Term | Definition |
Crop: | to cut off the sides of an image to make it the proper size or to
remove unwanted parts of an image. |
Fill: | to paint the inside of an enclosed object |
Free Rotate: | allows you to rotate a graphic to any angle |
Gray Scale: | represents colors with different shades of gray for use
with a non-color printer |
Grouping: | allows you to work with several objects as though they
were one object |
Handles: | little squares at the edges and corners of a selected
graphic on your screen |
Pixel: | a collection or series of dots making up an image or the display
on a monitor (the more pixels the better the picture) |
Resolution: | Refers to the sharpness and clarity of an image; it is
measured in dpi (dots per inch) |
Scaling: | Re-sizing images to fit your layout |
Thumbnail: | a miniature version of a picture or page layout |
Toolbox: | a collection of drawing and painting tools included in a
graphics software package |
Vector: | an image is stored as lines rather than a series of dots or
pixels |
GIF: | Graphics Interchange Format; a bit-mapped graphics file format
with low resolution and compressed to minimal file size for use on the web.
It is a format especially chosen for animation effects. |
PEG: | Joint Photographic Experts Group; a standard file for shrinking
graphics so they transmit faster between modems and take up less space
on your hard drive; This is the most widely accepted and used format for
images |
PNG: | Portable Networks Graphics: a format designed for the web; It will
usually create a smaller file size than a GIF format. |
BMP: | Windows Bitmap ; a huge image file that has no advantage over
other image formats; These files take up a lot of space on a hard drive. |
TIFF: | Tagged Image File Format; a file used in graphic design,
publishing, and photography industries; The files are very large and have a
slow loading time. |