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Graphic Design Glossary

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dodge
To bleach (lighten) a part or the whole of an image.

 

 

DPI (dots per inch)
DPI is the number of dots (or pixels - PPI) that fit horizontally and vertically into a one-inch measure. The more dots per inch, the more detail is captured and the sharper the image.

 

 

drop shadow
Drop shadows are those shadows dropping below text or images which give the illusion of shadows from lighting and give a 3D effect to the object.

 

 

duotone
Duotones are made by printing an image with two colors, usually black and a second color. The resulting image has more depth than it would have had with only a monotone color (mostly black ink on white paper).






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