Graphics Flashcards
What is a vector graphic?
A graphic made up of several different shapes
What do vector graphics store?
The properties of each of object on a page
What does a bitmapped graphic store?
The colour of every pixel in an image
What does the mouse tool in Inkscape do?
Allows you to activate, move, rotate, shear, and scale shapes
What does the square and rectangles tool do in Inkscape?
Allows you to create a squares and rectangles of different sizes.
What does the circles, ellipse and arcs tool do?
Allows you to create ellipses, curved edges, circles, etc. of different sizes.
What does the stars and polygons tool do in Inkscape?
Creates different shapes where you can choose the number of corners and sides
What does the Bezier pen do in Inkscape?
Used to create vector paths by creating a series of individual points known as nodes which you can add or subtract
What does the text object tool do in Inkscape?
Allows you to create text on a page.
What does the eyedropper do?
Allows you pick the same colour from another object and place it into different ones.
What does the draw freehand lines tool do in Inkscape?
Lets you draw freehand with a brush and lets you change the look of it
What does the fill and stroke operation in Inkscape do?
Sets fill colour, outline colour and outline thickness
What does scale do to the properties of a vector graphic?
Changes the size of your shape
What does rotate do to the properties of a vector graphic?
Turns an object by a number of degrees
What does flip do to the properties of a vector graphic?
Produces a mirror image of an object
How do you change the brightness and contrast in paint.net?
Go to adjustments and then go to brightness/contrast and adjust it to your liking
How do you change the hue and saturation in paint.net?
Go to adjustments and then go to hue/saturation and adjust it however you like
How do you edit one picture at a time in paint.net?
Use layers
How do you create a monochrome image in paint.net?
Firstly, you select lasso tool, the you press invert selection, then you go to adjustments then hue and saturation and adjust it to 0.
What does the paintbrush do in paint.net?
Lets you freehand draw with a paintbrush.
What does the pencil do in paint.net?
Let’s you freehand draw with a pencil
What does the eraser do in paint.net?
Let’s you rub out colours of pixels
What does the shapes tool do in paint.net?
Lets you create all sorts of shapes such as: ellipses, rectangles and other polygons
What does the paint bucket do in paint.net?
Let’s you fill in pixels with colour
What does rectangle select do in paint.net?
Let’s you select a square/rectangle area of pixels and let’s you cut and move it around
What does Lasso select do in paint.net?
Let’s you select an irregular area of pixels and let’s you cut and move it around
What does eyedropper do in paint.net?
Picks a colour from an image and allows you place it in others
What does clone stamp do in paint.net?
Copies selected pixels from one location to another
What does magic wand do in paint.net?
Allows areas of similar colours to be selected
What is the function of the ‘Orbit’ tool on SketchUp?
Orbit: allows you to view your model at different angles.
What is the function of the ‘Pan’ tool on SketchUp?
Enables you to move your view in different directions.
What is the function of the ’Zoom’ tool on SketchUp?
Focuses on a specific area as you draw.
What is the function of the ‘Move’ tool on SketchUp?
Move, stretch, copy and array selected entities.
What is the function of the ‘Rotate’ tool on SketchUp?
Rotate, stretch, copy and array selected entities about an axis.
What is the function of the ‘Scale’ tool on SketchUp?
Changes the size of your model.
What is the function of the ‘Push/Pull’ tool on SketchUp?
Allows you to turn 2D shapes into 3D shapes and allows you to change the height, depth and width of objects.
What is the skew operation in Inkscape?
When you transform a vector object or image to be unlevelled and disproportionate
What is the function of the rotate tool in Inkscape?
Rotates a shape at your required angle
