Chapter 6 Notes

Chapter 6 - Graphic Tools

Types of graphics
> Bit-mapped
o .bmp
o Very low quality
o 8 – 24 colours
o Paint programs
o Pixelate easily

> Vector
o Do not pixelate
o Some clip-art (Word, Office, etc)
o Easily edited or combined
o Adobe Illustrator
o C.A.D. programs (computer assisted drafting)
o Drawing programs (Corel)

Clip Art
> Saves time
> Diminishes creativity
> Do not let kids use it!!
> Copyright

File Formats
> .jpeg – .jpg - .jpe
o Millions of colours
o Large file sizes
> .gif 
o Developed for the web
o 256 colours
> .bmp
o Yucky

Design of Instructional Materials
Graphics
> Support the important points you are trying to get across

Line Drawings
> Thick bold lines for emphasis
> Text 
o Normal fonts
o Bold, italics, underline styles