GNVQ ICT - Intermediate

Unit 6 - Graphics and Desktop Publishing

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Hyperlinks:

On this level:

Bitmap
Vector
Charts and graphs
Presentation
Scanned images
Clipart

On the level below:

Bitmap graphics:  

Programs on the school network such as Paintbrush, Colour Magic and Painshop Pro can be used to produce bitmap graphics.  When you “paint” the colour(s), line(s), shape(s) or text on the screen you are simply putting a series of different coloured dots (pixels) onto the screen.  Each dot becomes a part of a single picture.  You cannot select the shape again to change the size or colour - you must erase it before you can try again.  Once a bitmap graphic is completed it is best used at the same size as the original picture as it can easily become distorted and fuzzy due to the dots (pixels) being enlarged too much.  Technically this is called pixellation.  Other bitmap programs (not on network) include PC Paintbrush and Fractal Painter.

E.g. A bitmap graphic of a diver….

It is important to understand that any scanned image or digital photograph will be a bitmap image.

A bitmap image file tends to be quite large - taking up a lot of space on the network hard disk (especially colour graphics).

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