ITGS Strand Three: 3.06 Multimedia

Amount of data used to represent a single sample in a video or audio file.

• Bit rate

• Bit depth

• Bitmap graphics

• Color balance

Refers to the number of colors in an image.

• Bit rate

• Bit depth

• Bitmap graphics

• Color balance

Temporary storage area used to store video or audio data ready for playing.

• Streaming

• Downloading

• Buffer

• Cloning

Graphics created entirely on a computer, using 2D or 3D graphics software.

• Computer Aided Design

• Computer Generated Imagery

• Digital Rights Management

• Dots per inch

Also known as printer resolution. The number of dots of color a printer is capable of producing in a certain amount of space.

• Digitisation

• Dots per inch

• Digital effects

• Copyright

General name for operations performed on an image using graphics software.

• Typography

• Resolution

• Flipping

• Filters

Graphics which are stored as a series of mathematical shapes and properties that can be independently manipulated at any time.

• Vector graphics

• Virtual actors

• Bitmap graphics

• Bit depth

Graphics composed of rectangular grids of pixels.

• Vector graphics

• Virtual actors

• Bitmap graphics

• Bit depth

Compression technique in which the original file is completely recoverable, with no loss of quality.

• Lossless compression

• Lossy compression

Compression technique in which some file data is sacrificed in order to reduce file size.

• Lossless compression

• Lossy compression