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Graphic Design Glossary

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filter
A filter is applied to images or art works to easily create special effects or to achieve a look that would be too difficult to create manually.

 

 

flash
Vector graphic animation software developed by Adobe that creates browser-independent graphics (graphics that look the same across all browsers). An advantage of Flash animation is that the graphics' download time is relatively fast.

 

 

folio
The folio is simply one page - one side of a half-folded sheet. In publishing terms, it also refers to the page number of a publication, as opposed to the actual position of the sheet in the document.

 

 

four-color process
The printing process that reproduces colors by combining, cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. When viewed through a magnifying glass, the printed image consists of dots in these four colors. These dots are printed on top of each other, next to each other, or just close to each other, depending on the color and tonal values wanted. For example, printing a blue dot over a yellow dot will produce green, etc. To create the shadows in the image, all the colors (with or without black, depending on the intensity of the shadow) will be printed on top of each other to create a dark brownish color. The closer the colored dots are printed to each other, the darker it will appear. The further apart the colored dots are printed from each other, the lighter that part of the image will appear.






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