VOCABULARY
1. Project scope :the part of planning a project that involves making a list of specific project goals with tasks costs and deadlines.
2. changing orders: requested changes to a projects scope which should can be either approved or denied.
3. feedback loop: The order in which feedback is presented on a part of a project
4.scope creep: continuous and unauthorized growth of a projects scope.
5.target audience: The specific group of consumers that will most likely want to buy your product or service.
6.demographics:The groupings in your target audience that can be age, culture, education, level, income level, and gender
7.questions to ask a client :What are the goals of the project?, Who is the target audience?, What are the audience demographics?
8.project specs: Description of how the projects are supposed to be done( sizes, resolution, color format, web vs. print document, etc
9. timeline: the estimated time it will take to complete a project and when its due
10. project phases: the grouping of steps required to finish a project they are broken down into sections and put on a timeline.
11) Planning and Analysis Phase: The first step in the project when a team collaborates (has a group discussion) on how to
solve a problem in the project
12) Designing Phase: The second step in the project when solutions are created and suggested to solve any problems or tasks needed
13) Testing phase: The third step in the project when the final project is either done and either put on a website, published in a book or printed.
14) implementing/publishing phase: The last step in the project when the final project is done and either put on a website, published in a book or printed
15) Iterative Design: A type of process where you continuously improve the project you're
working on by making a prototype, testing it, tweaking it, and repeating
the cycle with the goal of getting closer to the solution.
16) Visual Design Process: Discuss intention of the job, research similar jobs, brainstorm (do rough
sketches), make edits and refine work. This is a specific example of
iterative design.
17) Non-Destructive Edits: When you make edits that are not permanent. You can easily change these edits at any time. Examples are Layer Masks, Adjustment Layers, and Smart Object edits.
18) Destructive Edits: When you make edits that are permanent. Examples are eraser, using anything in the Image>Adjustments menu, clone stamp, selecting something and deleting, merging layers together instead of grouping in folder.
19) Printing Specs (for art being printed on paper):Files should be set to CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black). The
resolution (pixels per inch) should be 300.
20) Screen Specs (websites / electronic graphics):Files should be set to RGB (Red, Green, Blue). The resolution should be 72. That is clear enough for viewing on a screen and will download faster.
21) Raster (Bitmap):An image in Photoshop made up of square pixels. It can not be enlarged without losing quality since the pixels will get bigger, making it look blurry. All photographic images are raster/bitmap.
22) Vector:Graphics that are created mathematically and can be enlarged without losing quality. Examples in Photoshop are the shape tool,text, and pen tool. (and all Adobe Illustrator files).painting with pixels drawing with vectors
23)
Dimension: The exact size (width and height) of your file/ artboard. Examples: 8x10 inches or 1980x1020 pixels. (The first number is the width and second is the height or length).
24) Proportion / Aspect Ratio: The ratio of an image's width to height. It is often written with a colon between two numbers. Examples: 16:9 or 4:3
25) Kerning: The space between 2 characters of text.
26) Tracking: The space between a group of text characters.
27) Leading: The vertical space between lines of text in a paragraph (or any stacked text).
28) Hierarchy: The arrangement of elements in a way that indicates their relative importance, allowing viewers to understand the order of importance within a design.
29) RGB Color = Additive:In RGB color mode, you ADD all the colors together to make white. Setting the Red, Green, and Blueto255 (maximum amount) makes
white. Setting those to 0 makes black.
30) CMYK Color = Subtractive:This works oppositely. In CMYK you SUBTRACT all the colors to get white.Setting the C, M, Y, and K to 0% will be white. Setting them to 100% will make black.
31) Gamut: The range of color used in a color space. For example, fluorescent /neon colors can not be printed on your ink-jet printer so they are out of gamut.
32) Color Depth / Bit Depth:How much color information is available for each pixel in an image.Examples would be 8, 16, or 32 bits/pixel. The larger numbers have much better quality. A standard JPG is 8.
33) Alignment: The placement or arrangement of elements in a design along a
visual axis (such as left, right, center, justified) to create balance
and order.
34) Whitespace / Negative Space: The empty or unmarked areas in a design, strategically used to
create balance, clarity, and emphasis.
35) Mockup: A scale or full-size model used for design presentations, often
showing how a design will look in its intended environment.
36) Brand Identity: The visual elements (logos, colors, typography, etc.) that represent
a company or brand and help differentiate it from competitors.
Vocab for February
1. Symmetry- The work of art is the same on one side as the other, a mirror image of itself, on both sides of a centerline.
2. Radial Symmetry- A form of symmetry in which identical parts are arranged in circular fashion around the central axis.
