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tecapp voc 5
Term | Definition |
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Crop | to cut off the sides of an image to make it the proper size or to remove unwanted parts of an image. |
Fill | to paint the inside of an enclosed object |
Free Rotate | allows you to rotate a graphic to any angle |
Gray Scale | represents colors with different shades of gray for use with a non-color printer |
Grouping | allows you to work with several objects as though they were one object |
Handles | little squares at the edges and corners of a select3ed graphic on your screen |
Pixel | a collection or series of dots making up an image or the display on a monitor (the more pixels the better the picture) |
Resolution | Refers to the sharpness and clarity of an image; it is measured in dpi (dots per inch) |
Scaling | Re-sizing images to fit your layout |
Thumbnail | a miniature version of a picture or page layout |
Toolbox | a collection of drawing and painting tools included in a graphics software package |
Vector | an image is stored as lines rather than a series of dots or pixels |
GIF | Graphics Interchange Format; a bit-mapped graphics file format with low resolution and compressed to minimal file size for use on the web. It is a format especially chosen for animation effects. |
JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group; a standard file for shrinking graphics so they transmit faster between modems and take up less space on your hard drive; This is the most widely accepted and used format for images. |
PNG | Portable Networks Graphics: a format designed for the web; It will usually create a smaller file size than a GIF format |
BMP | Windows Bitmap ; a huge image file that has no advantage over other image formats; These files take up a lot of space on a hard drive |
TIFF | Tagged Image File Format; a file used in graphic design, publishing, and photography industries; The files are very large and have a slow loading time. |