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Adobe Illustrator

Subjects : it-skills, multimedia
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1. __________________ 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/






2. 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.






3. Layer in which one or more sublayers are stored






4. 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






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






6. Cannot be used as symbols.






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






8. 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.






9. fills overlapping SELECTED shapes and line segments






10. 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.






11. Stroke type - brush - color transparency and effects






12. 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.






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Opacity and blending mode






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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)






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






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






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






37. The line that forms the shape of an object






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






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






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






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






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






43. __________ 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






44. ______________ 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.






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






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






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






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






49. Hold shift to select multiple objects.






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






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