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Graphic Design Key Terms
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a method of creative problem solving using free association of ideas; can be individually or in a group setting. |
Brainstorming |
the study of color; color terms, mixing of pigments, visual, emotional, and psychological effects, color schemes and relationships, etc. |
Color Theory |
commercial printing process colors or cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. Used in four-color printing process for full color images. |
CMYK |
in typography, the adjusting of spaces between letters to improve on the optical spacing in text; done in headlines or titles, not body copy. |
Kerning |
a pattern of closely spaced rows of dots (pixels) that form an image as such a seen on an enlarged computer image. |
Raster |
The opaque, dense quality of an image as opposed to transparent; in drawing programs like PhotoShop, the opacity can be adjusted to allow images to show through layers giving a thin or wispy ghost-like thinness to an image. |
Opacity |