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Photoshop Chapter 1
Chapter 1 vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Digital Image | A picture in electronic form. It may be referred to as a file, document, picture, or image. |
Image-editing | Used to manipulate graphic images that can be posted on websites or reproduced by professional printers using full-color processes. |
Pixel | Very small squares that make up an image; each dot in a bitmapped image that represents a color or shade. |
Type | Text, or a layer containing text. Each character is measured in points. traditional measurement, one inch is equivalent to 72.27 points. |
Preferences | Used to control the Photoshop environment using your specifications. |
Workspace | The entire window, from the Application bar at the top of the window, to the status bar at the bottom border of the program window |
Tools panel | Contains tools for frequently used commands. |
Options Bar | Located at the top of the workspace and displays the settings for the active tool. |
Panels | Floating windows that can be moved and are used to modify objects. |
Dock | A collection of panels or buttons below a dark gray bar. |
Drop Zone | A blue outline area that indicates where a panel can be moved. |
Rulers | Onscreen markers that help you precisely measure and position an object. |
Status Bar | The area located at the bottom of the program window (Win) or the work area (Mac) that displays information such as the file size of the active window and a description of the active tool. |
Splash screen | A window that displays information about the software you are using. |
Creative Common Licenses | License that allows you to keep your copyright, while allowing others to copy and distribute your work under your conditions, without lawyers and expensive fees. |
Fair Use doctrine | Allows a user to make a copy of all or part of a work within specific parameters of usage, even if permission has not been granted. |
Derivative Work | A new, original product that includes content from previously existing work. |
Copyright | The right of an author or creator of a work to copy, distribute, and modify a thing, idea, or image; a type of intellectual property. |
Symmetrical Balance | When objects are placed equally on either side of an imaginary vertical line in the center of the page |
Asymmetrical balance | When objects are placed unequally on either side of an imaginary vertical line in the center of the page. |
Tone | The brightness and contrast within an image. |
Sharpness | An element of composition that draws the viewer's eye to a specific area. |
Scale | The size relationship of objects to one another |
Arrangement | How objects are positioned, relative to one another. |
Intellectual Property | An image or idea that is owned and retained by legal control. |
Optical Center | Of an image or page occurs approximately three-eighths from the top of the page and is the point around which objects are balanced on the age. |
target audience | Group of people who you are trying to attract your product to. |
Characteristics that can influence design include: | 1.Internal audience 2. age 3. Geographical location 4. Gender 5.Ethnicity |