Digital Media IA Review Certification Exam CP
VP8
A video compression format owned by Google and created by ON2 Technologies. Latest version is VP9.
Help Icon
Click the three little lines in an app's upper-left corner, choose Settings from the drop-down menu, and then click the Help button, if available, on the pane that appears along the app's right edge.
.jpeg
Compressed Image - Lossy
cool colors
blue, green, violet
hue
color
Alpha Channels
masks, which let you manipulate, isolate, and protect specific parts of an image
Cinepak
Lossy - video codec
Tangible products
only completed movies or books can be copyrighted not ideas.
.PNG
(Portable Network Graphics) Newest web graphic file. Lossless compression. Holds RGB not CMYK.
codecs
A codec is a decoding technology or encoding technology used to compress or decompress files. Examples are lossy (compressed) and lossless (uncompressed)
short cut keys
A combination of keys that will enable quick access to a function or tool in a program/app
Media literacy ethics
Fair Use Agreements
Creative Commons
A kind of copyright that makes it easier for people to copy, share, and build on your creative work, as long as they give you credit for it.
Bezier Curve
Bezier curves are curves that are defined by points and appear smooth. The curve will have a starting and and ending point, and other points push the curve to bend in a certain way
Color Schemes AKA Color Harmonies
Color Harmony, examples are monochromatic, analogous and complimentary
complimentary colors
Colors opposite on the color wheel
Public Domain
Creative work that's not copyrighted and therefore free for you to use whenever you want.
Dithering
If a particular output device (monitor, web page, etc.) cannot display colors within the assigned color profile, a process called dithering peppers in pixels of similar colors to replace the colors that cannot be displayed
ICT
Information and Communication Technology
RAM
Random Access Memory - temporary storage erased when computer turns off. Volatile.
primary colors of pigment
Red, Yellow, Blue (normal color wheel), use when mixing onto fabric or surfaces (use purple light on purple dress to make super purple)
Transform tool in Photoshop can do what?
Shrinks and can take it out of proportion
Project Manager (PM)
assigned by a company executive, responsible for achieving project objectives by creating a TEAM such as a movie or product package
soft skills
employability skills related to communication, attitude, teamwork, and problem solving that are difficult to teach but critical to workplace success
Copyright Law
ensures that the author has rights for images and sounds used in multimedia products are protected and acknowledged. Copyrighted material cannot be used without the owner's permission.
Assets
one example is a spider or wolf image in an animation or a prop and location in a movie production. Your cell phone is an asset
Terabyte
one trillion bytes: terrifying amount!
What skills are needed to manage a project beyond technical knowledge of the product?
oral communication =speaking, writing with correct grammar and spelling
adjustments
photo editors changes color saturation and contrast
RGB
primary colors of light on computer screens
CMYK
printing: cyan, magenta, yellow and black
computer system
processor, RAM, graphics card
Foley Artist
the sound editor who creates or adapts and dubs onto the sound track various ambient or special sound effects.
Cntrl X
to cut
Megabyte
1 million bytes
Kilobytes
1,000 bytes
Gigabyte
1,024 megabytes or 1,073,741,824 bytes
Quick Access Toolbar
A small customizable toolbar at the top of the screen with buttons for common commands such as Save and Print.
media messages
Advertising is a strong influence. Informed consumers know how to analyze information in the ads.
Element of Art
Line, Shape, Color, Value, Space, Texture, Form
AAC
Lossless - (Advanced Audio Coding) highly compressed audio files with very little loss of sound quality and is promoted by Apple on its iTunes Web site
GIF
Lossless format for images and animated images
.mp3
Lossy - A standard format for music files sent over the Internet that compresses music.
.mp3
Lossy - Moving Picture Experts Group Layer 3 Audio
MPEG-2
Lossy - Moving Pictures Experts Group standard of video and audio compression resolutions up to 1280 × 720 at 60 frames per second.
H.264 file
Lossy - a video coding format that is currently one of the most commonly used formats for the recording, compression, and distribution of HD video content like Blu Ray discs
.mp4
Lossy - file format for video.
