Quick Review | Art 205

Intro to graphic Design | Unit One review

What are the two types of digital images?

Vector and Rasterized

What can smart guides be used for?

Drag Objects into alignment with nearby objects.

What are the extended lines used to help with the angles of curves?

Bezier Curves

What is the extension for a native Illustrator File?

“.ai”

What are the two ways to draw a shape using any shape tool?

Click and Drag or Click one and enter values manually

Direct Selection does

Selects individual points in an object

Selection Tool does

Selects the direct object or group

In the Default Fill and Stroke the Fill is ____ and the Stroke is ____

on top, underneath

When dragging an object with the Alt/Opt key, what can you do?

Create a duplication of the object being dragged

Double-clicking a group will enter into ______ for the selected group.

Isolation Mode

Keyboard Shortcut for Save

Command/Ctrl - S

Keyboard Shortcut for Copy

Command/Ctrl - C

Keyboard Shortcut for Paste

Command/Ctrl - V

Keyboard Shortcut for Paste in Front

Command/Ctrl - F

Keyboard Shortcut for New Document

Command/Ctrl - N

Keyboard Shortcut for Group

Command/Ctrl - G

Keyboard Shortcut for Ungroup

Command/Ctrl - Shift - G

Keyboard Shortcut for Select All

Command/Ctrl - A

Keyboard Shortcut for Deselect All

Command/Ctrl - Shift - A

Keyboard Shortcut for Undo

Command/Ctrl - Z

Keyboard Shortcut for Redo

Command/Ctrl - Shift - Z

What is the Blob brush used for?

to create a solid filled shape in the area you drag, depending on brush size

What are the three AI tools used in Adobe Illustrator ?

Generative Recolor, Text to Vector, and Retype

Each color in the CMYK color model is referred to as a ____ for the purpose of commercial printing.

separation

The _____ option in the swatches dialog box can change the color of any color?

global

What can be used to define numerical values of each primary color?

color panel

Which method can be used to protect and object from selecting or editing?

Lock the object, Lock the layer the object is on, or place the object on a template layer.

The pen tool is best used to create 

complex shapes with besier curves; using click and drag or click only

How can you add a direction handle to and existing corner point?

press the option/alt key and click

Logos should be created as _______, so they can be scaled up or down as necessary with losing quality

vector graphics

A gradient mesh allows

every point in the mesh to have a different color

In outline mode, Wireframes

show the skeletal structure of an object

Using the Type tool, clicking without dragging creates a _____ object

point-type

Using the Type tool, clicking and dragging creates a _____ object

area-type

The ______ lets you control individual characteristics of letters

Character panel

The ______ lets you create new pages (artboards), define their size, name, and placement

Artboard Tool

When you place an illustrator file into another, selecting ______ allows you to pick which page to place and how to crop it

Show Options

A raster image is made of pixels and it’s ______ is determined when the image is created?

resolution

When you resize an image, activating the _________ option allows you to change the physical size without affecting resolution.

resample

How can you flip only a single layer (not the entire document)?

Edit → Transform → Flip Horizontal

What does the Marching Ants or Marquee do?

identify the edges of a selected area in a document window.

What allows pixels to be hidden, but not permanently removed?

Layer Masks

A gray and white checkered pattern identifies

transparent areas of a canvas in a Photoshop File

When using the vector drawing tools you can adjust a shape’s

color, stroke, and drawing mode, corner radius, size and dimensions in the Properties panel or Options Bar

A compound path

is a single object that is made up of multiple closed paths

What modes mix pixel values with pixels of underlying layers

Layer Blending Modes

Where can “artistic” filters be found

Filter → Filter Gallery

Where can layer effects (like drop shadows, strokes, glows, color overlays and embossing, etc.) be found

Layer→Layer Styles

What does Bleed Refer to

Printing beyond the trim edge of the finished piece

what is the typical bleed allowance for a commercially printed project

1/8 inch (0.125)

What are the two possible document orientations

Portrait (vertical) Landscape (horizontal)

Which extension identifies a native InDesign file?

INDD

Which extension identifies an InDesign backup file?

IDML

When multiple frames are selected, press _____ to change the space between frames instead of the changing the size of the selected frames

spacebar while dragging a bounding box handle

When selecting a color in a text frame, be aware of the

frames Fill color vs Text Color

Which Color model is most commonly used in commercial printing?

CMYK

Which shows the default color-naming convention that is applied to swatches in InDesign

Color Swatches Panel CMYK selected

What is rich black?

Rich Black is the term for a color swatch that is made up of 100% black and a percentage of some other color

How can you reposition an image within its containing frame?

direct selection tool

What does feathering do?

softens the edge of an object

what can transparency be adjusted?

Transparency is adjusted in the effects panel

what is an anchored graphic?

a single text character in the story where it is placed

what does a red X mean?

A red X in the bottom-right corner of a text frame indicates that the frame includes additional text that does not fit into the current frame or series of linked frames

what does a frame break character do

forces text from one frame to another frame in the thread