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GLOSSARY

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Elements

COLOR THEORY

Analogous

CMYK

Complementary

Cool Colors

Color Theory

Gradient

Grayscale

Hex Code

Hue

Monochrome

RGB

Opacity

Saturation

Palette

Shade

Pantone®

Swatch

Technicolor

Tint

Tone

Triadic

Warm Colors

PRINTING

Bleed

Creep

Debossing

Die Cut

Printing

Embossing

Foil Stamping

Imposition

Margin

Pagination

Perfect Binding

Raster/Bitmap

Saddle Stitch

Trim

Vector

SOFTWARE & FILE TYPES

3D Modeling

3D Sculpting

Adobe Suite

AI File

File Types

AI/Artificial Intelligence

AR/Augmented Reality

Creative Cloud

DPI

EPS

GIF

JPEG

PDF

Pixels

PNG

PSD

SVG

TIFF

WEBP

DESIGN STYLES & SUBJECTS

Abstract

Art Deco

Branding/Identity

Collage

Styles

Constructivism

Film/Video Editing

Geometric

Hippie

Mid-Century Modern

Corporate

Flat

Graffiti

Illustrated

Minimalist

Disco

Frutiger Aero

Graphic Design

Marketing & Advertising

Modern

Fashion/Textiles

Futurist

Grunge

Maximalist

Motion & Animation

Neomorphism

Photorealism

Psychedelic

Skeuomorphism

Three-Dimensional

Neon

Pixel Art

Punk

Social Media

Typographic

Organic

Playful

Retro

Sound Design

UI/UX

Packaging Design

Print Design

Retro-Futurism

Swiss Style

Web Design

Y2K

TYPOGRAPHY

Alignment

Ascender

Baseline

Body Copy

Typography

Bold

Character

Descender

Display Type

Ear

Font

Indent

Italics

Kerning

Lorem Ipsum

Pull Quote

Leading

Monospaced

Sans Serif

Legibility

Orphan

Script

Ligature

Pilcrow

Serif

Slab Serif

Strikethrough

Stroke

Swash

Terminal

Tittle

Tracking

Underline

Weight

Widow

PHOTOGRAPHY

Aperture

Crop

Depth of Field

Diffraction

Photography

Distortion

Exposure

Golden Ratio

HDR

Lens Flare

Ratio

Raw

Resolution

Rule of Thirds

Stock Photo

Subject

Time Lapse

TOOLS, EFFECTS & ADJUSTMENTS

Bevel

Blending Modes

Bloom

Bokeh

Tools & Effects

Chromatic Aberration

Clipping Mask

Content-Aware Fill

Curves

Drop Shadow

Embedded vs. Linked

Eyedropper

Filters

Generative Fill

Gaussian Blur

Liquify

Noise

Rulers & Guides

Transform

Vignette

WEB & INTERACTIVE DESIGN

Grid

Hero

Layout

Masthead

Interactive

SEO

Wireframe

BRANDING

Brand/Style Guide

Brandmark

Deliverable

Emblem

Branding
Branding

Lettermark

Pitch Deck

Mock-Up

Target Audience

Mood Board

Thumbnail

Pictorial Mark

Watermark

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