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| a scripting language used primarily for the development of websites and software using the Adobe Flash Player platform (in the form of SWF files embedded into Web pages) |
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| a special type of * used in graphics software for saving selections. Most bitmap editing software allows you to save multiple * *s with an image when it is saved in the program's native file format. Any of the * *s can be reloaded as a selection or mask at any time, even after closing and reopening the image. |
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| a * that marks the end of a vector line segment. These * can be moved around freely without disturbing any shape or text below it. The "pen tool" makes * *s within your artwork. |
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| technique of blending bitmap-based images and text to reduce the stair-stepping or jagged appearance. In areas of transition, the edge pixels are blended to give a smoother appearance. |
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| AVI file format (Audio Video Interleave) |
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| a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft in November 1992 as part of its Video for Windows technology. * files can contain both audio and video data in a file container that allows synchronous audio-with-video playback. Like the DVD video format, * files support multiple streaming audio and video. |
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| the color "space" or document type which is comprised of simple pixels. Each pixel has a specific value, and that value determines the color, intensity, and brightness of that pixel |
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| allows you to adjust how one layer or color mixes with the colors in the layers below. * *s are most often used with layers in your graphics software, but they can also come into play with painting tools where the * * of the painting tool affects how the colors mix with the existing colors on the same layer where you are painting. |
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| used for timeline or scene interactive navigation using Actionscripting. The * symbols add interactivity to the movie and respond to mouse clicks, key press or rollovers/rollout and other actions. You can define the graphics associated with various * states (Up/Over/Down/Hit), and then assign actions to the instance of a *. There are 4 frames in their timeline - one each for the up, over and down states, and one to define the hit area of the *. |
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| CMYK color mode (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black) |
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| the color "space" or document type which is based on the absorption and reflection of light. Usually this process is used mostly in printing such as printing presses or tshirt printing. Four "process" inks - cyan (close to blue), magenta (close to red), yellow and black (called the "subtractive primaries") are used in varying combinations and percentages to produce a range of printable colors in most commercial printing. A * file has four color "channels" one for each of the subtractive primary. Why is the letter "k" used for black? so that it is not confused with the name "blue" which is not used in this mode. If you mixed all the colors you would get black. |
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| Codec (compression=co/decompression=dec) |
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| is a device or computer program capable of encoding and/or decoding a digital data stream or signal. JPEG, GIF, Quicktime are all examples of *s. |
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| the color "space" or document type which defines the structure of the colors in your file. Files that stay on the screen should be "RGB" * *, and files that print should be "CMYK." |
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| the process of combining any two or more objects (images, video, illustrations, etc) into an overall design. |
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| a series of anchor points (with handles) that create an arching line |
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| EPS file format (Encapsulated PostScript) |
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| a PostScript image file format that is compatible with PostScript printers and is often used for transferring files between various graphics applications. * files will print identically on all PostScript-compatible printers and will appear the same in all applications that can read the PostScript format. PostScript is used for storing font and vector image information. |
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| a tool that allows you to sample a color anywhere on the screen to use as your fill or stroke color |
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| to change the edges by making them more transparent. You use * with the lasso tool. It is one way to anti-alias. |
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| a built-in tool or plug-in that produces a special effect. The type of effects you can get with plug-in *s can range from something as simple as a blurred or softened image to wild, psychedelic patterns, distortions, and artistic effects. |
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| this is the native format for Flash. It saves all the data in the Flash work file. It can be quite large including all layers, actionscript, and effects. |
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| one unit of time on the timeline |
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| GIF file format (Graphics Interchange Format) |
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| use a compression formula originally developed by CompuServe (which is why you see the term "GompuServe *" in Photoshop) and are based on indexed colors, which is a palette of at most 256 colors. * files are great for small icons and animated images, but they lack the color range to be used for high-quality photos. |
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| a color fill that gradually blends from one color to another. A * can contain more than two colors, all fading smotthly from one to another. *s are very useful for creating shading for three-dimensional and metalilc effects. Most graphics software allows you to create a variety of * effects such as linear, radial, reflected, diamond, conical, and angle. |
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| reusable static images that are used mainly to create animations. Any drawn vector/plain text/imported bitmap (photo), or combinations of these, an be converted into a single controllable object called a * *. * *s have only one frame in their timeline. |
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| Invisible line that can be dragged from the edge of the rulers (horizontal or vertical) to use for alignment or margins. You can also convert lines in Illustrator to become *s. |
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| controls, on an anchor point, that determine the shape of the vector line segment. With the *s, you can make a line arched or perfectly straight. |
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| The * palette displays a list of the most recent states (or changes) that were applied to an image, with the bottommost state being the most recent. Clicking on a prior state restores the image to that stage of the editing process. |
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| HTML (Hypertext markup language) |
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| This is the programming language that web sites are developed. |
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| JPEG (or JPG) file format (Joint Photographic Experts Group" |
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| file saving format that can compress lare colorful files by eliminating a small amount of information. However, if the image is compressed too much, the graphics become noticeably "blocky" and some the detail is lost, or "lossy". * doesn't support transparecy. |
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| a series of *s rendered in a numbered sequence. |
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| a unit that represents "change" on the timeline. You set a keyframe on the timeline when you want the object on the stage to do something different than it's doing currently. |
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| the selection tool taht allows you to make organic, "free-form" selections. It works like a pencil following hte mouse movements on screen. |
