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Adobe Illustrator

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1. Switch through drawing modes (W/M)






2. Letter 'd' - black 1pt stroke - white fill.






3. 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.






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






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. Cannot be used as symbols.






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. A group of relaxed command and options.






16. 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






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






18. 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.






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






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






21. 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






22. fills overlapping SELECTED shapes and line segments






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






24. __________________ 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/






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. __________ 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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. To force an object to take a certain form






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






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






48. Two types of ________.






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






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






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