Question | Answer |
multimedia | - any application/technology that can be used to present: text, images, sound, video or animation |
arpanet | - 1969 - predecessor to the internet - network technology introduced |
WWW | 1991 World Wide Web (Tim Berners Lee) - accessing information over the internet NOT via webpages |
html | 1992 |
Mosaic | - 1993 - first graphical browser |
Google Search Engine | 1998 - Larry Page & Sergey Brin |
wizard of oz | first full length movie to use colour |
the jazz singer | first full length movie w/ synchronized dialogue |
rolling stones | first band to give concert over internet |
toy story | 1995 - first full length move completely computer generated |
napster | revolutionized/irritated music industy in 1999 |
font type | - Arial, times new roman, comic sans |
font style | - Regular, bold, italics |
*kerning | - Space between pairs of letters - Ie. Distance between uppercase A and V seems farther than H and N |
*tracking | - Adjusting distance between all letters - measured in ems |
*Leading | - Vertical space between lines of text |
font size | - Pts for word processing - Px for images |
font colour | - Code associated with colour |
font special effects | - Underline, shadow, sub/superscript |
"loose track" leading | more space between all characters w/ less leading |
more leading | more space between lines |
"tight track" leading | less space between all characters |
leading rule | distance between lines > than distance between words |
pixel vs. pt rule | 72 pt = 1 inch printed OR 1 pt = 1/72 inch |
hemadecimal representation | RRGGBB |
red | #FF0000 |
green | #00FF00 |
blue | #0000FF |
white | #FFFFFF |
black | #000000 |
yellow | #FFFF00 |
C | contrast: make 2 elements either similar or dissimilar |
R | repetition: Repeat some aspect of the design |
A | alignment: Aligned items=cohesive unit |
P | proximity: physically grouping things together implies a relationship |
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