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DGA Course
Digital Graphic Arts Intro State Test Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adjustment Layer | This holds color or tonal adjustments that affect the layers below it. Rather than edit image pixels directly, you can edit it and leave the underlying pixels unchanged. |
| Alignment | Left, right, centered, and Justified |
| Analogous Color Scheme | Any three colors which are side by side on a 12-part color wheel |
| Anchor Points | Small square handles, similar to fastening points, that connect straight or curved line segments. |
| Art Director | Determines how the ads verbal and visual symbols will fit together |
| Ascender | The part of a character that extends above the mean (middle) line |
| Asymmetrical | Imbalance of content on image |
| Axis Line | An imaginary line that is traced through an object or several objects |
| Balance | The arranging art elements in an artwork so no one part of that work overpowers, or seems heavier than, any other part. Formal balance = symmetrical balance / informal balance = asymmetrical balance/ radial balance |
| Baseline | The invisible line on which characters sit |
| Bezier Curve | Defined by points and appear smooth. The curve will have a starting and ending point, and other points push the curve to bend in a certain way. |
| Citing Sources | Giving credit to someone or something when what you use is not your own original work. |
| Client | A purchaser of a service or product; a client looks for a designer to act as the translator between their voice/idea and their audience |
| Clipping Mask | A group of two or more contiguous layers that are linked for the purpose of masking. |
| Clone Stamp Tool | Allows you to duplicate pixels to another location |
| CMYK | Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black (the four colors used in full-color process printing) |
| Color | Element of design that has emotional and psychological impact (hue, saturation, value) |
| Color Harmony | A visually pleasing arrangement of colors. |
| Color Palette | Data that represents the set of colors used in a graphic |
| Commercial Artist | An artist for a company that creates original art work for the intent of advertising and promotion |
| Complementary Color Scheme | Any 2 colors directly opposite each other on the color wheel. |
| Compression (Files) | Reducing the amount of data in a file for storage & sending |
| Contrast | Principle of design indicated by use of LIGHT and DARK shades |
| Copyright | Original creations such as copyrights, trademarks, and patents |
| Crop Tool | Used to remove unwanted edges |
| Ctrl + C | Keyboard shortcut for copy |
| Ctrl + P | Keyboard shortcut for print |
| Ctrl + V | Keyboard shortcut for paste |
| Ctrl + V | Keyboard shortcut for paste |
| Ctrl+ T | Keyboard shortcut to transform |
| Data | Space that images/projects take up. Bit, Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte |
| Descender | The part of a character that extends below the baseline |
| Direct Selection Tool | Selects individual anchor points or paths in order to edit individual pieces of an object |
| Distortion | Happens when you resize a graphic object in one direction only, using one of the side handles instead of the corner handles. |
| Dpi | (Dots per inch) The measure of resolution for a video monitor or printer high-resolution printers are usually at least 1000 dpi. Laser printers typically have a resolution of 600 dpi; monitors are usually 72 dpi. |
| Drop Caps | An oversized capital letter used at the start of a paragraph. Occupy two or more lines of body copy, usually introduced for design emphasis. |
| Elements of Graphic Design | Line, color, texture, shape, size, value, space, typography |
| Emphasis | To make an object or element stand out. |
| Employability Skills | Responsibility, dependability, ethics, respect, and cooperation |
| Eraser | Erases pixels and restores parts of an image to a previously saved state. |
| Eyedropper | A tool in a graphics program that can pick up a color (or text appearance) from the canvas for use elsewhere. |
| Fair Use | Part of copyright law that provides for the limited use of copyrighted work without permission. |
| Fill | Changing the interior color of a shape, or text. |
| Font Family | A complete set of characters, letters, and symbols for a particular typeface |
| Foreground Color | Tool that will show you the color applied when using brush |
| Form | 3-dimensional space added to objects by the additional of shadows, tone, or color transitions; giving depth to an object |
| Gradient | Smooth change from one color to another. |
| Graphic Designer/Illustrator | Person who creates visual impressions or products and advertisements in the fields of graphics, theater, and fashion |
| Graphics Card | Piece of hardware that controls the display and refresh rate |
| Grayscale | Uses true black, true white, and all shades of gray in between |
| Grouping | Selecting more than one shape or object and keeping them together |
| Hand Tool | Tool that allows you to reposition the canvas inside the window |
| Handle | One of the small black boxes around the side of the selected graphic object. |
| Hard Copy | A physical copy of a digital project such as a printout, poster, etc.… |
| Hardware | The physical parts of a computer |
