TYPES OF VISUAL MEDIA
COMMON VISUAL MEDIA FORMATS
VISUAL DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND ELEMENTS
100

It is a type of visual that combine text, images, icons, and graphics to explain and present information clearly and quickly.

Infographics

100

An image format that supports simple animations and a limited color palette. Commonly used for short animated images, reactions, and simple graphics.

.GIF

200

Also called cartoons, it is a series of drawings or illustrations used to tell stories, express ideas, or communicate messages, often with humor.

Comic strips

200

These are large uncompressed files that are associated with graphic files inside a Windows OS. It can produce high-quality images but usually has larger file sizes than JPG or PNG.

.BMP

200

It is how light or dark a color or object is that goes on a scale from white to black. 

Value

300

It is recorded and organized information that may use drawings, symbols, diagrams, keywords, and other visual elements over the classic method of writing.

Visual Note-taking
300

It is a compressed image format commonly used for photographs with many colors, which produces relatively small file sizes but loses quality when compressed. (FULL NAME)

Joint Photographic Experts Group

300

It is the surface quality of a composition. This may be felt physically or only perceived visually.

Texture

400

They may be in the forms of images, videos, or other visuals along with text that are created and shared to express ideas, humor, reactions, or cultural references.

Memes

400

It is a high-quality image format that can store detailed images with little or no compression. Commonly used in professional photography, printing, and scanning because it preserves image quality. (FULL FORM)

Tagged Image File Format

400

It is a visual version of tempo that is created with repeating elements to guide the eye and create organized movements

Rhythm/Movement

500

It is how different elements can feel complete and unified through their pleasing combination.

Harmony