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Computer Graphics Design

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Paper orientation that is horizontal






2. Changing the total number of pixels in an image.






3. To pick or choose something to work with on the screen. Usually an arrow or box in the tools






4. The exact center of the page.






5. This type of software or image allows the user to modify individual pixels






6. CADD drawing consisting of front - top - and right side view






7. Freeform lines






8. Any form of communication used to inform - persuade - or remind a consumer about a product or service.






9. A single hue in a color palette that is expanded upon by adding two - three - or more tints (variations in lightness and saturation) of that color - to create a more balanced look. In desktop publishing using monochromatic colors is a technique used






10. In color - the word shade is used to reference how dark the color is. For example - hunter is a shade of green. Shades are derived from a combination of hue and black.






11. CADD line placed on a drawing to indicate measurements






12. This affects the highlights - shadows - and midtones of an image.






13. Temporary storage place for all or part of a project. Select and copy to place an item on the clipboard. Use paste to place and item from the clipboard to the work area. The clipboard only holds one item.






14. A type of graphics in which the image is created using a series of pixels.






15. An image or file that is totally composed of pixels. It is useful for photos or complex imagery that would be difficult to create as vector art






16. The colors cyan - magenta - and yellow which a color printer or the printing industry uses. Referred to as CMYK. RGB ( red - green - blue) is computer based and would be used for web work






17. Each time you click when using a selection tool or the pen tool an anchor point is created; each point is the beginning of a new line segment.






18. Design in which eye moves from left to right - down to the lower left and to the right again






19. Causes lines or objects to "jump" to a predetermined location






20. black powder that is fused to paper to make the image on a laser printer






21. A device that captures a copy of a 2-D object so it can be brought into the computer






22. Visual element in a page design that the viewer notices first






23. Shapes found in nature or they can be manmade shapes






24. It also includes data compression - but because it is limited to 256 colors - it is more effective for scanned images such as illustrations rather than color photos.






25. Stylized or simplified versions of natural shapes






26. When elements on a page are evenly balanced






27. The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot)






28. Uneven spacing of otherwise uniform lines






29. A file format developed by Adobe Systems to allow for display and printing of formatted documents across platforms and systems. PDF files can be read on any system equipped with the Acrobat Reader software.






30. The effects created by photographs or digital images






31. paper orientation that is vertical






32. The extent to which something blocks light. You can change the opacity of layers - filters - and effects so that more (or less) of the underlying image shows through.






33. The computer language which uses combinations of ones and zeroes






34. Using a computer to combine text - images - and design principles to communicate a message






35. A type of creative thinking in which one generates new solutions to problems






36. A setting in photoshop that has been placed/installed in the menu bar for you - so that you don't have to repeatedly create these particular settings for a project. Example: US Paper






37. Part of the page in which there are no images or text






38. A collection of assembled images.






39. In color - the word tint is used to reference how light a color is.






40. Rule that states that a page that is designed in thirds is more appealing to the eye than other designs






41. Computer aided drafting and design






42. Allows the operator to change locations or formats of a document while saving






43. The number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display






44. An image/line/shape made only in black - it has no gray. Bitmap mode only contains black and white pixels.






45. This is the native form for photoshop. IT saves all the data in the photoshop file.






46. The purity of a hue or color.






47. Closeness creates a bond between people and between elements on a page






48. The measure of darkness and lightness within a color






49. 8 bits= byte. Measurement unit of storage space on the computer






50. Uniformly spaced lines.