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2.01 Graphic Design
Graphic Design words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Premade graphics that are available online and in many software packages that may be vector or raster. | ClipArt |
| Raster images that contain millions of colors. | Photographs |
| Computer created drawings or paintings | Artwork |
| The quality of an image is dependent upon two factors | Resolution-Aspect Ratio |
| Is the amount of detail (or data) stored for an image. | Resolution |
| Pixels per inch | Pixels per inch |
| The display resolution on monitors is also measured in | PPI |
| Copying part of an image and using it to replace unwanted parts of the image. | Cloning |
| Cutting out part of an image | Cropping |
| Used to apply special effects to an image that would be too difficult to create manually. | Filters |
| Compiling multiple pictures or objects together into one image | Layers |
| Pivoting an object around its center point | Rotating |
| Removing the background color of a raster image to make it “see-through” | Transparency |
| Anything on the page that is not actual text, from simple line drawings to fully active images found on the World Wide Web. | Graphics |
| Factors that Affect Graphic Format | Color depth, Compression, Portability, Transparency |
| Refers to how an image is saved in order to reduce the file size. | Compression |
| Reduces the file size without losing any pixel data | Lossless |
| How easily you can open, modify, and view the files on computers using different operating systems, software and browsers. | Portability |
| Created from mathematical formulas used to define lines, shapes and curves. | Vector Graphics |
| Examples of Metagraphics | WMF & EPS |
| Moving points | Nodes |
| Also called bitmap graphics | Raster Graphics |
| A circle or bubble enclosing copy in an illustration | Balloon |
| A print effect in which a color, object or image appears to run off the edge of a page. | Bleed |
| Common raster formats | GIF JPEG BMP PNG TIFF |
| Brief descriptive text accompanying an image or chart. | Caption |
| Horizontal or vertical lines that can be applied to paragraphs, text boxes, and objects in a publication. | Rules |
| Text that is the opposite to what the reader is accustomed. | Reverse Text |
| A semitransparent image in the background of printed material | Watermark |
| A file format used to add animation | GIF |
| Storage container for faxes and other digital images | TIFF |
| File format commonly used for replacing GIF and TIFF images | PNG |
| Large file size that is not well suited for transfer across the Internet or for print publications with no animation or transparency | BMP |