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    Graphics Glossary

    Here is a glossary of the most common graphics terms:

      A
    Acquisition
    Adobe Illustrator (File Format)
    Adobe PSD (File Format)
    AI (File Format)
    Alpha
    Alpha Transparency
    ANI (File Format)
    Animation (File Formats)
    Anti-Aliased Scaling
    Anti-Aliased Text
    Anti-Aliasing
    Anti-Leech
    Artifact
    ASF (File Format)
    Aspect Ratio
    Audio Video Interleave (File Format)
    Average Dithering
    AVI (File Format)

    B
    Banner Advertisements
    Bayer Dithering
    Bit Depth
    Bitmap
    Bitmap (File Formats)
    Bitmap Font
    Blending
    BMP (File Format)
    Browser-Safe Palette

    C
    CAD
    CAD (File Formats)
    CALS (File Format)
    Capture
    CCITT Compression
    CDR (File Format)
    CFP (File Format)
    CGM (File Format)
    Clip Art
    CMYK
    Color Depth
    Color Map
    Color Model
    Color Safe Palette
    Color Separation
    Composite
    Compression
    Computer Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support Raster Format (File Format)
    Computer Graphics Metafile (File Format)
    Corel Photo-Paint (File Format)
    CorelDRAW (File Format)
    CoverFactory Project (File Format)
    CPT (File Format)
    Crop
    Cross-Hatch Patterns
    CUR (File Format)
    Cursor
    Cursor (File Formats)

    D
    DCX (File Format)
    Decompression
    Deskew
    Despeckle
    Device Independent Bitmap (File Format)
    DGN (File Format)
    Direct3D
    DirectDraw
    DirectMedia
    DirectX
    Dithering
    DjVu (File Format)
    Dots Per Inch
    DPI
    Drawing eXchange Binary (File Format)
    Drawing eXchange Format (File Format)
    Drawing File (File Format)
    Drop Shadow
    DRW (File Format)
    DWG (File Format)
    DXB (File Format)
    DXF (File Format)

    E
    eBook Cover
    Edge Effect
    EMF (File Format)
    EMZ (File Format)
    Encapsulated PostScript (File Format)
    EPS (File Format)
    Exchangeable Image File Format (File Format)
    Exif (File Format)

    F
    FAVICON
    FH (File Format)
    FITS (File Format)
    FLA (File Format)
    Flash (File Format)
    FlashPix Format (File Format)
    FLC (File Format)
    Flexible Image Transport System (File Format)
    FLI (File Format)
    Floyd-Steinberg Dithering
    FNT (File Format)
    Font
    Font (File Formats)
    FPX (File Format)
    FreeHand (File Format)

    G
    GEM (File Format)
    GEM IMG (File Format)
    GEM Metafile (File Format)
    GIF (File Format)
    Glyph
    Graphics Interchange Format (File Format)
    Gray Scale
    Group 3 Compression
    Group 4 Compression

    H
    Half-Tone
    Halo
    Hatch Patterns
    HD Photo (File Format)
    Hot-Linking
    HSB
    HSI
    HSL
    HSV
    Hue Saturation Brightness
    Hue Saturation Intensity
    Hue Saturation Luminosity
    Hue Saturation Value
    Huffman Encoding

    I
    ICO (File Format)
    Icon
    Icon (File Formats)
    IGES (File Format)
    Image Acquisition
    Imagemap
    IMG (File Format)
    Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (File Format)
    Interlaced Bitmap
    Interlacing

    J
    Jaggies
    JFIF (File Format)
    Joint Photographic Experts Group (File Format)
    Joint Photographic Experts Group File Interchange Format (File Format)
    JPEG (File Format)
    JPEG Quality

    K
    Kodak Photo CD (File Format)

    L
    Layer
    Lens Flare
    Lossless Compression
    Lossy Compression
    Lotus PIC (File Format)
    LZW Compression

