Vocabulary

Software

WYSIWYG (WIZ-ee-wig)

• Stands for………What You See I What You Get• Content (text and graphics) displayed on screen

appears closely to its appearance when printed or displayed as finished product (visualize)

• 1983—Apple• Word vs Notepad?

WYSIWYG Software

• Adobe• Microsoft• 3D

HTML

• Stands for:– Hyper Text Mark-up Language

• HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages.

• 1980-1990—Tim Berners-Lee (scientists)– Encyclopedia

Text Editors

• PC:– Notepad– .txt or .rtf

• MAC– TextEdit– .txt or .rtf

• For the Web: – .html or .htm

Vector Graphics

• Based on images made up of vectors (paths or strokes)

• "Vector", in this context, implies more than a straight line.

• Ideal for simple or composite drawings that need to be device-independent, or do not need to achieve photo-realism

• Photorealism--• File formats– .gif or .png– .svg– .swf

• Software– Illustrator– CorelDraw– Flash & 3DsMax/Maya

Illustration, Design & Digital Painting

Bitmap or Raster Graphics

• Photo editing• File formats– .jpg– .gif or .png– .pdf, .tiff, .bmp

• Software– Paint– Photoshop– Fireworks

Video

• Editing: – Process of editing segments of motion footage

• Software– Premiere, Final Cut Pro, iMovie or MovieMaker– AfterEffects?

• Playable on Internet– QuickTime– .mov– .avi?

Animation• Computer Animation– Art of moving images with use of computer

• Software– Flash (2D)

• Rendered– 3dsMax/Maya

• Keyframes• File Formats– .gif or .png– .swf– .midi– .ani—animated cursors