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Monday, February 21, 2011

microsoft word tools

I created this robot using word tools such as 3d effects and also using the basic geometric shapes like square, circle, rectangle etc.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

painting tools


Selection: Allows you to select a part of the picture.


Crop: Allows you to see only some parts of the picture upon selection.
Resize: Allows you to change the size of your image

Rotate or flip: Allows you to rotate or flip a picture.

Pencil: This tool lets you draw using the mouse.

Fill with colour: Lets you fill inside of a shape with a colour.

Text: Lets you insert text

Eraser: Lets you erase a part of the image and change it for the background 


 Colour Picker: Enables you to pick a colour and use it for drawing


Magnifier: Allows you to magnify a part of the picture


Brushes: Allows you to draw with different kind of brushes



Shapes: Different types of shapes which can be used




Shape outline: Allows you to choose a medium for the shape outline


Fill: Allows you to choose a medium for the shape fill.

Size: Allows you to choose a width for the tool in use



Colour 1 (foreground color): Enables you to select a color from the palette and can be used for pencil, brushes and shape outline.

Color 2 (background color): Upon selection you can choose a color from the palette and can be used with the eraser and shape fills.





Palette: The number of colors available for use and can also be edited to have color of choice.





Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Graphic Terms

Animated gif : The Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) is a bitmap image format that was introduced by CompuServe in 1987
black dog runs
Crop: Cut short

Dpi: is an abbreviated version for dots (or pixels) per inch, a measure of the resolution of graphic shown

Jpeg: Named after the Joint Photographic Experts is a commonly used method of compression for photographic images. The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable trade off between storage size and image quality.

Mirror: an exact copy of a data set

Resolution: the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display

Pixel: the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a screen.

fps(frames per second): The amount of still frames that are displayed during one second of video
file extension: A short series of letters and/or numerals at the end of a personal computer file name, used to show the type of file and the software that will be needed to operate or open it.

bmp: A type of image file format, bitmap refers to the rows and columns of dots that make up a digital photo image. Each dot is stored in at least one bit of data.

frame: used  to identify precisely the general information that must be programmed into a computer before considering specific directions
compression:  data compression, source coding or bit-rate reduction is the process of encording information using fewer bits

flip: flip an image

morph: cause to change shape in a computer animation


frame buffer: a buffer that stores the contents of an image pixel by pixel
video card: A piece of hardware installed into a personal computer to allow it to send video signals to an external output device such as a monitor or projector
CPU: central processcing unit does most of the data processing
colour depth: the number of bits used to represent the color of a single pixel in a bitmapped image or video frame buffer. This concept is also known as bits per pixel (bpp)