Additional Flashcards

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Types of tools in Illustrator
Tools in Illustrator are divided into six categories. Select any of these categories to learn about the tools within them.

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•Draw tools
• Select tools
•Navigate tools
•Hello Paint tools
•Text tools
•Modify tools

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lets you select an object or a group of objects to move and resize.

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Selection tool [V]

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lets you select anchor points and path segments to reshape objects.

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Direct Selection tool [A]

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lets you select objects that share an attribute, like color or opacity.

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Magic Wand tool [Y]

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Lets you drag to draw a shape around the elements that you want to select.

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Lasso tool [Q]

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lets you draw connected lines and curves with precision using anchor points and direction handles.

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Pen tool[P]

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lets you add anchor points on paths.

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Add Anchor Point tool[+]

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lets you remove anchor points from paths.

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Delete Anchor Point tool[-]

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lets you convert from corner points to smooth anchor points, and adjust the direction handles if smooth

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Anchor Point tool[Shift+C]

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lets you draw and edit connected lines and curves easily using anchor points.

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Curvature tool[Shift+~]

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lets you enter text at a point or in an area.

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Type tool[T]

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lets you use the boundaries of objects to enter and control the flow of text.

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Area Type tool

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lets you enter text along the shape of a path.

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Type on a Path tool

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lets you enter text vertically at a point.

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Vertical Type tool

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lets you use the boundaries of objects to enter and control the flow of vertical text

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Vertical Area Type tool

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lets you enter vertical text along the shape of a path.

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Vertical Type On A Path tool

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lets you move, scale, and rotate individual characters in a word.

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Touch Type tool[Shift+T]

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lets you draw line segments.

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Line Segment tool[]

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lets you draw arcs.

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Arc tool

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Lets you draw spirals and rotate them to adjust the size.

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Spiral tool

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Lets you add rectangular grids.

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Rectangular Grid tool

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Lets you add grids containing concentric circles and radial divisions.

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Polar Grind Tool

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lets you draw rectangles and squares.

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Rectangle tool [M]

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Lets you draw rectangles with rounded
corners.
Create square and reactangles with rounded corners.

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Rounded Rectangle tool

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Creates ovals and circles
Ellipse tool
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Lets you draw polygons of up to 1000 sides. Create multisided shapes.
Polygon tool
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Lets you draw stars of up to 1000 arms. Create and rotate pointed shpes.
Star tool
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Create and modify flares. lets you add flare objects that have a bright center, a halo, rays, and rings.
Flare tool
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lets you apply brush strokes freehand.
Paintbrush tool[B]
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lets you draw filled shapes freehand.
Blob Brush tool[Shift+B]
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lets you sketch rough freehand shapes and converts them into crisp vector shapes.
Shaper tool[Shift+N]
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lets you draw freehand paths like drawing with a pencil.
Pencil tool[N]
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lets you draw freehand paths like drawing with a pencil.
Pencil tool[N]
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Lets you draw over an existing path to smooth it.
Smooth tool
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Lets you join two paths to create a single path. Join paths where they intersect and trim excess from overlapping paths
Join tool
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Lets you erase parts of a path segment by drawing over the path.
Path Eraser tool
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lets you remove parts of the artwork.
Eraser tool[Shift+E]
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lets you split a path at a segment or an anchor point.
Scissors tool[C]
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Lets you cut out objects or text along a freehand path.
Knife tool
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lets you rotate an object around a reference point.
Rotate tool[R]
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lets you flip an object over a reference point.
Reflect tool[O]
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lets you resize an object relative to a reference point.
Scale tool [S]
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Lets you slant or skew an object relative to a reference point.
Shear tool
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Lets you reshape a path relative to an anchor point on the path.
Reshape tool
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lets you change the thickness of strokes.
Width tool [Shift+W]
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lets you shape an object inward or outward.
Warp tool [Shift+R]
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lets you twirl an object around a reference point.
Twirl tool
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Lets you stretch or shrink an object to give a spiky appearance.
Pucker tool
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Lets you stretch or shrink an object to give a rounded appearance.
Bloat tool
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Lets you add rounded projections on an object's outline.
Scallop tool
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Lets you add spiky structures on an object's outline.
Crystallize tool
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Lets you add wrinkled structures on an object's outline.
Wrinkle tool
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lets you distort an object freeform.
Free Transform tool[E]
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lets you add pins to warp an object.
Puppet Warp tool
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lets you create complex shapes by merging and erasing simpler objects.
Shape Builder tool[Shift+M]
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lets you create a Live Paint group and apply color, patterns, or gradients to different elements.
Live Paint Bucket tool[K]
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lets you select elements of the Live Paint group.
Live Paint Selection tool[Shift+L]
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lets you show, move, and adjust the perspective grid.
Perspective Grid Tool [Shift+P]
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lets you select, move, scale, and duplicate objects that are in perspective, or bring an existing object into perspective.
Perspective Selection tool[Shift+V]
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lets you blend colors and create contours on the surfaces of objects.
Mesh tool[U]
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lets you create a gradual blend between colors.
Gradient tool[G]
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lets you pick a color from one object and apply it to another.
Eyedropper tool[I]
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lets you measure the distance between two points.
Measure tool
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lets you blend objects or paths together.
Blend tool[W]
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lets you create multiple instances of a symbol picked from the Symbols panel.
Symbol Sprayer tool[Shift+S]
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lets you rearrange symbol instances in a symbol set.
Symbol Shifter tool
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lets you adjust the spacing between symbol instances in a symbol set.
Symbol Scruncher tool
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lets you resize symbol instances.
Symbol Sizer tool
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lets you rotate symbol instances.
Symbol Spinner tool
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lets you gradually change the hue of symbol instances.
Symbol Stainer tool
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lets you adjust transparency of symbol instances.
Symbol Screener tool
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lets you apply a style from the Graphic Styles panel to symbol instances.
Symbol Styler tool
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lets you create a graph with data presented as vertical bars.
Column Graph tool[J]
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lets you create a column graph with partitions that correspond to components of the whole.
Stacked Column Graph tool
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lets you create a graph with data presented as horizontal bars.
Bar Graph tool
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lets you create a bar graph with partitions that correspond to components of the whole.
Stacked Bar Graph tool
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lets you create a graph with lines connecting individual data points, showing the data trend.
Line Graph tool
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lets you create a graph with lines connecting individual data points, and fills the area below the line with a solid color.
Area Graph tool
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lets you create a graph using x-axis and y-axis values.
Scatter Graph tool
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lets you create a circular graph with slices corresponding to the proportions of data components.
Pie Graph tool
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lets you create a circular graph with axes that grow outward from the center, in which each axis represents a variable.
Radar Graph tool
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lets you select, create, and adjust artboards on the canvas.
Artboard tool [Shift+O]
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lets you divide the artboard into different areas and save them as separate images.
Slice tool[Shift+K]
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lets you select, move, or transform a slice.
Slice Selection tool
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lets you move the canvas around to view parts of your artwork.
Hand tool[H]
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lets you zoom in and out of the canvas.
Zoom tool[Z]
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Set interior and outline color, pattern, or gradient.
Fill and Stroke [X]