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-Refers to any computer device or program that makes a computer capable of displaying and manipulating pictures. The term also refers to the images themselves.

GRAPHIC FILE FORMATS

-ALSO CALLED GRID, WHOSE CELLS ARE FILLED WITH ONE OR MORE COLORS. -INDIVIDUAL CELLS IN THE GRID CAN ALL BE FILLED WITH THE SAME COLOR OR DIFFERENT COLORS. -BITMAP IMAGES DISPLAYS COLLECTIONS OF INDIVIDUAL COLORED PIXELS.

-MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS DESCRIBING THE SIZE, SHAPE, THICKNESS, POSITION, COLOR, AND FILL OR LINES CLOSE GRAPHICAL SHAPES.

-IS A STANDARDIZED METHOD OF ENCODING DATA FOR STORAGE. - THEY ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY TELL THE PROGRAM WHAT KIND OF DATA IS CONTAINED IN THE FILE AND HOW THE DATA IS ORGANIZED.

- ARE BASED ON OPENLY PUBLISHED SPECIFICATIONS AND ARE COMMONLY USED BY MANY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND OPERATING SYSTEMS.

1.ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 2.TIF 3.GIF 4.JPEG 5.PICT 6.TGA

- IT IS UNDER THE SOLE CONTROL OF THE SOFTWARE DEVELOPER WHO INVENTED THE FORMAT.

- IS THE PROCESS OF CREATING A DIGITAL IMAGE OR MANIPULATING AN EXISTING IMAGE THAT INCLUDES COMPLEX ARRAY OF PROCESSES.

-ARE BITMAP- BASED GRAPHICS PROGRAMS. - THEY CAN ALSO PERFORM TASKS THAT ARE IMPOSSIBLE WITH TRADITIONAL ARTISTS TOOLS.

-ARE VECTOR-BASED PROGRAMS THAT ARE WELL- SUITED FOR WORK WHEN ACCURACY AND FLEXIBILITY ARE AS IMPORTANT AS COLORING AND SPECIAL EFFECTS.
- THEY ARE ALSO REFERRED TO AS OBJECTORIENTED PROGRAMS.

-ARE COUSINS TO PAIN PROGRAMS WHICH ARE NOW TAKING PLACE OF A PHOTOGRAPHERS DARK ROOM FOR MANY TASKS. -THEY CAN CONTROL PRECISELY HOW A PICTURE WILL LOOK. -THEY ARE ALSO USED TO EDIT NONPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES AND TO CREATE IMAGES FROM SCRATCH.

-ALSO CALLED COMPUTER- AIDED DRAFTING OR COMPUTER- AIDED DRAWING. - IS THE COMPUTERIZED VERSION OF THE HAND- DRAFTING PROCESS THAT USED TO BE DONE WITH THE OEBCIL AND RULER ON A DRAFTING TABLE.

-IS A SPECIAL TYPE OF GRAPHIC SOFTWARE, WHICH IS NOW USED TO CREATE 3-D IMAGING MOVIES, TELEVISION, AND PRINT.

- IS SIMPLY A WAY OF SHARING INFORMATION.

E.G. HUMAN VOICE

- IS THE FIELD CONCERNED WITH THE COMPUTER-CONTROLLED INTEGRATION OF TEXT, GRAPHICS, DRAWINGS, STILL AND MOVING IMAGES, ANIMATION, AUDIO AND ANY OTHER MEDIA WHERE EVERY TYPE OF INFORMATION CAN BE REPRESENTED, STORED, TRANSMITTED AND PROCESSED DIGITALLY.

IS A SYSTEM CAPABLE OF PROCESSING MULTIMEDIA DATA AND APPLICATIONS.

1.COMPUTER CONTROLLED 2.INTEGRATED 3.DIGITAL 4.INTERACTIVE

- IS AN APPLICATION WHICH USES A COLLECTION OF MULTIPLE MEDIA SOURCES.

1. TEXT 2. GRAPHICS 3. IMAGES 4. SOUND/AUDIO 5. ANIMATION OR VIDEO 6. WORLD WIDE WEB 7. HYPERMEDIA COURSEWARE 8. VIDEO CONFERRENCING 9. VIDEO-ON-DEMAND 10.INTERACTIVE TV 11.GROUPWRAE 12.HOME SHOPPING 13.GAMES 14.VIRTUAL REALITY 15.DIGITAL VIDEO EDITING AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS 16.MULTIMEDIA DATABASE SYSTEMS