Essential+Vocabulary


 * //Wikispace//**

A hosting service based in San Francisco, California. Launched in March 2005, Wikispaces is owned by Tangient LLC and is among the largest wiki hosts, competing with PBworks, Wetpaint , Wikia , and Google Sites (formerly JotSpot). Private wikis with advanced features for businesses, non-profits and educators are available for an annual fee.

//** Blog **//

A personal [|journal] published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete entries ("posts") typically displayed in reverse chronological order so the most recent post appears first. Blogs are usually the work of a single individual, occasionally of a small group, and often are themed on a single subject. // Blog // can also be used as a verb, meaning // to maintain or add content to a blog //.


 * // Format //**

The color scheme, shape, and size or an image.


 * //Program//**

In painting and sculpture, the conceptual basis of a work. Also, in architecture, an architect's formulation of a design problem with respect to considerations of site, function, materials, and aims of the client.


 * //JPEG//**

Joint Photographic Experts Group. Used to refer to the standard they developed for still-image compressions. Excellent file format for photographs used as Web graphics. Photoshop allows them to be saved at various quality settings--lower settings requiring less memory, permitting speedier downloading.


 * //Resolution//**

In digital imaging, the number of pixels, in both height and width, making up an image. The higher resolution of an image, the greater its clarity and definition. The resolution for Web graphics is typically 72 dpi, way too low for print purposes. If the artwork is linework (no shades or tints, only solid colors), the resolution of a graphic much match the resolution of the final printer. If that isn't known, then saving the artwork at 600 dpi is likely to be safe.


 * //Gif//**

Graphic Image File format. A widely supported image-storage format released in 1987 and promoted by CompuServe. It gained early widespread use on on-line services and the Internet. An excellent format for graphics used on the World Wide Web (WWW), and there are animated GIFs too.


 * //PSD//**

The ** .PSD ** (Photoshop Document), Photoshop's native format, stores an image with support for most imaging options available in Photoshop. These include layers with masks, color spaces , ICC profiles , transparency, text, alpha channels and spot colors , clipping paths , and duotone settings. This is in contrast to many other file formats (e.g. .EPS or .GIF) that restrict content to provide streamlined, predictable functionality.


 * //Portfolio//**

A portable case for holding material, such as loose drawings, photographs, or other images. It may also be the materials collected in such a case, especially when they are representative of an artist's work. By extension, a portfolio might be a portable collection of originals or reproductions of an artist's work in a format other than the traditional case -- as a set of digital images online or on a disc for example.