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| A picture element (dot) on a computer screen or printout. Groups of pixels compose images on the monitor and the output of a printout. |
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| Graphics in which images are stored and manipulated as organized collections of pixels rather than shapes and lines. Contrast with object-oriented graphics. |
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| The storage of pictures as collections of lines, shapes, and other objects. (not dots) |
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| Bit depth, the number of bits devoted to each pixel. (controls image quality) |
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| Density of pixels, measured by the number of dots per inch.(controls image quality) |
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| A measurement of the density of pixels, defining the resolution of a graphic. |
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| Image Processing Software |
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| Software that enables the user to manipulate photographs and other high-resolution images. (ex-adobe photoshop) |
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| Stores a picture as a collection of lines and shapes. Also stores shapes as shape formulas and texts as text. (ex-adobe illustrator) |
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| CAD (Computer-Aided Design) |
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| The use of computers to draw products or process designs on the screen. (ex-microsoft powerpoint) |
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| JPG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) |
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| A lossy compression technique for color images. |
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| GIF (Graphics Interchanged Format) |
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| A bitmap file format used by the World Wide Web |
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| TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) |
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| One of the most widely supported formats for storing bitmap images on personal computers |
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| WMF(Windows Metafile Format) |
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| Windows Format that can hold both vector and bitmap images. |
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| Radio- or television-style programs that can be downloaded on demand or automatically by subscription |
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| MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) |
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| A standard interface that allows electronic instruments and computers to communicate with each other and work together |
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| MP3 (Motion Picture Audio Layer 3) |
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| A method of compression that can squeeze a music file to a fraction of its original CD file size with only a slight loss of quality |
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| WAV (Waveform Audio File Format) |
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| The format for storing sound in files developed jointly by Microsoft and IBM. |
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| Video reduced to a series of numbers, which can be edited, stored, and played back without loss of quality |
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| Video clip in which one image metamorphoses into another. |
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| The process of simulating motion with a series of still pictures. |
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| AVI (Audio Video Interleave) |
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| Microsoft’s video file format developed for windows |
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| MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) |
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| A family of digital video compression standards and file formats. |
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| Using some combination of texts, graphics, animation, video, music, voice and sound effects to communicate. |
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| Multimedia that enables the user to take an active part in the experience. |
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| Technology that creates an illusion that the user is immersed in a world that exists only inside the computer, an environment that contains both scenes and controls to change those scenes. |
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| The use of computer displays that add virtual information to a person’s sensory perceptions, supplementing rather than replacing (as in virtual reality) the world the user sees. |
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| Presentation Graphics Software |
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| Automates the creation of visual aids for lectures, training sessions, and other presentations. Can include everything from spreadsheet charting programs to animation-editing software but most commonly used for creating and displaying a series of onscreen slides to serve as visual aids for presentations |
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| Software for editing digital video, including titles, sound, and special effects. |
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| 1)Outline your ideas 2)Use large, readable fonts 3)Be stingy with words 4)Use a consistent design 5)Be smart with art 6)Remember your audience |
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| 1)Creates models with physical characteristics like weight and volume 2)Models can be rotated and viewed from any angle 3)Can evaluate the structural performance by applying imaginary force 4)easily alter the design |
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