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Adobe Illustrator

Subjects : it-skills, multimedia
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Letter 'x' - two arrows






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






4. Switch through drawing modes (W/M)






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






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






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






8. Toggles the Type tool

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






10. 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.






11. Opacity and blending mode






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. fills overlapping SELECTED shapes and line segments






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






20. Zoom out to view the whole art board.






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






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






23. The line that forms the shape of an object






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






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






26. A group of relaxed command and options.






27. 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.






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






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






31. __________ 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






32. Increase the skew value for _________ in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10% (W/M) - Start dragging - then press C






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






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






35. __________________ 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/






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






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






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






39. Layer in which one or more sublayers are stored






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






41. 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






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






43. 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.






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






45. Stroke type - brush - color transparency and effects






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






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






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






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






50. Cannot be used as symbols.