3. Contrast- The arrangement of different elements in a design to create visual interest, emphasis, or a focal point. Contrast can be achieved through variations in color, size, shape, texture, or typography.
4. Emphasis- The principle of design that highlights the most important elements in a composition to draw the viewer's attention. Emphasis can be achieved through size, color, contrast, or positioning.
5. PNG- A file type used for online (NOT printing) that has a transparent background.
6. RAW File- An uncompressed file directly exported from a camera with the most detail possible for editing. After editing, RAW files are often compressed into JPG files.
7. Release- A legal document giving permission from the copyright holder to use copyrighted material.
8. Metadata- Information about an image file such as copyright information. You can set this at File>File Info.
9. Rasterize- To convert a vector image to pixels (raster image). Text and shapes created with the shape tool are the only vectors in Photoshop.
10. Resample- To change the dimensions of raster image by adding or deleting pixels through sampling.
11. Gradient- A gradual fade between colors.
12. Rule of Thirds- The technique of using a grid of three rows and columns and placing elements where the lines meet.
13. Crop- To cut out unnecessary parts of an image to improve framing, highlight a subject or change the image's aspect ratio.
14. Grayscale- The use of only black, white, and shades of gray in an image.
15. Saturation- The intensity (brightness) of a color.
16. Value- The lightness or darkness of a color.
17. Creative Commons- Copyright license that allows anymore to use a work in certain ways with permission from the creator.
18. Non-Commercial- Copyright license that does not allow profit to be made from the use of a creative work.
19. Public Domain- Creative work that can be used without permission because it is owned by the public and not an individual.
20. Development Order- 1-Planning, 2-Designing, 3-Building, 4-Testing, 5-Publishing.
21. Orientation- Specify a page orientation for the document as either portrait or landscape.
22. Foreground- Elements in a composition that are closest to the viewer.
23. No Derivatives- Copyright license that allows others to use a creative work but it cannot be changed in any way.
24. Share Alike- Copyright license that allows others to reuse, remix, and modify a creative work, but any derivative (changed) works must be distributed under the same terms and conditions as the original work.
25. Iterative Design- Involves a continuous cycle of planning, analysis, implementation, and evaluation.
26. Rule of Thirds- The technique of using a grid of three rows and columns and placing important important elements where the lines meet.
27. Gestalt Principle- When things appear to be similar to each other, we group them together.
28. Emphasis- The principle of design that highlights the most important elements in a composition to draw the viewer's attention.
2. changing orders: requested changes to a projects scope which should can be either approved or denied.
3. feedback loop: The order in which feedback is presented on a part of a project
4.scope creep: continuous and unauthorized growth of a projects scope.
5.target audience: The specific group of consumers that will most likely want to buy your product or service.
6.demographics:The groupings in your target audience that can be age, culture, education, level, income level, and gender
7.questions to ask a client :What are the goals of the project?, Who is the target audience?, What are the audience demographics?
8.project specs: Description of how the projects are supposed to be done( sizes, resolution, color format, web vs. print document, etc
9. timeline: the estimated time it will take to complete a project and when its due
10. project phases: the grouping of steps required to finish a project they are broken down into sections and put on a timeline.
11) Planning and Analysis Phase: The first step in the project when a team collaborates (has a group discussion) on how to
solve a problem in the project
12) Designing Phase: The second step in the project when solutions are created and suggested to solve any problems or tasks needed
13) Testing phase: The third step in the project when the final project is either done and either put on a website, published in a book or printed.
14) implementing/publishing phase: The last step in the project when the final project is done and either put on a website, published in a book or printed
15) Iterative Design: A type of process where you continuously improve the project you're
working on by making a prototype, testing it, tweaking it, and repeating
the cycle with the goal of getting closer to the solution.
16) Visual Design Process: Discuss intention of the job, research similar jobs, brainstorm (do rough
sketches), make edits and refine work. This is a specific example of
iterative design.
17) Non-Destructive Edits: When you make edits that are not permanent. You can easily change these edits at any time. Examples are Layer Masks, Adjustment Layers, and Smart Object edits.
18) Destructive Edits: When you make edits that are permanent. Examples are eraser, using anything in the Image>Adjustments menu, clone stamp, selecting something and deleting, merging layers together instead of grouping in folder.
19) Printing Specs (for art being printed on paper):Files should be set to CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black). The
resolution (pixels per inch) should be 300.
20) Screen Specs (websites / electronic graphics):Files should be set to RGB (Red, Green, Blue). The resolution should be 72. That is clear enough for viewing on a screen and will download faster.
21) Raster (Bitmap):An image in Photoshop made up of square pixels. It can not be enlarged without losing quality since the pixels will get bigger, making it look blurry. All photographic images are raster/bitmap.
