A | B |
graphics | anything on a page that is not actual text |
compression | how an image is stored |
lossless | integrity is is retained as image is resized |
lossy | some pixels are lost when the image is resized |
portability | ease at which files are opened, modified and viewed |
transparency | allows graphic to blend into the background |
raster graphics | also called bitmap graphics |
gif | graphics interchange format |
jpeg | joint photographic experts group |
bmp | bitmap |
png | portable network graphic |
tiff | tagged interleave format |
vector graphics | composed of mathematical formulas |
ai | adobe illustrator |
eps | encapsulated postscript |
cdr | corel draw |
dxf | autocad |
svg | scalable vector graphics |
plt | Hewlett Packard Graphics Language Plot file |
color depth | the number of bits per pixel that can be displayed |