Stretch tasks Working with vector shapes

Round 1: Quiz Blitz

1. The colour inside it Fill is the colour inside a shape. Stroke is the outline.
2. Its outline Stroke is the outline.
3. The pen or Bezier tool The pen, or Bezier, tool draws custom paths.
4. True Shapes stack in the order they are drawn.
5. Lower the circle Lower sends a shape down the stacking order.
6. Joins shapes so they move and scale together Grouped shapes stay separate but move together. Union merges them into one.
7. Intersection Intersection keeps the overlap and nothing else.
8. Cut one circle out of another with Difference A crescent is one circle with another circle cut out of it.
9. Union; Difference Union and Difference change the shapes. Raise and Lower only change the stacking order.
10. False The align and distribute tools centre things exactly, which makes a design look professional.
11. union Union merges shapes into one.
12. Exclusion Exclusion removes the overlapping part and keeps the rest.

Round 2: Quick Fire

1. • Fill is the colour inside the shape
   • Stroke is the outline
   Model answer

   Fill is the colour inside a shape. Stroke is the outline around it.

2. • Group keeps the shapes separate but moves them together
   • Union merges them into one shape
   Model answer

   Group joins shapes so they move and scale together, but they stay separate. Union merges them into one single shape.

3. • They are precise, so things are exactly centred
   • The design looks more professional
   Model answer

   The align tools centre things exactly, which is more precise than by eye, and properly centred work looks far more professional.

4. • Moving the individual points
   • That make up a shape, to change its outline
   Model answer

   Node editing means moving the individual points that make up a shape, to change its outline.

Round 3: Big Think

1. • Draw a circle with the ellipse tool
   • Draw a second circle overlapping the first
   • Make sure the cutting circle is on top
   • Use Difference to cut it out
   • Set the fill and stroke
   Model answer

   First draw a circle with the ellipse tool. Then draw another circle overlapping it, slightly to one side, and make sure it is on top. Select both and use Difference, which cuts the top circle out of the one beneath, leaving a crescent. Finally set the fill colour and the stroke.

2. • Union merges shapes into one
   • Difference cuts the top shape out of the one beneath
   • Intersection keeps only the overlap
   • Exclusion keeps everything except the overlap
   • This is how most professional logos are made
   • Complex shapes can be built quickly and precisely from simple ones
   • An example, such as a crescent moon
   Model answer

   Union merges shapes into one. Difference cuts the top shape out of the one beneath. Intersection keeps only the overlapping part, and Exclusion keeps everything except the overlap. Designers use them because complex shapes can be built quickly and precisely from simple shapes, which is how most professional logos are made. For example, a crescent moon is one circle with another subtracted from it.

This or That

1. Stroke Stroke is the outline. Fill is the colour inside.
2. Group Group keeps them separate. Union would merge them into one shape.
3. Difference Difference subtracts the top shape from the one beneath.
4. Raise it Raise moves a shape up the stacking order.
5. The pen or Bezier tool The pen tool draws your own paths, with curves.
6. Only the overlap Intersection keeps the overlap. Exclusion keeps everything else.
7. Aligning things properly Centring and aligning things precisely is one of the fastest ways to look professional.
8. Node editing Node editing moves the points that make up a shape.

Memory Match

• A 3 Fill: The colour inside a shape
• B 4 Stroke: The outline of a shape
• C 2 Union: Merges shapes into one
• D 1 Difference: Cuts the top shape out of the one beneath
• E 6 Intersection: Keeps only the overlap
• F 5 Exclusion: Keeps everything except the overlap