| History Panel | Allows you to view each command you have used during the current work session and can allow you to deselect up to 25-30 times. |
| Icons | Almost universally recognized and easily 'read' even when the text is in an unfamiliar language. Ex: the stylized wheelchair |
| Informal | What principle of design has asymmetrical balance? |
| Intellectual Property | Right, copyright, or trademark associated with the creation of ideas in a tangible format |
| Justification | To align text either to the left/right or both margins |
| Kerning | The adjustment of spacing between letters. |
| Lasso Tool | Selection tool that allows for freeform selections |
| Layer Mask | Using black/white to “hide” parts of a layer |
| Layers | Similar to sheets of transparent paper stacked upon each other to form the overall composition |
| Leading | Vertical distance separating each line of type |
| Line | Element of design; A continuous mark made on some surface by a moving point; used to organize information, simulate movement, lead the eye, and enhance a design |
| Logo | An identifying symbol (as seen in media formats such as print and television |
| Monochromatic Scheme | Uses variations in lightness and saturation of a single color. |
| Movement & Rhythm | Used to create the look and feel of action and to guide the viewer’s eye, and rhythm is the repetition of an element to make a work seem active. |
| Negative Space | The area in a document where no text or graphics appear; space around the main object |
| Neutral Color Scheme | Beige, ivory, taupe, black |
| Type Styles | Normal, bold, italic |
| Opacity | A measurement of the transparency of a color. Adjustable from 0% to 100%. |
| Pattern | A decorative effect achieved through the repetition of colors, lines, shapes, and or textures. |
| Pen Tool | It uses anchor points and paths to allow you to create straight lines, Bezier lines (curved), and shapes. |
| Photo Restoration Tools | Spot Healing Brush, the Patch tool, and the Clone Stamp tool |
| Pixel | The smallest unit of measurement for a raster image; a box that can have its color and brightness adjusted |
| Point | The unit that is used to measure fonts/type; 72pt = 1 inch |
| Principles of Design | Principles are guidelines that govern the way artists organize the elements of art. |
| Project Manager | An individual who is an expert in project planning and management, defines and develops the project plan, and tracks the plan to ensure the project is completed on time and on budget |
| Proportion | What principle of design creates emphasis using placement of shapes and mass? |
| Proportion | The parts of a work relate to each other and to the whole. |
| Public Domain | Creative work with no exclusive rights |
| Raster | Image made of hundreds (or thousands or millions) of either pixels or dots. (Photoshop) |
| Raster Graphic Files | .JPG, .JPEG, GIF, BMP, TIF, or PNG |
| Resize | To change the size of a picture or graphic |
| Resolution | How many pixels a monitor can display per square inch or are contained in an image. |
| RGB | Red, Green and Blue (the colors on computer monitors/ digital outputs. Light primaries and colors are created with light) |
| Rhythm | Principle of design create movement using the same size or shape in a pattern |
| Royalty-Free Images | Images that the user pays a one-time fee for the image, under this license, users can use the image for as long as they like after they pay the license fee. |
| Sans Serif | Without serif, refers to typefaces without decorative strokes at the end of characters |
| Saturation | The amount of the hue used |
| Selection Tool | Tool allows for the selection of objects and groups by clicking or dragging over them |
| Serif | A small cross-stroke that appears on the arms of letters; added for design and readability. |
| Shade | A hue plus black |
| Shape | Element of design defines area of space |
| Shift | This key is used to constrain proportions when resizing |
| Source Citation | Must be included in publication after obtaining the right to use a graphic or item found on the internet |
| Stroke | The outside color outlining a shape or type |
| Symmetrical | Balance on BOTH sides of an image |
| Technical Writer | Person prepares instruction manuals, technical reports, and other scientific or technical documents |
| Texture | Element of design refers to the way something feels or how one perceives something should feel if touched. |
| Thumbnail | Reduced- size version of picture, used to help recognize and organize them for preview |
| Tint | A hue plus white |
| Tracking | The space between all characters of a word |
| Transform | Crop, resize, warp, scale, rotate, skew, and straighten |
| Typeface | Set of characters that share common characteristics like stroke width and the presence or absence of serifs; The character set includes letters, numbers, punctuation, and symbols |
| Typography | The art of using fonts and font styles to produce professional looking publications |
| Unity | Principle of design that focuses on having a cohesive theme for elements that belong together |
| Value | The brightness of a color |
| Variety | Combining art elements by adding slight changes to increase visual interest. |
| Vector | Image type that is created by using paths, anchor points, lines, curves, and handles. (Illustrator) |
| Vector Files | PDF, AI, and EPS |
| Weight | The boldness or thickness of letters. |
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