AI Chapter 13 Pen, Pencil

When you are using the pen tool and want to leave a path open, you can:

• Ctrl-click Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS)

• Shift-click

• Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS)

• Click away from the path

What is created when you click and drag with the Pen tool selected?

• Smooth points and curved segments

• Corner points and straight segments

• Smooth points and straight segments

• Corner points and curved segments

To produce smooth, symmetrical curves, where should you place the points?

• At the beginning and end of each arc

• At the middle and end of each arc

• At the beginning and middle of each arc

• In the middle of each arc

At what point can a corner point on a path be converted to a curved point?

• At any time

• Only before the point is integrated into another object

• Only before you have saved the document

• A corner point can't be converted to a curved point

To add a point to a selected path, roll the Pen tool over a segment and:

• click when the plus sign (+) indicator appears

• click when the line turns red

• click when the minus sign (-) indicator appears

• double-click at any time

Once you have drawn a line using the pencil tool, it:

• lays the Anchor points

• shows the Start and end point

• changes the width of the stroke

• smooths out the line for you

In the Pencil Tool Options dialog box, drag the Fidelity slider toward Smooth when you want to:

• loosely follow the mouse movements and decrease the number of points on the path

• precisely follow the mouse movements and increase the number of points on the path

• precisely follow the mouse movements and decrease the number of points on the path

• loosely follow the mouse movements and increase the number of points on the path

What is being done here?

• Dragging to reshape a path with the Pencil tool

• Dragging to reshape a path with the Pen tool

• Mirroring to reshape a path with the Pencil tool

You can drag the ________ tool to create a freehand sketch consisting of open or closed paths. As with any path in Illustrator, you can go back later and reshape segments and reposition points to tweak your shape.

• Pencil

• Pen

• Line

• Direct Selection

The _______ tool creates precise curved and straight segments that are connected to anchor points. You can either click with the tool to create corner points and straight segments or drag with the tool to create smooth points and curved segments.

• Pen

• Pencil

• Line

• Selection