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Graphic Design Terms
+Image Size
The height and width of an image
+Canvas Size
Can increase or decrease the amount of area of the image the canvas covers Adding will add blank area around the image
if there is only ONE layer Image will be cropped
Will lose some of the image depending on where you crop it
+Resolution
The detail an image holds Lines
+Focal Point
A focus on a specific point
of interest which makes
a canvas unique
Johannes Vermeer Oil Painting
“Girl with a Pearl Earring”
+Sense of Depth
An illusion of distance or third dimenstion (3D)
Ex. PerspectiveObject sizeOverlappingVarying objects
+Balance of Light and Dark
Creates highlights
Enhances shadows and time of day
Light + light = nothing
Contrasts and emphasis emotion
Sense of illumination: Dark – Lustrous Grayish – Iridescent Tinted – chromatic
light or mist
+Broken Symmetry
+Splash of Color
+Geometric Forms