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| Graphics | anything on a page that is not actual text, from simple line drawings to fully active images found on the World Wide Web |
| Color depth | when considering factors that affect graphic choice this refers to the number of bits per pixel that can be displayed on a computer screen |
| 4 bit pixel | color depth of 16 |
| 8 bit pixel | color depth of 256 |
| Compression | refers to how an image is stored - the greater the compression the lower the quality |
| Lossless | integrity 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 across software and browsers |
| Transparency | allows the background color of an image to be replaced or changed so that the graphic can blend into the background |
| Raster Graphics | bitmap graphics, images composed of grids of pixels that have a fixed resolution and cannot be resized without losing image quality |
| GIF | Graphics Interchange Format, used for raster graphics |
| JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group used for raster graphics |
| BMP | Bitmapused for raster graphics |
| PNG | Portable Network Graphic used for raster graphics |
| TIFF | Tagged Interleave Format used for raster graphics |
| Vector Graphics | composed of mathematical formulas that define lines, nodes and curves of digital images |
| AI | Adobe Illustrator Vector Graphics software |
| EPS | Encapsulated Postscript |
| CDR | Corel Draw |
| DXF | AutoCAD |
| SVG | Scalable Vector Graphics |
| PLT | Hewlett Packard Graphics Language Plot File |
| Use vector graphics for | Graphics that will be scaled/Character illustrations/Print Jobs/Logos/Promotional posters |
| Use raster graphics for | Photographs and images/adding image effects, textures, fills, and accents/editing and manipulating images |
| Nodes | Drawing Points |
