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Adobe Illustrator

Subjects : it-skills, multimedia
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. in the option bar for a selected live paint group






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






3. ______________ 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.






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






5. Letter 'x' - two arrows






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






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






8. Toggles the Type tool

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. 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.






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






19. Opacity and blending mode






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






26. Switch through drawing modes (W/M)






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






28. Because the __________ is part of the Illustrator file - no link can be broken.






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. fills overlapping SELECTED shapes and line segments






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






37. The line that forms the shape of an object






38. Keep the sides of a star ________ (W/M) - Alt-drag/Option-drag






39. Layer in which one or more sublayers are stored






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






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






42. Hold shift to draw ___________.






43. 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.






44. Stroke type - brush - color transparency and effects






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






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






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






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






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






50. Hold shift to select multiple objects.