Digital Media Chapter 1 Vocabulary Part 3

Any combination of audio, video, images, and text used to convey a message through technology.

• animation

• digital media

• gaming

• web design

Technology that prevents unauthorized copying of a digital work.

• pirating

• digital rights management (DRM)

• copyright

• royalty

A camera that uses a mirror system to capture an image.

DSLR cameras have interchangeable lenses.

• digital single lens reflex (DSLR)

• compact mirrorless cameras

• compact cameras

• adventure cameras

Transition technique in which one scene slowly changes to the other.

• dissolve

• straight cut

• fade

• slide

The unique name for a website, which becomes part of the site’s URL and which must be formally registered.

• title frame

• color palette

• domain name

• home

A means of animating text or image elements through the

HTML code that determines their placement and appearance.

• PNG

• JPG

• animated GIF

• dynamic HTML (DHTML)

A unit of a web page, defined by start and end tags.

• CSS

• HTML

• element

• attribute

A design principle in which certain elements in a design stand out more than others.

• proportion

• bitmap

• emphasis

• scale

A program that changes media files from one format to another and can be used to create streaming media.

• video editing software

• animation software

• encoding software

• graphic design software

Converting text into an unreadable series of numbers and letters to protect information. Digital encryption uses

software that can scramble and unscramble the data.

• malware

• corruption

• encryption

• pirating