Marquee Tool
Makes rectangular, elliptical, single row and single column selections.
resolution
Measured in pixels. The higher the resolution, the more clear a photo when enlarged. When printing, usually want to aim for something that is 300 dpi (dots per inch.)
Noncommercial
NC: use but not to make money
No Derivative Works
ND: The work can be copied and distributed, but can't be modified or built upon
.psd
Photoshop Document
Layers
Photoshop file that keeps different parts of the design separate from each other.
MR PHP CUBE
Principles of Design= Movement, Rhythm, Proportions, Harmony, Pattern, Contrast, Unity, Balance, Emphasis =language of design
Color Gradient Fill
Type filled with a gradient of colors.
Fair Use Agreement
Using a computer for good purposes and not to bully or steal.
Share Alike
You can change the content, but you have to let other people use your new work with the same license as the original.
Software interface
a computer program that allows different applications to communicate and exchange data?
backup file
a copy of a file intended as a replacement in case the original file is lost
GRAPHIC/COMMERCIAL ARTIST
advertising and product packaging skills: Photoshop, artistic design, communication, speaking, writing, creativity, computer skills, photography
composition
an arrangement of the the Elements of Design like Contrast, Golden Mean, Rule of Thirds
BMP
bitmap, the extension for bitmap graphics, a bitmap is created using pixels & is considered a paint document
Processor (CPU)
brain of the computer: controls computer processes data, moving it in and out of the memory.
Anchor Point Tool
changes smooth points to corner points and vice versa
analogous colors
colors adjacent to each other on the color wheel
Cntrl C
copy
Copywriter & Art Director
copyright law, management, creativity, computer, writing, communication and research skills
3D animator
creates digital images using CGI software like Adobe animator that are forms not flat shapes
PKZIP
data compression software
Application Programming Interface Designer(API)
designs UI (user interface) and UX (user experience) app or computer systems blueprinting, coding, creativity, communication, computers, high pay$
Cntrl D
fonts or deselect
Secondary colors are
green, orange, violet
Kerning
horizontal spacing between pairs of letters
Monitor File Size and Space
image> Right click = properties Start screen > PC Settings > PC and Devices > Disk Space. You'll see how much space is being taken up in your Music, Documents, Downloads, and other folders, including the Recycle Bin: indicated
Graphics Card
inside a computer it creates the image on the screen
golden mean, golden section
is a proportional ratio that is obtained by dividing a line so that the shorter part is to the longer part as the longer part is to the whole.
Leading Lines
leading lines or perspective lines drive viewers to the subject
Vector Graphics
line and dot software does NOT lose quality when zoomed or resized.
Saturation
purity of color
Communication skills needed to collaborate:
reading, writing, speaking
A/V Specialist
records audio and video, Skills: cables, mixers, electrical equipment OSHA knowledge, computers, photography, music
Raster Graphics
rectangular grids of pixels can not be enlarged
warm colors
red, orange, yellow
Lossless Compression
reducing a file's size without losing any pixel information Example .PSD changed to .png
Compression (files)
reducing the amount of data in a file for storage, emails or social media
Employability Competencies
responsibility (honest), dependability (on time), ethics (knowing right from wrong), respect and cooperation
monochromatic
shades and tints of one color
Anti-aliasing
slight blur to smooth the jagged edges in text and digital images
Lossy Compression
some data is lost, uses less data storage space, example: changing a file from RAW to .jpeg
TIF
tagged image file uncompressed
Color Depth
the number of distinct colors a graphic is capable of displaying
Cntrl V
to paste
Resize
to scale or change the dimensions of the photo
cntrl Z
to undo
Selection tools (Photoshop)
tools to change the image
asymmetrical
unequal
Attribution
use but give credit to creator
Straighten the image
using the crop tool
Technical Writer
writes guidelines and scripts, skills: typing, fonts, formats, spelling, grammar, punctuation
Cntrl -
zoom out