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Subject: Gfx info/help thread!! Mon Nov 23, 2009 6:42 pm
GFX Help thread
Good gfx programs:
Spoiler:
If you don't have a good gfx program, then do one of the following: 1. Go download the latest version of GIMP here: Gimp download page
2. Get photoshop cs4!! Here is a way to get it free: Click me...
Gfx terms with their explanations:
Spoiler:
BG - Background Blending - How well the render matches the BG Blur - To make something hazy (opposite of sharpen) Brushes - Used for adding effects and creating a BG C4D - A render created in Cinema 4D used for creating effects or depth CnC - Comments and Critisism Collab (or Collaboration) - 2 or more people working together on one picture. Composition - How a piece of work fits together Concept - The main idea behind a piece of work Contrast - The difference of brightness between dark and light colors (making darker colors darker while bright colors brighter) Depth - Helps create an environment and add some realism to a piece of work Depth of field (DOF) - Where a part of a render is sharper than the rest making it look as if that part is reaching out to you Destructible Edits - Edits that change your image permanently. FG - Foreground Flow - The overall direction of the sig Gradient Map - A layer in which has been duplicated and coloured using both BG & FG colours HQ- High quality Lighting (or lightsource) - Where the light comes from and creates shadows LQ- Low quality Masks - Cut out of an image, like a render but non-destructible. Non-Destructible Edits - Edits that can easily be undone. Opacity - How transparent something is Pixelated - When the pixels of an image are visible to the naked eye Render - An image with the BG cut out Render(3d) - Final image projection of 3d artwork. Ripping - Using someone elses work without permission Rule of Thirds - The idea that all images can be cut in to 9 squares (helps with text placement) Smudge - To smear or blur a picture or color. Stock - A basic image Tag - other word for sig (signature) Text - No need to explain Textures - Used for adding effects Tone - Lightness/Darkness of a colour Vector - A very high quality revision of an image, usually at very high resolutions Vector (alternative) - An object that uses a vector way of projection. These objects can be scaled to an infinite scale and will not use their resolution. (Usually done in Illustrator)
