Graphic Communications Review

Vocabulary practice cards covering key concepts, industry terms, graphic software, production factors, and essential keyboard shortcuts in graphic communications.

Graphic Comms

The practice of sharing ideas and information visually.

Printing

A manufacturing process in which multiple copies are made from the original.

Johannes Gutenberg

Inventor of movable type and the printing press, which revolutionized the world by making information accessible to all people, leading to discoveries, revolutions, and the rise of a middle class.

Printing, Publishing, & Packaging

A common collective designation for the printing industry reflecting the enormous product diversity within the field.

Growth Industry

A description applied to the printing industry because each year it produces more than the previous year.

Bitmap Image

An image made up of pixels, providing the advantage of detailed manipulation and editing via image editing programs.

Vector Image

A graphic composed of math-based anchor points and line segments, with the advantage of being able to be enlarged or reduced indefinitely with no loss of image quality.

Adobe InDesign

A page layout program that offers complete control over the placement of text and various graphic elements.

Adobe Illustrator

An illustration program used to create vector images.

Adobe Photoshop

An image creation and editing program that allows users to alter the pixels that make up an image.

Substrate

The material or base surface onto which an image is placed during printing to achieve the final product.

Job Factors

The key elements that determine how a job is printed: quantity and quality (color count, paper type), customer's budget, timeframe/due date, and equipment availability.

Bindery & Finishing

The various steps in the manufacturing process that turn printed press sheets into the final product.

Control+S

Keyboard shortcut used to Save.

Control+Z

Keyboard shortcut used to Undo.

Control+C

Keyboard shortcut used to Copy.

Control+V

Keyboard shortcut used to Paste.

Control+P

Keyboard shortcut used to Print.

Control+-/+

Keyboard shortcut used to Zoom in/out.