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Glossary

Graphic:  Of or relating to written and/or pictorial representation.  Generally, a graphic contains text or other elements that make it more than a plain photograph.

 

Image: An image is the reproduction of a form, object or group of objects. The medium that the image is reproduced with will determine the number of dimensions that can be reproduced.  For example, an image on a two dimensional page will not exactly reproduce the three dimensional form of a person.

 

Media:  (usually used with a plural verb ) the means of communication, as radio and television, newspapers, billboards, web pages,  and magazines, that reach or influence people widely: The media are covering the speech tonight.

 

Medium: The physical or electronic substance through which something else is transmitted or carried on. The plural of medium is media.

 

Message:  The idea that a designer puts in an image that they intend the viewer to understand by looking at the image.

 

Page: One page of paper of the standard size for the work.  Most pages in North America are letter size- eight and a half by eleven inches.  In the rest of the world, the standard page is A3, which is narrower and longer than letter size. 

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