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Adobe Illustrator

Subjects : it-skills, multimedia
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A mathematically generated curve that has two endpoints and control points to specify curve direction






2. Layer in which one or more sublayers are stored






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






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






5. Will allow you to change all of the colors in your selected art in a variety of ways.






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






11. __________ 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






12. 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






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






18. ______________ 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.






19. Hold option to draw from the center.






20. An anchor point that connects path segments in a smooth curve.






21. Zoom out to view the whole art board.






22. Two types of ________.






23. Keep the inner radius of a star ________ (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down Ctrl/Start dragging - then hold down Command






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






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






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






27. Hold shift to draw ___________.






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






29. 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)






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






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






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






33. Letter 'x' - two arrows






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






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






36. The line that forms the shape of an object






37. Hold shift to select multiple objects.






38. 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






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






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






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






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






43. To ______________ Select the paths - then press Shift+Ctrl+Alt+j/Select the anchor point - then press Shift+Command+Option+j






44. 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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






50. Toggles the Type tool

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