Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop Basics - 2019-2020

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Landscape Orientation

A page format in which the correct reading or viewing orientation is horizontal; the width of the page is greater than its height.

Portrait Orientation

A page format in which the correct reading or viewing orientation is vertical; the height of the page is greater than its width.

Type Tool

A tool used to add text.

.ai

Adobe Illustrator native editable file extension.

.psd

Adobe Photoshop native editable file extension.

Fill

The interior color of a graphic.

PDF

A file format which embedded text and images. It is the most common file format for sharing designs via email or to a client.

Gradient

A gradual blend of color which can be considered as an even gradation from low to high values; another name for this is 'color progression'.

Vector Graphic

A graphic created with calculated anchor points and paths. It can be easily scaled to any size and retain clarity.

.TIFF

A high resolution file format which supports transparency in a picture or graphic.

Adobe Illustrator

A vector based program used to create illustrations and graphics like logos.

Type on a Path

Adding test to an anchor point path; can be straight or curved

T

Text Tool

Artboard

The area that a graphic or illustration is created on, like a page, in Adobe Illustrator.

Stroke

The exterior color of a graphic.

Hue and Saturation Adjustment Layer

Used in Photoshop to change the color or vibrancy of a photo.

Mask Tool

Used in Photoshop to create a transparent background behind a subject.

Quick Selection Tool

Used in Photoshop to select an area of a picture, resulting in 'marching ants.'

Selection Tool

Used to move entire objects.

Direct Selection Tool

Used to move individual anchor points.

Artboard Orientation

Whether or not a page is landscape (horizontal) or portrait (vertical)

CMD +

Zoom In

CMD -

Zoom Out

Live Paint Bucket

Allows color to be easily filled into enclosed areas of a vector graphic, for example when using the blob brush.

Raster Graphic

An image created with pixels on a bitmap. When set to a low resolution and scaled too large, the pixels become visible and the image looks blurry.

W

Blend Tool

Blend Tool

Blends repeating lines and shapes to form intricate graphics.

Blend Mode

Blends the colors of overlapping images or graphics.

Shift b

Blob Brush

Anchor Point Tool

Changes or converts the angle of a path connected to an anchor point.

Pathfinder

Combines, divides, and knocks out shapes.

CMD c

Copy

CMD Shift o

Create Outlines (Anchor Points on Text)

Color Guide

Creates color schemes based on a single swatch.

Handle Bars

Directional handles that originate from the center of an anchor point that are used to change the angle of a vector path.

CMD d

Duplicate Last Action

Option > drag with mouse

Duplicate Object

Shift e

Eraser

Swatches

Library where color samples can be saved and organized.

K

Live Paint Bucket

]

Makes brush stroke bigger.

[

Makes brush stroke smaller.

Tool Bar

Normally located on the left-hand side of the Illustrator interface. This holds various tools such as the Pen Tool and Selection Tool.

Panels

Normally located on the right-hand side of the Illustrator and InDesign interface. Hidden items can be located under 'Window'.

Layers

Organizes information in a document making is easy to select, hide, lock, and change the appearance attributes of artwork

CMD v

Paste

P

Pen Tool

N

Pencil Tool

Pen Tool

Plots anchor points in the creation of vector graphics.

Anchor Point

Points that define a path and eventually become a graphic object.

M

Rectangle Tool

CMD s

Save


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