 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.






30. A graduated blend of colors used as a fill; can be linear (flat) or radial (round)






31. 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.






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. Uses the z-axis to rotate 2D artwork in 3D space and change the artwork's perspective.






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






38. Hold option to draw from the center.






39. The area surrounding the art board on the computer screen - depending on the magnification or view - it may or may not be visible.






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






41. Stroke type - brush - color transparency and effects






42. Uses the z-axis to give a 2D object depth by extruding the object. For example - a circle becomes a cylinder.






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






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






45. __________ 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






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






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






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






49. 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.






50. To force an object to take a certain form