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MAWD Lesson 2.01
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Inches | Standard unit of measurement for the United States and US standard sized paper |
| Pixels | Represented by one illuminated dot on a screen |
| Picas | 1/6 of an inch, often used in print design |
| Points | Standard unit of measurement for typefaces, equal to 1/72 of an inch |
| Em Space | |
| Percentage | |
| Resolution | The amount of detail stored in a digital image |
| PPI | Pixels Per Inch |
| On Screen Resolution | |
| Print Resolution | |
| DPI | Dots Per Inch, used by printers to determine resolution |
| RGB | Red Green Blue, the amount of each ranges from 0 to 255 and determines the produced color |
| CMYK | Cyan Magenta Yellow Black (Key), assigned percentage values when printing |
| Aspect Ratios | The relationship between an object's width and height |
| Cropping | Cutting out part of the image |
| Layering | Compiling multiple pictures or objects together into one image |
| Selections | Identifying a specific area to alter |
| Transforming | Changing a graphic's size or dimensions |
| Layer Styles | One or more effects applied to a layer or layer group |
| Layer Masks | A non-destructive method to apply transparency to a specific area |
| Transparency | Removing the background color of a raster image to make it "see-through" |
| Fill | putting a color, gradient, pattern or texture into an area |
| Gradient | A smooth transition from one color to another |
| Adjustment Layers | Non-destructive layers that can apply image tonal and color adjustments |
| Filters | Used to apply special effects to an image that would be difficult to produce manually |
| Clone Stamp | Copies an area of an image to place elsewhere |
| Blend Modes | Change the way layers interact and blend together |