Vocabulary
This is a picture or drawing used in a design.
Image
This tense is used to talk about actions happening right now, like "I am designing."
Present continuous
This tool is used to draw straight or curved lines in a design program.
Pen tool
This refers to how big or small something is in your design.
Size
What do we call a circle or a square?
In graphic design, this term refers to a repeated image or color.
A pattern
Use these words to talk about objects you can count, like "pencils" or "chairs."
Countable nouns
When you use this tool, you can erase parts of an image you don’t want.
eraser
This is how you organize or arrange items in your design.
Layout
The style, arrangement, and appearance of text is called?
Typography
This is the image or color you can put behind text or pictures.
Background
Use these words when you talk about objects you cannot count, like "juice" or "air."
Uncountable nouns
This tool lets you move objects around on the screen.
Move tool
This is the distance between elements in a design, like the space between lines of text.
Spacing
You use this box to type words onto your design.
Text box
These are small pictures or symbols you click on to use tools in a design program.
Icons
There is or There are? "___ a picture on the screen."
There is
What is it called when you change the dimensions of an object?
Resize
When something stands out or catches your attention, it has a lot of this. (Think of a black and white photo of a person holding a rose but the rose is red).
Emphasis
These colors, like red and yellow, make designs look bright and energetic. (Think about fire).
Warm colors
This tool lets you cut out parts of an image you don’t need.
Crop tool
There is or There are? "___ many icons on the toolbar."
There are
This tool can fill a whole area with a single color or pattern.
Paint bucket
This design element makes things look smooth or rough.
Texture
This part of a design can be changed to make it lighter or darker.
Brightness