chapter 1 illustrator

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Adobe illustrator

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is a professional illustration software application - you can create everything from simple graphics, icons, and text to complex and multi layered illustrations. - for page layouts, multimedia presentations or on the web.

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dialog box

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can change size , width, height - page orientation and unit of measure color

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cmyk

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cyan, magenta, yellow, black , used to print projects

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Rgb

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red, green, blue, used for projects that will appear in screens

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precision

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is a key to good design can get better precision using points and picas

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point

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is 1/72 of an inch

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pica

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pica is a 12 points or 1/6 of an inch

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preferences

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use to set units of measure in edit menu

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title bar

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contains the name of your document, magnification ;even and color mode

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menu bar

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includes all the illustrator menus

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black triangle

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leads to sub a menu

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ellipsis

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followed by a dialog box

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art board

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area bound by a solid line, which you can create your artwork – can by as large as 2227 x 227

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scratch area

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area outside the artboard where you can store objects before placing them on the art board - will not print

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tools panel

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contains tools that let you create, select, and manipulate objects

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tiny black triangle

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indicates hidden tools behind that tool

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zoom text box

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displays current magnification level

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status bar

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contains a list arrow menu from which you choose a status line with info about current tool

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panels

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windows containing features for modifying and manipulating illustrator objects arranged in groups

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docking panels

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allows you to arrange multiple panels or panel groups vertically

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tab key

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hides and shows panels

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outline view

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shows the skeleton of your work lines and curves

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preview

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shows complete work command y

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zoom

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command plus sign +

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zoom out

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command minus sign -

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hand tool

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hold spacebar allows you to move artboard

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bounding box

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eight hollow white squares that show an object is selected

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bitmap images

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created using square or rectangular grid of colored squares called pixels

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resolution

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number of pixels in given inch

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resolution dependent

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pixels must be small enough to create an image with the illusion of continuous tone

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vector graphics

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image created with lines and curves defined mathematically

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paths

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anchor points and line segments together that are made up of these make vector graphics

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vectors

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are used to create logos and line art

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resolution independent

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because they are not created with pixels, this is no resolution

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X

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switches between fill and stroke mode

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none

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swatch with red line through it is called this and used as a fill for hollow objects any object without a stroke

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grouping objects

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allows you to move many objects as 1 to group go to object group

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smart guides

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temporary guides that can be turned on and off in view menu and help you move and align objects in relation to other objects

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scale rotate and reflect

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tools are the fundamental

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reflect tool

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flip an object over an imaginary axis

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transformed

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repeats the previous transformation

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direct selection tool

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selects individual anchor points or single paths of an object can distort with this tool

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guides

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help you work with precision will lose fill stroke etc while guides are on