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Quiz Time: Test Your Illustrator 8 Savvy and max tutorial

1. Which of the following isn't a type of Illustrator brush?

scatter

calligraphic

pattern

airbrush

2. An art brush can be made from which of the following in Illustrator 8?

a gradient mesh

a mask

a compound path

wood and some boar's hair bristles

3. What can't you do to a brushstroke you apply in Illustrator 8?

edit the strokes as paths

apply a different brushstroke to it

change the color

accidentally smear it with your elbow

4. If you want a new brush you've created to show up in the Brushes palette of all new illustrations, where must you save it?max tutorial

in the Brushes palette when no files are open

in the Brushes palette in the Adobe Illustrator Startup file

in one of Illustrator's sample brushes library

in the Brushes palette of the current illustration

5. If an Illustrator document won't print, which of the following does Real World Illustrator 8 author Deke McClelland suggest you try?

resave the file in an earlier Illustrator format

change the color mode from CMYK to RGB

expand all gradients, gradient meshes, tile patterns, and brushes

place tracing paper on your computer monitor and get out a sharp pencil

6. Creating text as a graphic in Illustrator gives you all the following advantages except:

you can quickly create effects such as drop shadows

you can turn it into a brush

you can fit it to radical curves more easily

you can easily correct the spelling

7. What's the quickest way to move all tab stops an equal distance in Illustrator 8 text?

Shift-drag the first tab stop

Option-drag the first tab stop

select the first tab stop and enter a new number in the Tab Ruler palette

hit Spacebar, Spacebar, Spacebar, Spacebar, Spacebar after each tab

8. How would you get the most precise results using the transformation tools?

begin dragging on the origin point

begin dragging as close as possible to the origin point

begin dragging as far as possible from the origin point

wave your magic wand and sprinkle some fairy dust

9. Hitting which of the following keys will make palettes and the toolbox go away?

Control-X

Tab

Shift-Tab

D minor

10. To increase type size in Illustrator (on a Mac)max tutorial, what keyboard combo should you use?

Command-Shift->

Option-Up Arrow

Option-Right Arrow

Shift-Option-Up Arrow

BONUS: What feature does The Illustrator 8 Wow! Book author Sharon Steuer miss the most when she's creating art using traditional media?max tutorial

the ability to apply different effects to the same object before settling on one

the low cost of making changes to an illustration

the ability to easily duplicate and distribute an illustration without losing any of the detail of the original

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