22) Vector:Graphics that are created mathematically and can be enlarged without losing quality. Examples in Photoshop are the shape tool,text, and pen tool. (and all Adobe Illustrator files).painting with pixels drawing with vectors
23)
Dimension: The exact size (width and height) of your file/ artboard. Examples: 8x10 inches or 1980x1020 pixels. (The first number is the width and second is the height or length).
24) Proportion / Aspect Ratio: The ratio of an image's width to height. It is often written with a colon between two numbers. Examples: 16:9 or 4:3
25) Kerning: The space between 2 characters of text.
26) Tracking: The space between a group of text characters.
27) Leading: The vertical space between lines of text in a paragraph (or any stacked text).
28) Hierarchy: The arrangement of elements in a way that indicates their relative importance, allowing viewers to understand the order of importance within a design.
29) RGB Color = Additive:In RGB color mode, you ADD all the colors together to make white. Setting the Red, Green, and Blueto255 (maximum amount) makes
white. Setting those to 0 makes black.
30) CMYK Color = Subtractive:This works oppositely. In CMYK you SUBTRACT all the colors to get white.Setting the C, M, Y, and K to 0% will be white. Setting them to 100% will make black.
31) Gamut: The range of color used in a color space. For example, fluorescent /neon colors can not be printed on your ink-jet printer so they are out of gamut.
32) Color Depth / Bit Depth:How much color information is available for each pixel in an image.Examples would be 8, 16, or 32 bits/pixel. The larger numbers have much better quality. A standard JPG is 8.
33) Alignment: The placement or arrangement of elements in a design along a
visual axis (such as left, right, center, justified) to create balance
and order.
34) Whitespace / Negative Space: The empty or unmarked areas in a design, strategically used to
create balance, clarity, and emphasis.
35) Mockup: A scale or full-size model used for design presentations, often
showing how a design will look in its intended environment.
36) Brand Identity: The visual elements (logos, colors, typography, etc.) that represent
a company or brand and help differentiate it from competitors.
Vocab for February
1. Symmetry- The work of art is the same on one side as the other, a mirror image of itself, on both sides of a centerline.
2. Radial Symmetry- A form of symmetry in which identical parts are arranged in circular fashion around the central axis.
3. Contrast- The arrangement of different elements in a design to create visual interest, emphasis, or a focal point. Contrast can be achieved through variations in color, size, shape, texture, or typography.
4. Emphasis- The principle of design that highlights the most important elements in a composition to draw the viewer's attention. Emphasis can be achieved through size, color, contrast, or positioning.
5. PNG- A file type used for online (NOT printing) that has a transparent background.
6. RAW File- An uncompressed file directly exported from a camera with the most detail possible for editing. After editing, RAW files are often compressed into JPG files.
7. Release- A legal document giving permission from the copyright holder to use copyrighted material.
8. Metadata- Information about an image file such as copyright information. You can set this at File>File Info.
9. Rasterize- To convert a vector image to pixels (raster image). Text and shapes created with the shape tool are the only vectors in Photoshop.
10. Resample- To change the dimensions of raster image by adding or deleting pixels through sampling.
11. Gradient- A gradual fade between colors.
12. Rule of Thirds- The technique of using a grid of three rows and columns and placing elements where the lines meet.
13. Crop- To cut out unnecessary parts of an image to improve framing, highlight a subject or change the image's aspect ratio.
14. Grayscale- The use of only black, white, and shades of gray in an image.
15. Saturation- The intensity (brightness) of a color.
16. Value- The lightness or darkness of a color.
17. Creative Commons- Copyright license that allows anymore to use a work in certain ways with permission from the creator.
18. Non-Commercial- Copyright license that does not allow profit to be made from the use of a creative work.
19. Public Domain- Creative work that can be used without permission because it is owned by the public and not an individual.
20. Development Order- 1-Planning, 2-Designing, 3-Building, 4-Testing, 5-Publishing.
21. Orientation- Specify a page orientation for the document as either portrait or landscape.
22. Foreground- Elements in a composition that are closest to the viewer.
23. No Derivatives- Copyright license that allows others to use a creative work but it cannot be changed in any way.
24. Share Alike- Copyright license that allows others to reuse, remix, and modify a creative work, but any derivative (changed) works must be distributed under the same terms and conditions as the original work.
25. Iterative Design- Involves a continuous cycle of planning, analysis, implementation, and evaluation.
26. Rule of Thirds- The technique of using a grid of three rows and columns and placing important important elements where the lines meet.
27. Gestalt Principle- When things appear to be similar to each other, we group them together.
28. Emphasis- The principle of design that highlights the most important elements in a composition to draw the viewer's attention.