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Key Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Clip Art | Premade graphics that are available online and in many software packages; may be vector or raster |
| Photographs | Raster images that contain millions of colours |
| Art Work | Computer created drawings or paintings; may be raster or vector |
| PPI | Pixels per inch |
| DPI | Dots per inch printed in an image |
| Aspect Ratio | Relationship of an object's width to its height |
| Graphics | Anything on the page that is not actual text, from simple line drawings to fully active images found on the World Wide Web |
| Colour Depth | The number of colours per pixels that can be contained in an image |
| Compression | Refers to how an image is saved in order to reduce the file size |
| Lossless Compression | After being saved multiple times, the quality does not change |
| Lossy Compression | After being saved multiple times, the quality does change |
| Portability | How easily you can open, modify, and view the files on computers using different operating systems, software and browsers |
| Transparency | Allows the background colour of an image to be "eliminated" or made transparent so that the background behind the image can be seen |
| Cloning | Copying part of an image and using it to replace unwanted parts of the image |
| Cropping | Cutting out parts of an image |
| Filters | Used to apply special effects to an iamge that would be too difficult to create manually |
| Gradient | Filling an object/image with a smooth transition from one colour to another |
| Layers | Compiling multiple pictures or objects together into one image |
| Patterns | Raster graphics used to fill an object or selection |
| Textures | Used to create filters and backgrounds |
| Rotating | Pivotng an object around its center point |
| Raster graphics | [also called bitmap graphics] They consist of grids of tiny dots called pixels |
| GIF | Graphics Interchange Format |
| JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group |
| BMP | Bitmap |
| PNG | Portable Network Graphics |
| TIFF | Tagged Image File Format |
| Vector Graphics | They are created from mathematical formulas used to define lines, shapes, and curves |
| AI | Adobe Illustrator, Used to create, save, and archive original artwork |
| EPS | Encapsulated Postscript |
| Meta Graphics | Contain vector and raster data, Shapes in vector graphics can be filled with textures and patterns that are raster graphics |
| SVG | Scalable Vector Graphics |
| PLT | Hewlett Packard Graphics Language Plot File |
| CDR | Corel Draw |
| DXF | AutoCAD |
| WMF | Windows Metafile |