Digital Graphics Terminology

Front

a digital image made of a grid of pixels

Back

bitmap graphic

Front

getting something from a particular place

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sourcing

Front

parts used in a project. Eg photos, images, graphics, logos

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assets

Front

a basic image file format used for saving bitmap graphics

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jpeg

Front

an image file format that allows a transparent area to be saved

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png

Front

the size of an image measured in pixels

Back

pixel dimensions

Front

an area of an image where the pixels have no colour

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transparency

Front

a software tool that allows you to select pixels with the same (or similar) colour

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magic wand

Front

part of the image furthest from the viewer

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background

Front

creating a version of an image in a different file format

Back

export