Design Basics
The way elements are arranged within a design
Composition
___________largest piece of text on a magazine cover
Title (or Masthead)
A tool that combines geometric shapes to build new shapes
Shape builder
Difference in size, also called Perspective
Free Transform Tool
Ctrl T
This type of graphic is easily scalable because it's made up of complex algorithms.
Vector
meant to grab our attention
Headline
An image that can be infinitely resized
Vector image
Balance
Copy
Ctrl C
RGB stands for this; a color mode meant for all digital screens.
RED GREEN BLUE
A subtitle line right underneath the title of a magazine
Magazine deck
Lets you create negative space within shapes by combining them in different ways
What is pathfinder
Extreme difference in color, generally used to create emphasis
Contrast
Change your cursor size on tools like Eraser, Brush and Quick Select.
Brackets
This refers to the sharpness of an image, meaning the number of pixels per one-inch square can make an image blurry or sharp.
Resolution
Prevents a design from getting cut off in print
Bleed line
Field of design that focuses on fonts
Typography
Use of color to highlight or bring attention to one part of the design to assign importance
Emphasis
Paste
Ctrl V
This file format is native to Photoshop, meaning that when you save your image this way, you can later return to make changes to each of your layers.
PSD - Photoshop Document
By extracting colors from an image, Photoshop can create _____ ______ that match the image.
What is color scheme
Allows you to change a raster image into a vector image (made of strokes, fill and pathways)
Image Trace
The quality of a visually interesting image; contains multiple shapes, lines or colors thoughtfully arranged within a work of art
Variety
Use this key to select multiple shapes, or when resizing an image to maintain proportion.
Shift