digital media

Question 1

what is digital media?

Answer 1

Digital Media is any method of storing, transmitting, receiving and manipulating data in digital form. It allows for the easy exchange of information in many ranges and forms which can be for entertainment, illustration or communication.

Question 2

what are the four elements used to create digital media?

Answer 2

Text, images, sound and video are four elements used to create digital media

Question 3

what are the 5 types of digital data?

Answer 3

The five types of digital data is audio, visual, text, graphic and animation.

Question 4

what are some digital media applications that are widely used for print media?

Answer 4

Adobe illustrator, Indesign, photoshop

Question 5

what are some digital media applications?

Answer 5

Microsoft Word, Photoshop and InDesign.

Question 6

what are some examples of editing tools in photoshop?

Answer 6

marquee tool, paint bucket and eraser tool.

Question 7

what are graphics?

Answer 7

Graphics is anything associated with digital art.

Question 8

what is a graphic designer?

Answer 8

A graphic designer is a person who creates graphics for a living.

Question 9

what is the responsibility of a graphic designer?

Answer 9

Their responsibility is to create visual concepts for print or online media.

Question 10

what are devices that you could display digital media on?

Answer 10

Three devices that are used to display digital graphics are a phone, TV and computer.

Question 11

what are data types for digital media products?

Answer 11

• Text (Any meaningful series of characters i.e ASCII (.txt), HTML, RTF)
• Graphics (Digitalised Images, i.e JPEG, GIF, BMP)
• Audio (Digital sound, i.e. MP3, WAV, MIDI)
• Video (Digitised Moving Images, i.e MOV, MPEG)

Question 12

What is digitisation?

Answer 12

Digitisation is the process where data from analogue (data that is represented in a physical way) is converted into digital form.

Question 13

what are some methods of digitalisation?

Answer 13

Two methods of digitisation is frame grabbing and scanning.

Question 14

What is bitmapping?

Answer 14

Bitmapping is the storage of images in memory as a matrix of individual pixels or picture elements. Each pixel is either ON (white) and stored as the digital number 1 or OFF (black) and stored as 0.

Question 15

What helps to store colour?

Answer 15

Bit depth helps to store colour graphic as it stores each individual colour and the “depth of colour”.

Question 16

What is a project?

Answer 16

A project is a process of planning, designing and the production of finding a solution to a problem.

Question 17

what are the two most important components of data development?

Answer 17

The two most important components of project development is the procedure to achieve a solution and the elements or materials required to carry out the task involved.

Question 18

What are the best ways to get inspiration?

Answer 18

Create a mindmap, Brainstorm

Question 19

What are some important criteria to consider when creating a project?

Answer 19

Purpose, Functionality, Aesthetics, Target Audience

Time Management

Question 20

what is a benefit of ongoing evaluation?

Answer 20

The benefit of ongoing evaluation during project work is that it finds a more effective final solution faster, therefore ‘failing faster’ and deals with issues as they arrive.

Question 21

what are some careers in digital media?

Answer 21

Digital media majors often work in the motion picture and video industries to create special effects, visual images and audio. You may also work for computer software companies and make websites, animations or video game designs.

Question 22

what positions could you apply for in companies?

Answer 22

Some of the job titles you could qualify for include game designer, animator, sound producer, digital illustrator, graphic designer, animation engineer, presentation artist and art director.