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- 5. a vector is either a pointer or an array with only one dimension. 2. In mathematics, a vector is a quantity with both a magnitude and direction. ... In computer graphics, the term vector describes a line with a starting and ending point.
- 7. In computing, a bitmap is a mapping from some domain (for example, a range of integers) to bits. ... A bitmap is a type of memory organization or image file format used to store digital images. The term bitmap comes from the computer programming terminology, meaning just a map of bits, a spatially mapped array of bits
- 8. a minute area of illumination on a display screen, one of many from which an image is composed.
- 9. photography- the name used to describe the low cost segment of the stock photography industry. Images are usually sold under a royalty free license, for which the contributor is paid a small amount (a micro payment). Microstock has now come to include photos, vectors, video footage and audio files.
- 11. Photographic Experts Group- Stands for "Joint Photographic Experts Group." JPEG is a popular image file format. It is commonly used by digital cameras to store photos since it supports 224 or 16,777,216 colors. They typically export the pictures as JPEG (. ... JPG) images when they are shared or published on the web.
- 15. Interchange Format- Stands for "Graphics Interchange Format." GIF is an image file format commonly used for images on the web and sprites in software programs. Unlike the JPEG image format, GIFs uses lossless compression that does not degrade the quality of the image.
- 16. a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on. 2a : the set of colors put on the palette. b(1) : a particular range, quality, or use of color The designer's palette consisted mostly of earth tones.
- 18. add white noise to (a digital recording) to reduce distortion of low-amplitude signals.
- 19. images- In most cases, you'll have to pay a one-time fee to obtain the rights to use the image. Then you can use it as many times as you like. The “free” in “royalty-free” only means that you do not have to pay royalties to the owner of the image every time you use it.
- 20. Network Graphics- PNG stands for “Portable Graphics Format”. It is the most frequently used uncompressed raster image format on the internet. This lossless data compression format was created to replace the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF). PNG file format is an open format with no copyright limitations.
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- 1. A computer graphics coding technique which codes each picture element of the picture area in digital form. Also known as bit-mapped graphics.
- 2. the quality of being determined or resolute.
- 3. Design- a craft where professionals create visual content to communicate messages. By applying visual hierarchy and page layout techniques, designers use typography and pictures to meet users' specific needs and focus on the logic of displaying elements in interactive designs, to optimize the user experience.
- 4. Composition is the way in which design elements are put together – or, aligned and arranged – to create a balanced and visually appealing web page. Good composition creates an easy way for readers to navigate your website while strengthening the main message that you want to communicate with them.
- 6. photography- At its most basic definition, stock photography is an industry that creates and sells imagery in the form of photos, illustrations, or videos and can be purchased for use through various licensing models (more on what stock footage is here).
- 10. Licensing- RM, in photography and the stock photo industry, refers to a copyright license which, if purchased by a user, allows the one-time use of the photo as specified by the license. ...
- 12. Optimization- Optimizing web images is a process of delivering the high-quality images in the right format, dimension, size, and resolution while keeping the smallest possible size.
- 13. (open source) images- software is released through a specific kind of license that makes its source code legally available to end-users. ... The source code can be repurposed into other new software, meaning anyone can take the source code and distribute their own program from it.
- 14. depth- also known as bit depth, is either the number of bits used to indicate the color of a single pixel, in a bitmapped image or video frame buffer, or the number of bits used for each color component of a single pixel.
- 17. Image File Format- abbreviated TIFF or TIF, is a computer file format for storing raster graphics images, popular among graphic artists, the publishing industry, and photographers.