illustrator chapter1

Question 1

Adobe Illustrator

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a professional illustration software application-you can create everything from simple graphics, icons,and texts to complex and multilayered illustrations.-fro page layouts, multimedia presentations or on the web

Question 2

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 for projects)

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Rob

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red,green,blue: used for projects that will appear on 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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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 Cleveland color mode

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menu bar

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includes all of the illustrator menus

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black triangle

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leads to a sub menu

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ellipsis

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followed by dialog box

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art board

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

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scratch area

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

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tool 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 the 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 can 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 groups

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docking panels

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allows you ton arrange multiple panels or panel groups vertically

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tab key

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hides and shows your 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-commandY(toggle key)

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zoom

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command+

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zoom out

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command -

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hand tool

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allows you to move art board

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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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an image made out of squares called pixles

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

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vector graphic

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image created with lines and curves defined by mathematical objects called vectors

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paths

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anchor points and line segment together that make up vector graphics

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vectors

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OFTEN USED TO CREATE LOGOS AND LINE ART

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RESOLUTION DEPENDENT

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means not created with pixels so 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 that has a red line through it means it will have no stroke

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grouping

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objects allows you to move many objects as 1-group-goto objects, groups

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smart guide

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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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reflect tool

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flip and object over and imaginary axis

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transform

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repeat 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 tools

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guides

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help you work with precision -will loose fill, stroke,etc while guides are on