GCM 111 midterm (100% Errorless)

Two common ways to digitize images for Graphic Communications correct answers 1. Digital Cameras 2. Scanners Digital Cameras can be categorized as: correct answers - Consumer: Low cost, point and shoot, limited settings, no RAW images, Limited Operation - Prosumer: Moderate cost, swappable lenses, more settings, raw images, more manual operation -Professional: expensive, Swappable lenses, advanced settings, RAW images, mostly manual operations - Commercial: Really expensive, swappable lenses advanced settings Raw images, mostly manual operation Two main types of camera technology used for prosumer and up: correct answers 1. Mirrorless 2. Digital singles lens Reflex Scanners correct answers scanners are used for digitizing hard copy images into digital form What makes a good digital image? correct answers - Screen vs Print - Large vs Small - Close up vs far away -Low quality vs high Quality -colour vs grayscale File Formate (images for use in print) correct answers - shoot images as camera RAW -Save images as photoshop, TIFF, or EPS format -Don't use GIF, PNG for print - okay to use JPEG (if you know what you are doing) Resolution (images for use in print) correct answers - 2 times rule - different resolution for screen and print - too high = dark areas will fill in, loss of detail -too low = pixilation will occur Colour space (images for use in print) correct answers RGB or CMYK Size (Images for use in print) correct answers -image should be captured size as or larger -Cannot properly increase resolution after the fact Quality (images for use in print) correct answers Garbage in, Garbage out Restrictions (images for print) correct answers - limited reproduction (digitizing) capabilities - e.g. original artwork - Limited usage - e.g. image Banks, model photography