| A | B |
| JPG | the image format used for photos |
| JPG | image format that supports 16 million colors |
| lossy format | JPG |
| loses quality as it is edited & saved | lossy format |
| GIF | used for graphics or images with few colors |
| GIF | supports animation |
| 256 colors | GIF |
| lossless format | does not lose quality as it is edited and saved |
| GIF | lossless image format |
| GIF | supports a transparent background |
| layer | a level of an image |
| frame | one complete image in a series of images as in an animation |
| canvas | the area on which an image or animation is displayed |
| BMP | bitmap |
| line art | an image composed of lines of one color |
| 8 bit image | made up of 256 colors |
| crop | removing part of the image outside a specified boundary |
| 1-bit image | has 2 colors |
| background layer | the bottom layer in any non-transparent image |
| an image composed of rows and columns of small squares | bitmapped image |
| compression | storing data in a smaller file size which eliminates some data |
| optimize | another term for compression |
| feathering | fades an area on both sides of a selection |
| hexidecimal | a color coding system of 6 numbers and/or letters |
| filter | will alter each pixel's color in an image for a different look |
| pixel | a very small square that makes up a bitmapped image |
| animation | drawings or graphics that appear to be moving |