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MAWD Lesson 2.01
Term | Definition |
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Inches | Standard unit of measurement for the United States and US standard sized paper |
Pixels | Represented by one illuminated dot on a screen |
Picas | 1/6 of an inch, often used in print design |
Points | Standard unit of measurement for typefaces, equal to 1/72 of an inch |
Em Space | |
Percentage | |
Resolution | The amount of detail stored in a digital image |
PPI | Pixels Per Inch |
On Screen Resolution | |
Print Resolution | |
DPI | Dots Per Inch, used by printers to determine resolution |
RGB | Red Green Blue, the amount of each ranges from 0 to 255 and determines the produced color |
CMYK | Cyan Magenta Yellow Black (Key), assigned percentage values when printing |
Aspect Ratios | The relationship between an object's width and height |
Cropping | Cutting out part of the image |
Layering | Compiling multiple pictures or objects together into one image |
Selections | Identifying a specific area to alter |
Transforming | Changing a graphic's size or dimensions |
Layer Styles | One or more effects applied to a layer or layer group |
Layer Masks | A non-destructive method to apply transparency to a specific area |
Transparency | Removing the background color of a raster image to make it "see-through" |
Fill | putting a color, gradient, pattern or texture into an area |
Gradient | A smooth transition from one color to another |
Adjustment Layers | Non-destructive layers that can apply image tonal and color adjustments |
Filters | Used to apply special effects to an image that would be difficult to produce manually |
Clone Stamp | Copies an area of an image to place elsewhere |
Blend Modes | Change the way layers interact and blend together |