Project Management
Defines the boundaries of a project. It spells out the expectations for what needs to be done.
What is a Project Plan / Design Brief?
This consists of all the creative works outside of all exclusive intellectual property rights. Essentially, it belongs to the public.
What is the Public Domain?
How many pixels are in an image, usually defined in Pixels Per Inch or Dots Per Inch.
What is Resolution?
The keyboard shortcut for Undo.
What is Ctrl+Z?
The tool you use when you want to type along a curved line.
What is the Type on a Path Tool?
These are the agreed upon finished products that will be provided to the client.
What are deliverables?
This is the term for a use that generates income.
What is Commercial Use?
Digital graphics made of points and curves that does not pixelate no matter its size.
What are Vector Images?
This is where the active fill and stroke colors are always located.
What is the Toolbar?
Or the Control Bar?
...Or (usually) the Properties panel?
The three types of gradients in Illustrator.
What are linear, radial, and freeform gradients?
This is the term for a layout that demonstrates what key elements will exist.
What is a wireframe?
Copyrighted materials that have been altered or changed.
What are Derivative Works?
The best Color Mode to use when creating designs that will be printed.
What is CMYK?
This is where you go to find your Properties panel if it disappears.
What is the Window menu? Like the one at the top of Illustrator? Yeah that one?
The two tools that can be used to combine shapes.
What are the Shape Builder and Shaper tools?
This is important to consider in every design, ensuring that graphics are understandable to everyone, including individuals with disabilities.
What is accessibility?
Work that is subject to copyright law, created by an employee as part of their job.
What is Work for Hire?
The spacing between a pair of characters.
What is kerning?
The icon next to each layer and object that controls the visibility of that layer/object?
What is a tiny little eye thing?
When using a text box, a red plus sign indicates that this has happened.
What is text overflowing?
Multiple renditions of the design that meet the goal and purpose, but look visually different (different layout, scaling, color distribution, etc) for comparison purposes so the client can make a decision.
What are Design Comps?
The specific permission needed when using photos/likeness of a person in a design.
What is Model Release?
Digital graphics that are made up of pixels and can't be scaled without becoming blurry or blocky.
What are Bitmap/Raster Images?
This is the action you perform to open the settings for most non-shape tools.
What is double clicking on it in the toolbar?
When making a clipping mask, the layer to be used as a mask must be here.
Where is above all the objects it is masking?