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Term | Definition |
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Art board | The area that contains the printable part of the artwork |
Objects | Any shape, image, or text that can be edited |
Lines | Open ended path with two anchor points |
Anchor Point | Basic component of paths |
Line Segment | part of a line that has anchor points on the ends |
Path | made up of one or more line segments, connected by two or more anchor points or nodes |
Open Path | One or more paths of which the start and end points are not the same |
Closed Path | Continuous path that has no beginning or end |
Shapes | Geometric tools that allow creation of primitive shapes |
Transformations | scaling, rotation, skewing (shearing), and reflecting objects to change their appearance |
Stacking Order | The order of how objects are arranged on the art board |
Selection Tool | Selects an object or group of objects |
Direct Selection Tool | Selects individual components in order to edit an object |
Stroke | The visible outline of a shape or path |
Fill | To put a color, gradient, or pattern into an object |
Swatches | Named color tints, gradients, and patterns |
Gradients | Smooth transition from one color to another |
Patterns | A repeated decoration |
Drawing | Using shapes or other tools to simulate the experience of drawing on paper |
Pen Tool | Uses anchor points and paths to allow to create lines and shapes |
Bezier | Curved segment of a path that uses handles to control |
Image Trace | A tool in a vector program that will take a raster image and convert it into paths |
Pathfinder | |
Effect | Commands that can be applied to an object, group, or layer to change its characteristics |
Point Type | Line of text that begins at the point that is clicked |
Area Type | Uses the boundaries of an area to control the flow of text |
Type on Path | Attaches text to an open or closed path |
Text Wrap | Controls how area text flows over or around objects |