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Vector Graphics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Art Board | The area 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 two anchor points |
| Anchor Point | Basic component of paths that appear at the start and end of every path |
| Line Segment | A part of a line that has an anchor point on each end |
| Path | Made up of one of more line segments, connected by two or more anchor points |
| Open Path | One or more points for which the start and end point are not the same |
| Closed Path | A continuous path that has no beginning or end |
| Shapes | Geometric based tools that allow you to make primitive shapes |
| Transformations | Scaling, Rotation, Shearing (Skewing) and reflecting objects to change their appearance |
| Stacking Order | The order of how objects are arranged on the art board |
| Selection tool | Selects an objects or a group of objects |
| Direct Selection Tool | Selects individual anchor points or line segments in order to edit individual pieces of an object |
| Stroke | The visible outline of a shape or path, such as color, weight or style |
| 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 and paths to allow you to create straight lines, bezier lines and shapes in a countless amount of combinations |
| 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 of 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 of ways to create complex shapes |
| Effect | Commands that can be applied to an objects, group or layer to change its characteristics |
| Point Type | A line of text that begins at the point that you click, which expands as you type |
| Area Type | Uses boundaries of an area created by dragging a marquee with the type tool to control the flow of text |
| 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 |
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