chapter 1 Flashcards
CS
stands for creative suite.
Digital image
a picture in electronic form.
Photoshop
allows you to communicate your ideas visually
Image editing
allows you to manipulate graphic images so that they can be reproduced by professional printers
Pixels
very small squares that make up images.
Flatten-
irreversible process that combines all layers and reduces the file size.
Logo
a distinctive image you create by combining symbols, shapes, and colors, and text. Usually, to give identity to organizations.
Type = text.
Photoshop = .psd
Bitmap = .bmp
Graphics interchange format = .gif
Pc paintbrush = .pcx
Photoshop encapsulated potscipt = .eps
Tagged image format = .tiff or .tif
Jpeg- .jpg or .jpeg or .jpe
Corel draw = .cor
Filmstrip = .vlm
Kodak photocd = .pcd
Pixar = .pxr
Photoshop pdf = .pdf
Splash screen- a window that displays info about the software, and then the photoshop window opens.
black triangle
leads to a sub menu
ellipse
followed by dialog box
art board
area bound by a solid line, which you create your art work
scratch area
area outside the dartboard where you can store objects before placing them on dartboard- will not print
tools panel
contains tools that let you create, select, and manipulate objects.
tiny black triangle
indicates “hidden” tools behind that tool
zoom text box
displays current magnification level
status bar
contains a list arrow menu from which you can choose a status line with info about current tool
panels
windows containing features for modifying and manipulating illustrator objects- arranged in groups
docking panels
allows you to arrange multiple panels or panel groups vertically
tab key
hides and shows your panel
outline view
shows the skeleton of your work lines and curves
preview
shows complete work (command Y)
zoom
command +
zoom out
command -
hand tool
(hold spacebar) allows you to move artboard
bounding box
eight hollow white squares that show an object is selected
bitmap images
image made out of squares
resolutions
number of pixels in a given inch
resolution dependent
pixels must be small enough to create an image with illusion of continous tone
vector graphics
created with lines and curves and are defined by mathematical objects called vectors
paths
anchor points & line segments together that are made up of these vectors graphics.
vectors
are often used to create logos or line art
resolution dependent
because they are not created with pixels, this is no resolution
x
switches between fill and stroke mode
“none”
swatch with red line through it is called this and used as a fill for a hollow object- any object w/ out a stroke
grouping
objects allows you to move many objects as 1 to group
smart guides
temporary guides that can be turned on and off in a view menu- and help you move and align objects in relation to other objects
reflect tool
to flip an object over an imaginary axis
transform
repeats the previous transformation
guides
help you works with precision, will lose fill, stroke, etc while guides are on
