Illustrator Flashcards

(43 cards)

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a professional illustration software application. You can create everything from simple graphics icons, and text to complex and multilayered illustrations. – for page layouts, multimedia presentations or on the web.

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Adobe Illustrator

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

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Dialog Box

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3
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cyan, magenta, yellow, black (used for print projects)

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CMYK

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4
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red, green, blue: used for projects that will appear on screen

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RGB

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5
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is a key to good design – can get better precision using points and picas

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Precision

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6
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is 1/72 of an inch

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Point

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7
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is 12 points or 1/6 of an inch

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Picas

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8
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use to set units of measure – in edit menu

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Preferences

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9
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contains the name of your document, magnification level, and color mode

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Title Bar

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10
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includes all of the illustrator menus

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Menu Bar

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11
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leads to a sub menu

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Black Triangle

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12
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followed by dialog box

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Ellipsis

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13
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area bound by a solid line, which you create your artwork – can be as large as 227X227

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Dartboard

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14
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area outside the art board where you can store objects before placing them on art board – will not print

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Scratch Area

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15
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contains tools that let you create, select, and manipulate objects

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Tools panel

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16
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indicates “hidden” tools behind that tool

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Tiny Black Triangle

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17
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displays current magnification level

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Zoom Text Box

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18
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contains a list arrow menu from which you can choose a status line with info about current tool

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windows containing features for modifying and manipulating Illustrator objects. - arranged in groups

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allows you to arrange multiple panels or panel groups vertically

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Docking Panels

21
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hides and shows panels

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shows the skeleton of your work - lines and curves

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shows complete work - ctrl Y (toggle key)

24
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command +

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command -
Zoom Out
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allows you to move artboard
Hand Tool (hold spacebar)
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eight hollow white squares that show an object is selected
Bounding Box
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created using square or rectangular grid of colored squares called pixels
Bitmap Images
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the number of pixels in a giving inch
Resolution
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pixels must be small enough to create an image with the illusion of continuous tone
Resolution - dependent
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created with lines and curves and are defined by mathematical objects called vectors
Vector graphics
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anchor points and line segments together that are made up of these vector graphics
Paths
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are often used to create logos or line art
Vectors
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because they are not created with pixels, this is no resolution
Resolution - independent
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switches between filled and stroke mode
X
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swatch with red line through it is called this - and used as a fill for a hollow object - any object w/ out a stroke
"none"
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objects allow you to move any objects as one - to group - go to object, group
Grouping
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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
Smart Guides
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scale, rotate and reflect
Fundamental Transform Tools
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to flip an object over an imaginary axis
Reflect Tool
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repeats the previous transformation
Transform
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selects individual anchor points or single paths of an object
Direct Selection Tool
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help you work with precision - will loose fill, stroke, etc while guides are on
Guides