Terminology

[Jweb]

As someone just getting into Graphics Design, some of the terminology (especially acronyms) can throw me off.

What are some terms you think a beginner, such as myself, should know about as they are getting started.

And if you can provide some concise definitions that would be great

 

[Dilip]

Fill, stroke, SVG, Raster

The inside of a circle = Fill
The outline of a circle = Stroke

Raster - an image made of Pixels ( coloured dots )

SVG - scalable vector graphics - can magnify according to your will, raster cannot without losing quality

 

[Jweb]

Fill, stroke, SVG, Raster

The inside of a circle = Fill
The outline of a circle = Stroke

Raster - an image made of Pixels ( coloured dots )

SVG - scalable vector graphics - can magnify according to your will, raster cannot without losing quality

Thanks!

Learning about SVG and Raster made me consider what format I should use when coming up with a graphic.

 

[Dilip]

Photoshop uses Raster, while Illustrator uses Vector. It is mainly Raster or Vector in graphics these days. SVG is a vector format. It is so popular that a lot of people use it to represent Vector graphics.

what format I should use when coming up with a graphic.

It depends a lot on the base image. If you are working on a photo, it is Raster graphics. Not easy to vectorise it.

 

[Justin]

There are so many acronyms which you can get familiar with in graphics design. I'm sure you must already be hearing them before now. They are;

1. PSD - Photoshop Document.
2. JPEG/JPG - Joint Photographic Experts Group.
3. PNG - Portable Network Graphics.
4. PDF - Portable Document Format.
5. UX/UI - User Experience/User Interface.
6. GIF - Graphics Interchange Format.

 

[Gregory]

There are 120 terminologies in graphics design which you can find in this article. I hope it's very helpful to anyone who's going to need it.

120 Graphic Design Terms to Help Cut Through the Jargon

Working in graphic design comes with a lot of terminology. Learn all the essential graphic design terms and words you need to know in this helpful guide!

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[Sara]

There are so many acronyms which you can get familiar with in graphics design. I'm sure you must already be hearing them before now. They are;

1. PSD - Photoshop Document.
2. JPEG/JPG - Joint Photographic Experts Group.
3. PNG - Portable Network Graphics.
4. PDF - Portable Document Format.
5. UX/UI - User Experience/User Interface.
6. GIF - Graphics Interchange Format.

When I was a newbie, I don't know the meaning of some of these words. I can read and pass them until one day, I decided to check what what they mean. I found them and also found other acronyms.

 

[Jose]

There are 120 terminologies in graphics design which you can find in this article. I hope it's very helpful to anyone who's going to need it.

120 Graphic Design Terms to Help Cut Through the Jargon

Working in graphic design comes with a lot of terminology. Learn all the essential graphic design terms and words you need to know in this helpful guide!

blog.shillingtoneducation.com

This is more like a comprehensive list of most of the terminologies you need to know in graphics designing. I picked up some I never knew their full meaning from the article.

When I was a newbie, I don't know the meaning of some of these words. I can read and pass them until one day, I decided to check what what they mean. I found them and also found other acronyms.

It's the same thing for most of us graphics designer when we started out. We have to learn on the job.