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| The positioning of a stack of images relative to other stacks of images. *s are like clear acetate sheets; opaque where there is imagery and transparent where there is no imagery. |
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| The area where you keep all assets, either drawn or imported. The library would contain graphics, symbols, sounds, and text. |
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| the tool used to create simple-shape selections. These selection shapes are usually rectangular, elliptical, a single row of pixels, or a single column of pixels. Holding the shift key while dragging a * will make a perfetly constrained selection shape. |
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| a way of protecting specific areas of your image, just as you would use * tape when painting your house. A * consists of a grayscale channel, called an alpha channel and is often displayed as a ruby overlay so the underlying image can be seen through the *. The darkest areas of a * are the areas most protected and the white areas are unprotected. Shade of gray represent areas of partial protection that corresponds with the level of gray. |
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| The QuickTime file format funcions as a multimedia container file that contains one or more tracks, each of which stores a particular type of data: audio, video, effects, or text. Each track either contains a digitally-encoded media stream (using a specific codec) or a data reference to the media stream located in another file. Tracks are maintained in a hierarchical data structue consisting of objects called atoms. |
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| reusable pieces of flash animation - consisting usually of one or more graphic and button symbols - thus they are flash movies within your flash movie. They have their own non-restricted Timeline (any number of layers and frames - just like the main timeline) that plays independent of the main movie's timeline. |
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| Paths or Bezier Curves (vector) |
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| a curved line or path defined by mathematical equations. It was named after Pierre *, French mathematician and engineer. Most graphics software includes a pen tool for drawing pahts with * *s. The most basic * * is made up of two end points, called "anchor points", and control handles attached to each node. |
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| technique used in creating animated cartoons and editing mvies to see several frames at once. This way, the animator or editor can make decisions on how to create or change an image based on the previous image in the sequence. |
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| the smallest element of an image that can be individually processed in a video display system; looks like a square of color. Each * can either be 1-dimensional or have depth which determines how many colors a monitor can display. |
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| a software module that can be added to a program to extend its functionality. It's a bit like a program inside a program. |
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| PSD file format "Portable Network Graphic" |
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| native format for photoshop. It save all the data in the photoshop file. It can be quite large including all layers, channels, effects, and resolution. More and more programs are accepting * as an importable file format. |
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| this is the native format for Fireworks. It has the option of transparency and a good format for importing graphics from photoshop to flash. |
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| a grid of individual pixels (* or bits) in rows and columns (called a bitmap). * files are resolution dependent which is usually determined when you scan, photograph or create the file originally. |
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| the process of converting a vector image into a bitmap image |
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| an image format containing unprocessed data. Think of * as the digital equivalent to a photo negative. * files are usually proprietary to the camera manufacturer and sometimes a specific camera model. That means that only the camera that captures the picture can understand the information collected on the sensors. The settings associated with them, such as the aperture, shutter speed, white balance, contrast, sharpening, and saturation values are not applied; they are stored for later use. * images are primarily used by professional photographers who require complete control over their image. This format doesn't support photoshop layers. |
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| the degree of sharpness of a computer-generated image as measured by the number of dots per linear inch in a hard-copy printout or the number of pixels across and down on a display screen. |
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| RGB color mode (Red, Gree, Blue) |
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| the color "space" or document type which is defined by three channels of *, *, and * produced by the color monitor. It is created by combining different intensities of each of the three colors. This type of color producing is called "additive primaries" because the light of the monitor dispay is added together to make the color you need. Most monitors have a "gamut", or range, of 16.7 million colors. If you mix the colors you'd get white. |
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| When a * is active on an image, only that area is editible - the rest of the image is protected. The * tools are used to edit areas or to cut, copy, and paste images to different layers of the file. |
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| an object that is imported into your working file and retains the connection to the original file. For example, if you brought an Illustrator file into photoshop, you could double click on the imported file (in Photoshop) and then it would launch Illustrator to allow editing. Once it was saved (in Illustrator), it would be updated back in Photoshop. |
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| this tool selects lines and anchor points rather than the whole opject like the * *. |
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| SWF file format (Small Web Format or Shockwave Flash) |
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| the web player format for flash files. * currenty functions as the dominant format for displaying "animated vector graphics on the Web. It may also be used for programs, commonly games, using Actionscript. |
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| a unit or collection of an object, picture, text, or sound, that can be used repeatedly without increasing the file size or complexity of a movie. When used on the stage they become "instances" of the original * in teh library. Thre are three types of *s: Graphic, Movie Clip, and Button. |
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| predesigned layouts nad formats that you can use to start a new project. |
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| TIFF file format (Tagged Image File Format) |
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| A graphics file format created in teh 1980s to be the standard image foramt across multiple computer platforms. The * * can handle color depths ranging from 1-bit to 24-bit. However, not much compression occurs with this format so file sizes tend to stay large. This format supports layers, alpha channels, and file compression. |
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| a graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events. It represents the passage of time, broken into individual segments called "frames." |
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| the process of generating intermediate frames between two images t ogive the appearance that hte first image evolves smoothly into the second image. *s are the drawings between the keyframes which help to create the illusion of motion. |
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| artwork that is composed of mathematical desciptions of a series of lines and geometric shapes. * *s usually have a series of "anchor points" that are then connected with lines. * *s are resolution independent; they can be freely scaled and are automatically output at the resolution of the output device |
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| what you see is what you get |
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