The use of light or dark objects positioned over colourful backgrounds. Blurred backdrops allow bright colours to come through and convey a sense of frosted glass.
A type of design technique utilised in the creation of visuals and illustrations. Blur is used to create an impression of movement or a sense of depth.
The part of a letter, usually a vertical line, that rise above the x-height.
A print that the printer receives to monitor the progress of production. Proofing is a matter of looking at the print to ensure that it has been printed correctly and that the colours are rendered accurately.
A file format that supports both static and animated images. It is a popular file format on the internet and social media due to its wide colour support, portability, and animating capabilities.
A graphic element that has a definite length and direction. Examples of vectors would be straight lines, edges, or curves.
A unit for defining the size of a font. It's not a distance; this unit's measurement is only relative to the typeface's design.
Also known as text colour, is a visible attribute of text determined by the combination of text and background colour.
The use of design features that are shaped to resemble a familiar object or thing in order to facilitate user interaction.
The primary graphic that appears at the top of a webpage, designed to grab people's attention.
The setting on a camera's lens which controls how much light comes into the camera. Aperture settings can usually be set to F-stop values ranging from F1.4-F22. The higher the aperture value, the smaller the opening is, and vice versa, which affects the depth of field in photos and how much light reaches and illuminates a subject or scene in a photo.