Digital Design - S2 UN1
Human ears are sensitive to vibrations between?
20 to 20,000 Hz
What are the guidelines for music/lyrics copyrights?
20% use allowed of music or lyrics
At least how many people are needed when recording sound during principal photography?
3
Images created for print, for example in a magazine, should normally be which resolution?
30 DPI
Where an image is only to be used on a web page, what resolution would be most suitable?
72 DPI
What is Adobe PhotoShop?
A graphics editing tool
Analog Recording
A recording of the continuous changes of an audio waveform. The most common example of analog recording in a recording studio is recording on reel-to-reel magnetic tape
Stereo
A recording or reproduction of at least two channels where positioning of instrument sounds left to right can be perceived.
Effects of music: A) Fills in the awkward gaps while watching a film B) Leads us emotionally to feel good, sad, angry, etc. C) Serves as a passive soundscape for listening
A, B and C
Uncompressed audio formats are: A) lossless B) .WAV file types C) in need of unlimited storage space
A, B and C
amplifier
An electronic device for increasing the amplitude of electrical signals
Equalizer
An electronic device that acts as active filters used to boost or attenuate certain frequencies
Sound Card
An expansion component used in computers to receive and send audio
Boom Pole
An extendible stick with a microphone attached to it
Using a tape for recording, is what type of recording?
Analog
ADC stands for? (in Audio)
Analog to Digital Converter
These images are made up of thousands of tiny squares called pixels
Bitmap images
What is it called when companies are using music to target their products to specific customers' ages?
Brand Marketing
Common file types include .ai, .pdf and .eps
Common file types include .ai, .pdf and .eps
Pre-Production
Conceptualizing an idea and the writing of a script
What does CMYK stand for?
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
The unit used to measure the intensity of a sound. Degree of loudness
Decibel
What can PhotoShop be used for?
Designing graphics Editing photographs Creating bitmap images
Audacity and Adobe Audition software deal with ____________ sound.
Digital
The process of converting audio signals into numbers that represent the waveform
Digital recording
Any undesirable change or error in the reproduction of sound that alters the original signal
Distortion
An electronic device that acts as active filters used to boost or attenuate certain frequencies, is called...
Equalizer
A gradual reduction of the level of the audio signal
Fade
Noise is a desirable background sound in our recordings.
False
The less bits in a sample size, the more information provided.
False
When vibrations are fast, we hear a low note.
False we hear a HIGH note
The number of waves (or cycles) arriving at or passing a point in one second, expressed in hertz
Frequency
All of these file types are sound files, except for?
GIF
Which of these is an advantage of GIF graphics over JPEG graphics?
GIFs can have more colours
What are "bitmap" graphics?
Graphics made up of a set number of pixels
What are "vector" graphics?
Graphics made using mathematical expressions
The unit of measure for sample rate
Hertz (Hz)
Using a GIF for a button on a website allows which of the following?
It allows you to see the button
Which of the following file types would be suitable for Web images?
JPEG
Examples of sound files:
MP3 FLAC WAV OGG
Microphone
Microphone
In audio, channels determine if sounds are recorded as _________ or _________
Mono, Stereo
A range of tones where the highest tone occurs at twice the frequency of the lowest tone, is called...
Octave
a range of tones where the highest tone occurs at twice the frequency of the lowest tone.
Octave
consistent and continuous speed
Pace
The perception of frequency by the ear.
Pitch
3 basic subcategories of video production
Pre-production - Script Production - Filming Post-production - Editing.
Computer screens normally use colors represented by which acronym?
RGB
Images to be printed on a color printer are best created in which color mode?
RGB
Match the term with its characteristics.
Raster files: Software has to render each pixel (slow performance) Software has to render each pixel (slow performance) Can't be scaled (enlarge) Vector Files: Scalable to any size, big or small Created through a sequence of mathematical statements
Common file types include .jpg, .bmp and .tif
Raster images
Which PhotoShop tool can you use to draw a solid square with rounded edges?
Rounded Rectangle Tool
How fast a digital recorder or player samples a signal
Sample Rate
How fast a digital recorder or player samples a signal, is called...
Sample Rate
What are the two factors that determine the quality of a digital recording?
Sample Size Sample Rate
how fast a digital recorder or player samples a signal.
Sample rate
How can you change a layer so that you can see the the layer(s) below it?
Select the layer and change the opacity setting
In PhotoShop, the eyedropper does what?
Selects the color at a given point
Mono (Monaural)
Shortened from Monophonic and meaning that there is only one sound source or the signal was derived from one sound source. 1) More formal term for Mono and meaning that there is only one sound source or the signal was derived from one sound source.2) In synthesizers, a term meaning that only one pitch may be sounded at a time.
Which of these is NOT part of the sound hardware needed for your computer?
Sound editor
The rate at which the music moves measured in beats per minute
Tempo
The rate at which the music moves measured in beats per minute, is called...
Tempo
Production
The actual shooting or recording
In Adobe Illustrator, which of the following can be controlled for an object?
The size, shape and position
Which of the following is a characteristic of vector graphics?
They are based on mathematical/geometric expressions
What does a microphone do?
Translates acoustical waves into electrical waves
Layering makes audio more interesting, by communicating different kinds of information at the same time.
True
The higher the sample rate, the better the quality and the bigger the file size.
True
When creating an MP3 version of an audio CD, it requires the permission of the copyright owner
True
Windows Media Audio
WMA
The length of a sound wave in air
Wave Length
An electronic device for increasing the amplitude of electrical signals, is called...
amplifier
Ambient sounds are...
background noises that create a sense of place
Select all the options that are true for Codec
compressor/decompressor an algorithm (math formula) use for reducing size in a sound/video file. code/decode
Select ALL the responsibilities of a sound editor:
create ambiance tracks cut layers of special effects cleans up dialogue tracks
Any undesirable change or error in the reproduction of sound that alters the original signal, is called...
distortion
A gradual reduction of the level of the audio signal, is called...
fade
Lossy formats are...
files with audio information reduced/compressed good to distribute over the internet .OGG file types
The number of waves (or cycles) arriving at or passing a point in one second, expressed in hertz, is called...
frequency
the number of waves (or cycles) arriving at or passing a point in one second,expressed in hertz
frequency
Digital Recording
music recorded and played back by laser beam rather than by needle or magnetic tape
The perception of frequency by the ear, is called...
pitch
Which of these answers is NOT a definition of sound?
pressure waves of space
A program that allows you to upload your sound file and save it to a different format is called...
sound converter
What is the Foley Artist?
sound effect technique for creating live effects for movies sound effect technique for creating live effects for movies named after Jack Foley, a sound editor for Universal Studios matches live sound effects with the action of movies sound effects that are laid manually and not cut in with the movie
File Extensions
the endings of file names that indicate to the computer the format for how the underlying bits are organized. or filename suffix is usually three, four or more characters at the end of computer file names divided by a dot.File extensions are useful to computer programs and operating systems like Windows or macOS (OS X), and basically telling them, what kind of data and file type they are working with and what associated program opens the file.
Post-production
the video editing, sound editing and effects Review the following videos as an introduction to video production
The length of a sound wave in air, is called...
wave length