    M
    MAC (File Format)
    Macintosh PICT (File Format)
    MacPaint (File Format)
    Macromedia Flash FLA Project File Format (File Format)
    Metadata
    Metafile
    Metafile (File Formats)
    Microsoft Advanced System Format (File Format)
    Microsoft Windows Animated Cursor (File Format)
    Microsoft Windows Cursor (File Format)
    Microsoft Windows Device Independent Bitmap (File Format)
    Microsoft Windows Enhanced Metafile (File Format)
    Microsoft Windows Enhanced Metafile (Compressed) (File Format)
    Microsoft Windows Font (File Format)
    Microsoft Windows Icon (File Format)
    Microsoft Windows Metafile (File Format)
    MNG (File Format)
    Moving Picture Experts Group (File Format)
    MPEG (File Format)
    MrSID (File Format)
    Multi-image Network Graphics (File Format)
    Multiresolution Seamless Image Database (File Format)

    N
    Netscape Color Safe Palette

    O
    Object File Format (File Format)
    OCR
    ODG (File Format)
    OFF (File Format)
    OpenDocument drawing (File Format)
    OpenGL
    Optical Character Recognition
    Ordered Dithering
    OS/2 Bitmap (File Format)
    OS/2 BMP (File Format)
    Outline Font

    P
    PackBits Compression
    Palette
    PBM (File Format)
    PCD (File Format)
    PCX (File Format)
    PDF (File Format)
    PGM (File Format)
    Photo Object
    PICT (File Format)
    Pictor PC Paint (File Format)
    Pictor PIC (File Format)
    Pixel
    Pixel Editing
    PNG (File Format)
    Point
    Portable Bitmap (File Format)
    Portable Document Format (File Format)
    Portable Gray Map (File Format)
    Portable Network Graphics (File Format)
    Portable Pixel Map (File Format)
    PostScript
    PostScript (File Format)
    PPM (File Format)
    Prepress (File Formats)
    PS (File Format)
    PSD (File Format)

    Q
    QuickTime
    QuickTime (File Format)

    R
    Random Dithering
    Raster
    Raster Font
    Rasterisation
    RealMedia File Format (File Format)
    Resolution
    Resource Interchange File Format (File Format)
    Retouching
    RGB
    RIFF (File Format)
    RMFF (File Format)
    Run-length Compression

    S
    Sans Serif
    Scalable Vector Graphics (File Format)
    Scanline
    Scanner
    SCR (File Format)
    Screen Capture
    Screenshot
    Seattle FilmWorks (File Format)
    Serif
    SFW (File Format)
    SGI (File Format)
    Silicon Graphics Image File Format (File Format)
    Speckles
    Sprite
    Stitching
    Stroke Font
    Sun Rasterfile (File Format)
    SVG (File Format)
    SWF (File Format)
    SXD (File Format)

    T
    Tag Image File Format (File Format)
    Texture Mapping
    TGA (File Format)
    Thumbnail
    TIFF (File Format)
    Transparency
    Trim
    TrueColor
    TrueType
    TrueType Font (File Format)
    TrueVision TARGA (File Format)
    TTF (File Format)
    TWAIN
    Typeface

    U
    Uncompressed
    UNIX Plot Format (File Format)

    V
    Vector
    Vector (File Formats)
    Vector Font
    Vectorisation
    VICAR (File Format)
    Video (File Formats)
    Video Image Communication and Retrieval (File Format)

    W
    Watermark
    WBMP (File Format)
    Web Publishing (File Formats)
    Windows Media Video (File Format)
    Wireless Bitmap (File Format)
    WMF (File Format)
    WMV (File Format)
    WordPerfect Graphics (File Format)
    WPG (File Format)

    X
    X Window Bitmap (File Format)
    X Window Dump (File Format)
    X Window PixMap (File Format)
    XAR (File Format)
    Xara (File Format)
    XBM (File Format)
    XPM (File Format)
    XWD (File Format)

    Y
    YCbCr

    Z
    ZSoft PCX (File Format)



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