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Lesson 2.02 MAWD
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Artboard | the area of the illustration |
| Objects | Any shape, image, or text that can be moved |
| Lines | an open ended path with two anchor points |
| Anchor Point | basic component of paths, which appears at the start and end of every path or where it changes directions |
| Line Segment | part of a line that ha san anchor point on each end |
| Path | made up of one or more line segments |
| Open Path | one or more paths for which the start points and end points are not the same |
| Closed Path | a continuous path that has no beginning or end |
| Shapes | Geometric based tools that allow you to create primitive shapes |
| Transformation | scaling, rotation, shearing, and reflecting |
| Smart Guides | guides that appear as you move around a document indicating various points of alignment. |
| Stacking order | the order of how objects are arranged on the artboard |
| selection tool | selects an object or group of objects |
| Direct selection tool | select anchor points or paths |
| Stroke | the outlines of a shape or path |
| Fill | to put color, or pattern into an object |
| Swatches | named color or tints |
| Gradients | filling an object with smooth tansition |
| Patterns | repeated |
| Drawing | using shapes or other tools such as pen or pencil to simulate things |
| Pen Tool | in uses anchor poitns to allow you to create a line |
| Bezier | a curved segment path |
| Image Trace | a tool in a vector program will take a raster image |
| Pathfinder | a tool that contains 4 shape options |
| Vector Effects | commands that can be applied to an object |
| Point Types | a line of text that begins at the point that you click |
| Area Type | uses boundaries of an area created by dragging |
| Type on Path | allows you to attach text |
| Text Wrap | controls how area text flows over or around an object |