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Adobe Illustrator

Subjects : it-skills, multimedia
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Increase size of Blob Brush (W/M)






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






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






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






5. Zoom out to view the whole art board.






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






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






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






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






10. To force an object to take a certain form






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






12. 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






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






14. Layer in which one or more sublayers are stored






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






20. 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.






21. A graduated blend between two or more colors or between tints of the same color.






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. Stroke type - brush - color transparency and effects






24. Switch through drawing modes (W/M)






25. 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.






26. __________________ 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/






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Hold option to draw from the center.






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






35. fills overlapping SELECTED shapes and line segments






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






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






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






39. Toggles the Type tool

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40. Hold shift to select multiple objects.






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. 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)






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