Digital Media

Digital Media Remember – 1 . List the digital media formats that are in standard use on the web? - High quality graphics - Desktop publishing - Adobe PDF - Post script files 2 . Explain the general rule you should follow when selecting a media format for saving unfinished data? - Use the highest quality possible for storing your work. - Avoid lossy compression formats such as JPEG’s for storing unfinished files. - Use loosless compression formats such as PNG and TIFF. Think – 3. Explain the difference between DTP and word processing. Word processing is the creation, input, editing, and production of documents and texts by means of computer systems. Desktop publishing or DTP is the design and production of publications using personal computers with graphics capability. 4. When would you use DTP software in a graphic design process? DTP software allows you to create any type of printed document. Most will also allow you to create web pages easily.

Investigate – 5. List the image file formats that are available on your graphics program. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? Paint net: -paint.net(*.pdn) -TGA(*tga) -Bitmap(BMP) -GIF(*gif) -JPEG(*.jpeg,*jpeg,*ipe,*ijfif) -PNG(*.png) -TIFF(*Tiff)

6. Identify the paint and/or drawing software on your system and describe the advantages and disadvantages of each product. Paint: -Monochrome Bitmap -16 colour Bitmap -256 colour Bitmap -24-bit Bitmap -JPEG -GIF -TIFF -PNG Paint.NET: -Paint.NET -Bitmap -GIF -JPEG -PNG -TIFF -TGA

Adobe Photoshop CS4: -EPS -PNG -GIF -JPEG -Fireworks Illustrator: -SWF -JPEG -PSD -PNG -TIFF Paint.Net

Illustrator Adobe Photo Shop Paint

Advantages • Free to download • Easy to use

• Basic tools

Disadvantages

• Basic tools