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Adobe Illustrator

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






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






3. To force an object to take a certain form






4. 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






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






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






7. Hold option to draw from the center.






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






9. fills overlapping SELECTED shapes and line segments






10. Characteristics of the inner area of an object - such as the color - pattern style - etc. - inside an object.






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






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






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






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






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






16. Zoom out to view the whole art board.






17. A group of relaxed command and options.






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






19. __________ 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






20. Letter 'a' - white arrow - will select individual objects in a group - or anchor points.






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






26. Line extending from anchor point that shows the direction of a curve






27. The bottom box in the color icons (bottom of the tool bar) and what you call the outline "color" of a shape






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






33. Layer in which one or more sublayers are stored






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






35. 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.






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






37. The line that forms the shape of an object






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. ______________ 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.






43. __________________ 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/






44. Toggles the Type tool

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






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






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






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






49. Using the S_______________ - you can visually and intuitively merge - delete - fill and edit overlapping shapes and paths directly in the artwork.






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