1/03/2011

Today in class we are learning how to animate shapes using powerpoint. We are learning to animate a game of ping.

Graphic Terms - Colour Depth

Graphic Terms - Colour "depth" is defined by the number of bits per pixel that can be displayed on a computer monitor.

Graphic Terms - Frame Buffer

Frame Buffer - Part of a video system where images are stored pixel by pixel.

Graphic Terms - Compression

Compression - The coding of data that saves storage space or transmission time.

Graphic Terms - File Extension

File Extension - Is a suffix at the end of a file name that indicates what type of file it is.

Graphic Terms - Resolution

Resolution - The maximum amount of pixels that can be shown on a computer screen.

Graphic Terms - DPI

DPI - Also means Dots Per Inch. Is a measure of resolution for printers, scanners and displays.

Graphic Terms - CPU

CPU - Is also formally known as Central Processing Unit. This contains the necessary information to interpret and execute program instructions.

Graphic Terms - Morph

Morph - To transform an image by computer

Graphic Terms - Frame

Frame - A frame is a single graphic image in a sequence of graphic images.

Graphic Terms - FPS

FPS - Also means Frames Per Second. This is the unit of measurement of the frame rate of a moving image.

Graphic Terms - Mirror

Mirror - Writing duplicate data to more than 1 device in order to protect against loss of data in the event of device failure.

Graphic Terms - Crop

Crop - To cut of a specific part of a picture

Graphic Terms - Video Card

Video Card - Also known as the graphics card,  the video card allows graphical information to a video display device such as a projector.

Graphic Terms - Flip

Flip - To flip an image through a point of axis

Graphic Terms - BMP

BMP - A BMP is a computerized image file. It is short form for Bit Map.

Graphic Terms - Pixel

Pixel - A tiny dot of light that is the basic unit from which images on computer or television screens are made.

Graphic Terms - JPEG

JPEG - Is a file extension that is short for Joint Photographics Expert Group - this is the committee that created this. A JPEG file is like the GIF format except the pictures don't move.

Graphic Terms - GIF

Animated Gif - An animated GIF(Graphics Interchange Format) file is a graphic image on a Web page that moves.