Computer graphics: midterm review

Question 1

A picture in electronic form.

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Digital imagex

Question 2

Program that allows you to manipulate graphic images so that they can be reproduced by professional printers using full color processes.

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Image editing

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Each dot in a bit mapped image that represents a color or shade.

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Pixels

Question 4

Combines all layers in a document into a single layer and reduces the file size.

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Flatten

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A distinctive image that you can create by combining symbols, shapes, colors, and text.

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Logo

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Create and format text. Each character is measured in points.

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Type

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The entire window, stores projects and project files and keep track of file versions.

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Workspace

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Displays the current settings for each active tool.

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Options bar

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A collection of palettes or buttons surrounded by dark gray bar, usually in vertical orientation.

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Dock

Question 10

Onscreen markers, can help you precisely measure and position an object in the work space.

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Rulers

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A solution for organizing and managing a complex illustration by segregating artwork (allow you to create a section that can be manipulated independently).

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Layer

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Displays all the layers in an active image.

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Layers palette

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The direction in which an image appears on the page.

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Orientation

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An area within an image surrounded by a selection marquee.

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Selection

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Determines the percentage of transparency.

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Opacity

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A feature that affects a layer’s underlying pixels, and is used in lighten or dark colors.

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Blending mode

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Converts a typed layer into an image layer.

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Rasterized

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A dashed line that surrounds the area you want to edit or move to another image.

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Marquee

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To exclude certain parts of an image; hides areas of an image from view without losing resolution quality.

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Crop

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Merges all visible layers into a single background layer and discards all hidden layers.

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Flattening

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Combining images from sources such as other Photoshop images, royalty-free images, pictures taken from digital cameras, and scanned artwork.

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Compositing

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Temporary storage area provided by your operating system, for cut and copied data.

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Clipboard

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Horizontal or vertical lines that you position on a page.

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Guides

Question 24

Small boxes that appear along the perimeter of a selected object and are used to change the size of an image.

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Handles

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A feature in which the border of a picture or portrait fades into the surrounding color at its edges.

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Vignette

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A feather that lets you protect or modify a particular area; created using a marquee.

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Mask

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A method used to control the softness of a selection’s edges by blurring the area between the selection and the surrounding pixels.

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Feather

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The color reflected from or transmitted through an object.

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Hue

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The strength or purity of the color, representing the amount of gray in the portion to hue.

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Saturation

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The measurement of relative lightness or darkness of a color and is measured as a percentage from 0% (black)-100% (white).

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Brightness

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A feature that lets you choose a color from a color spectrum or lets you numerically define a custom color.

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Color picker

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A visual display of colors that you can choose from.

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Swatches palette.

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When you convert a color image to gray scale, the light and dark values remain while the color information is deleted.

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Luminosity

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Photoshop commands that can significantly alter an image’s appearance.

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Filters

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A command that converts a stroked path into a closed path that is the same width as the original stroked path.

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Outline stroke

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Fonts that have a tail, or stroke at the end of some characters.

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Serif fonts

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Fonts that do not have tails or strokes at the end of characters; commonly used in headlines.

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San serif fonts

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The A long-standing process of increasing or decreasing space between a pair of characters.

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Kerning

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The amount of vertical space between lines of type.

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Leading

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An invisible line on which type rests.

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Baseline

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A soft-edged graphic behind another graphic that appears as though it is the shadow of the graphic DTD.

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Drop shadow

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Partially fills in pixel edges, resulting in smooth edged type. This feature lets your type maintain its crisp appearance and is especially useful for large type.

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Anti-alaising

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Converts a typed layer to an image layer.

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Rasterized

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Create 3 dimensional or other reshaping effects.

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Distort filters

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The height of the ridges within an object.

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Relief