Digital Media 1A test - Precision Exam

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How big is a kilobyte

Terabyte

What's the largest byte

CPU

a small chip that resides in computers and other electronic devices. It's basic job is to receive input and provide the appropriate output

Graphics Card

a printed circuit board that controls the output to a display screen.

Ram

Is the physical hardware inside the computer that stores data temp

Copyright

a law that protects your control over the creative work you make

Fairuse

Ability to use copy righted material without permission for certain things ex- education

Contrast

Arrangement of opposite elements light vs dark, rough vs smooth

Balance

The distribution of the visual weight of objects, colors, texture, and space.

emphasis

an area or object within the artwork that draws attention and becomes a focal point

rhythm

The repetition or alternation of elements, often with defined intervals between them

proportion

Refers to the size of an object (a whole) in relationship to another person object

Unity

When an element has a clear visual relationship to one or more other elements

Form

Refers to objects that are 3 dimensional in nature

Negative space/white space

empty spaces surrounding shapes and forms

Value

The relative lightness or darkness of an object

Positive space

The filled space

monochromatic

A color scheme made up of shades of a single hue

Complementary

Colors opposite each other on the color wheel

gray scale

Without color

Primary

Colors that can't be created by mixing other colors

Secondary

Colors that are created by mixing 2 colors

Tertiary

Colors that are created by mixing a primary and secondary together

Hue

The term for the pure spectrum colors

Saturation

Intensity - measurement of how different from pure grey

warm

red, orange, yellow

Red

Color oh rage and anger

cool colors

calm/sadness

color depth

The number of bits used to indicate the color of a single pixel

Color Palette

The full range of colors that can be displayed on a device screen

Dithering

Colors not available in a palette

Anti-aliasing

Smoothens and softens the edges for a more pleasing look.

aspect ratio

proportional relation between frame width and height

PNG/GIF/PDF

Type of file format

GIF

Create an animation

PSD

Photoshop file type

Ai

illustrator default file

Gradient

Blend of colors

Stroke

An outline of an image

Raster

Graphics of composed pixels

Vector

Graphics are composed of paths