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Flashcards in DTP Deck (18)
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1
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Colour picking

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Allows a colour from an image to be sampled and can be used on any other feature

2
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Textured fill

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A range of textures can be applied to a shape

Can be used to improve presentation in compliance with the design element

3
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Gradient filler

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Shows one colour gradually fading into another
Colours, patterns and direction can be changed
Effective at adding tone to a presentation to give it form

4
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Text wrap

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Text following the edge of an image (“wrapped”)
Way of incorporating images in and creating rhythm
- wrap around right-hand side
- wrap around left-hand side
- edit positions to wrap around an object

5
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Reverse

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Strong contrast between text and background

Eg white on blue, yellow on black

6
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Extended text

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Long sections of body text

7
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Flow text

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Text can be set to follow a line or shape
Helps achieve unity
Eye catching contrast
Leads the readers eye through a layout

8
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Copy and paste

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Can repeat and image elsewhere in the document

9
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Cut and Paste

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Used to remove an image or frame from one document of the page to another

10
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Orientation

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Direction of the page

  • landscape
  • portrait
11
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Line-spacing

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Spacing between lines can be enlarged for easier reading
Only works to a point- text can become disconnected and more difficult to read
Can also be made smaller to help fit information

12
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Transparency

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Allows objects to be made see-through
The amount of transparency can be chosen
Often used on top of an image to make text legible

13
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Cropping

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Removes outer proportions of an image, so smaller in size
Square cropping- most simple form, only relevant part is shown
Full cropping- removes the entire background from the image, can enable more suitable background to be used, creates focal point and visually interesting shape

14
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Drop Shadow

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Casts shadow behind an image or text
Creates 3D effect and suggests depth
Can be used to emphasise an image

15
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Drop capital

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Enlarging the first letter
Emphasises start of article
Contrast in size

16
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Pull quote

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Short extract from main body text
Always in bigger font size and different typeface than body text
Grabs readers attention- often controversial
Often combined with wrap text to connect closely with article

17
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Caption

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Text that describes an image, often a photograph

Normally discrete and descriptive

18
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Justification

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Refers only to text and how it is set out (unlike alignment which includes images)
Left- text begins each line at the left margin
Right-
Center- measured from the centre of the column/ page
Full-