chapter 1 Flashcards

(40 cards)

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CS

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stands for creative suite.

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Digital image

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a picture in electronic form.

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Photoshop

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allows you to communicate your ideas visually

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Image editing

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allows you to manipulate graphic images so that they can be reproduced by professional printers

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5
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Pixels

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very small squares that make up images.

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6
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Flatten-

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irreversible process that combines all layers and reduces the file size.

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7
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Logo

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a distinctive image you create by combining symbols, shapes, and colors, and text. Usually, to give identity to organizations.

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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

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Kodak photocd = .pcd
Pixar = .pxr
Photoshop pdf = .pdf

Splash screen- a window that displays info about the software, and then the photoshop window opens.

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10
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black triangle

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leads to a sub menu

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ellipse

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followed by dialog box

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art board

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area bound by a solid line, which you create your art work

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scratch area

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area outside the dartboard where you can store objects before placing them on dartboard- will not print

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tools panel

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contains tools that let you create, select, and manipulate objects.

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15
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tiny black triangle

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indicates “hidden” tools behind that tool

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16
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zoom text box

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displays current magnification level

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17
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status bar

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contains a list arrow menu from which you can choose a status line with info about current tool

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panels

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windows containing features for modifying and manipulating illustrator objects- arranged in groups

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docking panels

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allows you to arrange multiple panels or panel groups vertically

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tab key

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hides and shows your panel

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outline view

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shows the skeleton of your work lines and curves

22
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preview

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shows complete work (command Y)

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zoom

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zoom out

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hand tool
(hold spacebar) allows you to move artboard
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bounding box
eight hollow white squares that show an object is selected
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bitmap images
image made out of squares
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resolutions
number of pixels in a given inch
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resolution dependent
pixels must be small enough to create an image with illusion of continous tone
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vector graphics
created with lines and curves and are defined by mathematical objects called vectors
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paths
anchor points & line segments together that are made up of these vectors graphics.
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vectors
are often used to create logos or line art
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resolution dependent
because they are not created with pixels, this is no resolution
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x
switches between fill and stroke mode
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"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
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grouping
objects allows you to move many objects as 1 to group
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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
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reflect tool
to flip an object over an imaginary axis
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transform
repeats the previous transformation
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guides
help you works with precision, will lose fill, stroke, etc while guides are on