MaWD 2.01 Graphic Design
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Graphics | Anything that is not actual text, from simple line drawings to fully active images found on the world wide web. |
| Color Depth | The number of colors that each pixel in an image is capable of displaying. |
| Compression | The process of reducing the space required to store data by efficiently encoding the content. |
| Lossless | no data is lost during compression. |
| Lossy | Some data is lost during compression. |
| Portability | ease at which files are opened, modified, and viewed on computers using different operating systems, software and browsers. |
| Transparency | the background of an image is "see-through" so that the graphic can blend into the background without having a white box around it. |
| Raster Graphics | Also called BITMAP graphics |
| GIF | Graphics Interchange Format. |
| JPEG | Joint Photographic Expert Group. |
| BMP | Bitmap. |
| PNG | Portable Network Graphics. |
| TIFF | Tagged Image File Format |
| Vector Graphics | composed of mathematical formulas that define lines, shapes and curves. |
| Resolution | The number of pixels or dots that a monitor can display. |
| PPI | Pixels Per Inch. |
| DPI | Dots Per Inch. |
| Aspect Ratio | relationship of an object's width to its height. |
| Cloning | copying part of an image and using it to replace unwanted parts of the image. |
| Cropping | removing a part of an image. |
| Filters | Used to apply special effects to an image that would be too difficult to create manually. |
| Gradients | filling an object with a smooth transition from one color to another. |
| Layering | compiling multiple pictures or objects together into one image. |
| Rotating | pivoting an object around its center point |
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