Digital Art Adobe Illustrator Test

Tool Bar

the left column with all the tools

Art Board

canvas on ai; or workspace

Workspace button

top right corner; battery looking button

Panels

the right-side column with the arrange button

Selection

V; select, rotate, resize, move

Direct Selection

A; select, move, manipulate anchor points

Shape

M; make rectangle, ellipse, rounded rectangle, star, polygon, flare

How to make squares and circles

hold shift

Gradient

G

What are the three types of Gradients

linear, radial, freeform

Resize while maintaining proportions

hold shift

Eyedropper

I

Pen

P; make straight and curved lines, and closed shapes

Group

Command G

Text

T

Fill and Stroke

the square is the fills color and the frame is the stroke or outline

Anchor Point

blue square on edge of shapes and paths

Layers Panel

Window - Layers; eye shows and hides element; lock icon locks layer; blue square on right shows selected layer

Lock Command

Command 2

How to arrange layers

1. in layers panel

2. in properties panel

3. Command bracket