Graphic Design Terms

- Lossless: a type of compression technique where you throw away the redundant pieces of information, but it does NOT affect the quality of your image.

• Lossless formats include TIFF, PICT, BMP

-Lossy: a type of compression technique which makes files smaller, but you end up losing image quality.

• JPEG uses a lossy format

Image Compression Lossless vs. Lossy



                                            Lossless                                 Lossy


-Resources for Creating Graphics:

• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• Smart Draw
• Vector Graphics
• RAW Images
• Sources on the Internet (fonts etc.)

Internet Resource

-Infographics: graphics that represents information or data.