Graphics Flashcards
What does Ergonomics mean?
How furniture can be arranged so people can do work or activities more efficiently and comfortably.
What does aesthetics mean?
How beautiful or pretty something looks.
What does function mean?
An activity that is natural to the purpose of a person or a thing.
What does annotations mean?
A note added to a text or diagram to explain that part.
What size is an A0?
in mm or cm
841 x 1189 mm
84.1 x 118.9 cm
What size is an A1?
in mm or cm
594 x 841 mm
59.4 x 84.1 cm
What size is an A2?
in mm or cm
420 x 594 mm
42 x 59.4 cm
What size is an A3?
in mm or cm
297 x 420 mm
29.7 x 42 cm
What size is an A4?
in mm or cm
210 x 297 mm
21 x 29.7 cm
What size is an A5?
in mm or cm
148 x 210 mm
14.8 x 21 cm
What size is an A6?
in mm or cm
105 x 148 mm
10.5 x 14.8 cm
What is paper thickness measured in?
Grams per square metre (gsm)
This is the weight of one square metre of the paper.
What is card thickness measured in?
? = 1 mm
Microns
1000 microns= 1 mm
2-sheet/ ? Microns/ ?-? GSM
And what is it used for?
2-sheet/ 200 microns/ 150-160 GSM
Thin developed for photo copiers
3-sheet/ ? Microns/ ?-? GSM
And what is it used for?
3-sheet/ 230 microns/ 170-180 GSM
Thicker good for layering
4-sheet/ ?-? Microns/ ?-? GSM
And what is it used for?
4-sheet/ 280-300 microns/ 210-240 GSM
Thin flimsy bendy
6-sheet/ ?-? Microns/ ?-? GSM
And what is it used for?
6-sheet/ 350-380 microns/ 270-290 GSM
Invitations
8-sheet/ ? Microns/ ? GSM
10-sheet/ ? Microns/ ? GSM
12-sheet/ ? Microns/ ?-? GSM
And what is it used for?
8-sheet/ 500 Microns/ 385 GSM
10-sheet/ 580 Microns/ 460 GSM
12-sheet/ 750 Microns/ 550-590 GSM
Thick craft knife framing
What is paper orientation?
Two examples?
It is the right way in which a rectangular page is positioned for normal viewing.
Two common, portrait and landscape.
What does DTP stand for?
Desktop Publishing
What is DTP?
A software that allows you to create page layers that combine text and graphics.
Types of things used in DTP?
Text, styled, fonts, effects, colours
Background colour, blocks of text, images
Page layout templates, set up so each page has same appearance
Such as newspaper, magazines, newsletters, leaflets.
When resizing an image what do you have to keep the same so it stays in proportion?
The ratio of width and length.
Items used when cutting
Craft knife
Cutting mat
Safety rule
Bone scorer
Step by step cutting
Place card on cutting mat
Put safety rule on the line
Using the craft knife, cut a line through the card
Tips on cutting
Don’t hold the craft knife like a pencil
Hold it the right way up so u don’t cut yourself
Put the mat with the grid up so you can use it
Put pressure on The safety rule because it could slip and you could cut the wrong piece of card
If one square is 30mm^2 how many mm is a cube net?
180mm^2
Image of mountains and the sun
What does it do?
Picture
Inserts a picture from your files
Image of bars getting darker and lighter as they go up
What does it do?
Image control (washout) Can upload images