Adobe Illustrator Drawing and Shaping Objects 3

Question 1

Which Pathfinder operation merges selected shapes into a single combined shape keeping the outermost outline?

Accepted Answer

Unite

Answer

Unite combines selected objects into one shape using their combined outline.

Question 2

What does the Pathfinder 'Minus Front' command do?

Accepted Answer

Subtracts the front object from the back object

Answer

Minus Front cuts away the top object, leaving the portion of the back object that remains.

Question 3

The 'Intersect' Pathfinder mode results in what?

Accepted Answer

Only the area where all selected shapes overlap

Answer

Intersect retains only the region shared by all selected objects.

Question 4

Which tool lets you merge, delete, and paint individual overlapping regions of shapes directly on the canvas?

Accepted Answer

Shape Builder tool

Answer

The Shape Builder tool combines or extracts overlapping regions by dragging across them.

Question 5

When using the Shape Builder tool, what does holding Alt/Option while clicking a region do?

Accepted Answer

Deletes that region

Answer

Alt-clicking with the Shape Builder tool removes the targeted region.

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