Drawing and Shaping Objects Flashcards

Which selection tool moves an individual anchor point or path segment without affecting the whole object?

Answer: Direct Selection tool

The Direct Selection tool edits individual anchor points and segments of a path.

What does the Rotate tool do after you Alt/Option-click to set a reference point?

Answer: Rotates around that clicked point and opens a dialog

Alt-clicking sets the pivot and opens the Rotate dialog for a precise angle around that point.

The Reflect tool is used to do what?

Answer: Mirror an object across an axis

The Reflect tool flips an object across a defined axis to create a mirror image.

Which feature distributes copies of an object in rows and columns or along a path interactively?

Answer: Repeat (Grid/Radial/Mirror)

Illustrator's Repeat feature creates Grid, Radial, or Mirror repeats of an object automatically.

The Blend tool creates what between two selected objects?

Answer: A series of intermediate shapes and colors

The Blend tool generates evenly spaced intermediate steps morphing between two objects.

What does Object > Path > Offset Path do?

Answer: Creates a larger or smaller concentric copy of the path

Offset Path makes a new path inside or outside the original by the specified distance.

Which tool scales an object non-uniformly when you drag a single handle without holding Shift?

Answer: Scale tool

The Scale tool resizes objects, and without Shift it can scale width and height independently.