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MAWD 2.01
Understand digital raster graphics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Inches | The standard unit of measurement for the United States and U.S. standard sized papers |
| Pixels | The most common unit of measurement for computer screen display |
| Points | The standard unit of measurement for typefaces |
| Picas | One pica equals 1/6 of an inch., six picas per inch, often used in print design, since it is easily divisible, picas work well when applying the Rule of Thirds |
| Em space | refers to the size of a capital letter "M" for the current font |
| Percentage | Defining sub elements of a web page as a percentage to the width of the entire web page. Allows for responsive layouts as screen sizes change |
| Resolution | a measure of the amount of detail that is stored in a digital image |
| PPI | pixels per inch |
| On-screen Resolution | monitors are low resolution devices, most display 72 ppi |
| DPI | dots per inch |
| RGB | assigns an intensity value to each pixel ranging from 0 to 255 for each of the red, green, and blue components in an image |
| CMYK | assigns a percentage value for each of the process inks. Cyan, magenta, yellow, and black |
| Aspect Ratio | is the relationship of an object’s width to its height |
| Cropping | Cutting out part of an image |
| Layering | Compiling multiple pictures or objects together into one image |
| Selections | identifying a specific area of a layer or image that allows you to move or apply techniques to only that specific area on that specific layer |
| Transforming | changing a graphics size or dimensions through commands such as scaling and rotating |
| Layer Styles | One or more effects applied to a layer or layer group |
| Layer Masks | A non-destructive method which allows you to apply transparency to a specific portion of a layer with precise control |
| Transparency | removing the background color of a raster image making it “see-through” in order to allow the image to blend in with its background |
| Fill | putting a color, gradient, pattern, or texture into an object or area |
| Gradient | filling an object with a smooth transition from one color to another |
| Adjustment Layers | Non-destructive layers that can be added to allow you to apply image tonal and color adjustments |
| Filters | Used to apply special effects to an image that would be too difficult to create manually |
| Clone Stamp | samples and area of an image and then allows you to paint over another area of the image with the sampled area |
| Blend Modes | change the way layers interact by determining how a layer will blend with the layers below it |