DMMA STUDY GUIDE
Note: These questions were taken from lectures. If you do not know the
answers, please consult with a class mate or review the related links.
EXAM DATE: 2/27/98
Adobe Illustrator
- Raster graphics: Bitmapped, raster, rasterized graphics.
Graphic images are composed of many dots, or graphic objects are
created from pixel by pixel.
- Vector graphics: Object oriented. Images are composed of
collection of lines or graphics are created from point to point.
- Adobe Illustrator is a vector program.
- Objects in Illustrator are created by paths.
- Toolbox:
- Gradient or gradient fill: Blending a color or colors. When
the color fills or shades an object, it makes a gradual shift from one color
to another, or from a dark tone to a light one.
- Gradient vector: create gradient direction.
- Blend: Blending two enclosed shapes and/or fills.
- Path type: Joint elements. Joining well defied path with text.
Example - joining a curve path with type characters.
Material Presented by Dr. Harris
1. Review the two white papers discussed in class:
- Unified Memory Architecture
- O2 Workstation Digital Media
at www.sgi.com (white papers)
2. Review the three showcase lectures:
- Lecture 1
- Lecture 2
- Lecture 3
3. Why do we compress video and audio?
4. What is meant by the sampling rate? Nyquist rate
5. What are the results of compression? (Lossless, Lossy)
6. (JPEG, MPEG, TIFF, GIF) What does this stand for and
which ones are lossy?
7. SGI digital media tools.
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