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| 4. Image Editing |
4.1 | What determines how much storage space you'll need when choosing a digital camera? |
| 4.2 | What are the two most popular removable memory media for digital cameras? | |
| 4.3 | When transferring images from a digital camera to a computer, how does a USB cable perform compared to a parallel cable, a serial cable and a Firewire card? | |
| 4.4 | Scanners differ from each other in what four respects? | |
| 4.5 | What do you need to know in order to determine the resolution at which to scan an image? | |
| 4.6 | What are vector graphics and how do they differ from raster graphics? | |
| 4.7 | What are programs that create vector graphics called, and what are programs that create raster graphics called? | |
| 4.8 | What is the difference between a drop shadow and a cast shadow? | |
| 4.9 | What is antialiasing, and what are its benefits and drawbacks? | |
| 4.10 | What is interlacing and which image formats support it? | |
| 4.11 | What is the bit-depth and number of palette colors of indexed versus RGB images? | |
| 4.12 | What is dithering, when is it required, and what is the drawback to using it? | |
| 4.13 | What's the difference between image resolution, image size, and file size? | |
| 4.14 | What is screen resolution, and how is it different from printer resolution? | |
| 4.15 | At what resolution should you scan a photograph to be displayed on a computer monitor or LCD projector? | |
| 4.16 | How does image file size affect presentation performance? | |
| 4.17 | How does image file size affect web page performance? | |
| 4.18 | What image resolution is required for high-quality full-color printing (such as a glossy brochure) to be printed by a printing bureau or other professional printing company? | |
| 4.19 | What is the JPEG file format and how does it differ from the GIF and PNG formats? | |
| 4.20 | What does the GIF89a file format provide? | |
| 4.21 | Which image file formats do web browsers support? | |
| 4.22 | When should you use JPEG and when should you use GIF? (As part of your explanation, please display two identical photos of yourself - one in JPEG format and the other in GIF - label them and indicate their file sizes.) | |
| 4.23 | What does it mean when we say an image is "pixilated" and what is the cause? | |
| 4.24. | If you want to get a precise image out of your printer, what should you do? | |
| 4.25 | How do special papers enhance the quality of printout from inkjet printers? | |
| 4.26 | Skill Display #1: Create an 8.5" x 11" poster in .PSD format advertising the Digital Media course, then save a copy as a .JPG image, insert it into your prototype, and discuss the process you followed to produce it. Your .PSD file must have at least two layers and must include text and images. |