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Vectors
Vocabulary 2.02
Term | Definition |
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Artboard | the area of the illustration that contains the printable part of your work |
objects | any shape, image, or text that can be moved, scaled, or edited |
lines | an open ended path with 2 anchor points, which include straight, beziers, and spirals |
anchor point | basic component of paths, which appear at the start and end of every path or where it changes direction |
line segment | part of a line that has an anchor point on each end |
path | made up of one or more line segments, connected by two or more anchor points or nodes |
open path | one or more paths for which the start point and end point are not the same, for example a straight or curved line. |
closed path | a continuous path that has no beginning or end, for example a circle or a rectangle. |
shapes | geometric based tools that allow you to create primitive shapes, such as rectangles, ellipses, and ploygons. |
transformations | saling, rotation, shearing (skewing), and reflecting (flipping) objects to change their appearance. |
smart guides | guides that appear as you move around a document indicating various points of alignment with existing objects. |
stacking order | the order of hoe objects are arranged on the artboard, in front of or behind each other. By default new objects are created at the front of the stacking order. |
selection tool | selects an object or a group of objects |
direct selection tool | selects individual anchor points or paths in order to edit individual pieces of an object. |
stroke | the visible outline of a shape or path, such as the color, weight, or style, which is not the same as a path as a path can have no stroke as an option. |
fill | to put a color, gradient, or pattern into an object. |
swatches | named colors tints gradients and patterns. |
gradients | filling an object with a smooth transition from one color to another. |
patterns | a repeated (tiled) decorative design |
drawing | using shapes or other tools such as the pen or pencil to simulate the experience of drawing on paper |
pen tool | uses anchor points to create lines; considered one of the most powerful tools in graphic design |
bezier | a curved segment of a path which uses handles to control the shape of the curve |
image trace | a tool in a vector program will take a raster image or scanned drawing and automatically convert it to paths, based on selected settings. |
pathfinder | a tool that contains four shape options and six pathfinder options that allow you to combine multiple objects in a variety to way to create complex xhapes |
vector effects | commands that can be applies to an object, group, or layer to change its characteristics, such as distort and transform, wrap, and stylize |
point type | a line of text that begins at the point that you click, which expands as you type. the type will not automatically wrap to the next line, you must use enter. |
area type | uses the boundaries of an area created by dragging a marquee with the type tool to control the flow of text. When text gets to the end of the boundary, it automatically wraps to the next line. |
type on path | allows you to attach text to an open or closed path. |
text wrap | controls how area text flows over or around objects and images. |