AI Chapters 11-12

What is the difference between using the Blend tool and the Make Blend command?

• With the Blend tool, you merely click on two or more unselected objects to generate the blend

• The Make Blend command allows you to alter transitional objects directly

• The Make Blend command allows you to use a symbol set

• The Blend tool creates a blend from the centers of any selected objects

If the start or end object is a shape made from several objects, what should you do before you create a blend?

• Group objects together

• Make sure the scales are the same for all objects

• Create a transition in scale

• Separate objects from one another

Selecting Smooth Color from the Spacing menu will have Illustrator auto-calculate what?

• The necessary number of blend steps to produce nonbanding color transitions

• The number of transitional steps needed to produce a smooth transition

• The correct amount of gradient fills for smooth colors

• The number of blend steps to smoothly recolor an object

What tool should you use to curve a path when reshaping the blend path?

• Anchor Point tool

• Selection tool

• Direct Selection tool

• Pen tool

If you have a color blend with a limited number of steps, what would choosing Object > Expand allow you to do?

• Convert the blend objects and transition steps into separate objects

• Create new objects that will be nested in the Swatches panel

• Create new objects that will be nested in the Color panel

• Transform the entire blend

To group objects together, first select them using the Selection tool and choose:

• Object > Group

• Object > Expand

• Object > Path > Join

• Object > Oh > Mr.Wilson

To add color shading, what should you do after creating a shape and applying a fill and stroke color?

• Copy and paste a new shape directly in front of the original shape

• Create a copy and apply a stroke of None to the copy

• Create another shape for the shadow color

• All of these answers are correct

To create more elaborate shading in a blend, create dark, light, and midtone color shapes and then stack them how?

• Dark object on top, light object in the middle, and midtone object on the bottom

• Dark object on top, midtone object in the middle, and light object on the bottom

• Light object on the top, midtone object in the middle, and dark object on the bottom

• Midtone object on the top, light object in the middle, and dark object on the bottom

What is the function of the Symbol Sprayer tool?

• Creates multiple instances of a symbol and creates a symbol set

• Cleans up the symbol libraries by spraying them off

• Creates multiple instances of a symbol in various colors based on the color swatch used

• Creates multiple inverted instances of a symbol

How do you select a symbol to use from the Symbols Libraries?

• Drag a symbol from a library onto an artboard, which will also make the symbol appear on the Symbols panel

• Copy a symbol on the library panel and paste it in the Symbols panel

• Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) several symbols and select Add to Symbols from the library panel menu

• All of these answers are correct