January 15, 2016

Unit 5 Definitions (REBECCA)

ETCHING
The process or act of making designs or pictures on a metal plate, glass, etc…, by the corrosive action of an acid instead of by a burin.

LINOCUT
A cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.

SCREEN PRINT
Force ink or metal onto (a surface) through a prepared screen of fine material to create a picture or a pattern.

LITHOGRAPHY
The process of printing from a flat surface treated to repel the ink except where it is required for printing.

LETTERPRESS
Printing from a hard, raised image under pressure using viscous ink.

GRAVURE
An image produced from etching a plate trough an intaglio process and producing a print from it.

SCREEN PROCESS
This is a method of printing using a fine mesh of silk, nylon, etc., treated with an impermeable coating except in the areas through which ink is forced onto the paper behind.

PHOTOCOPYING
A paper copy of a document, picture, etc..., that is made with a special machine called a copier or a photocopier.

LAZER PRINTING
Laser printing is an electrostatic digital printing process. It produces high-quality text and graphics (and moderate-quality photographs) by repeatedly passing a laser beam back and forth over a negatively charged cylindrical drum to define a differentially-charged image.

INKJET PRINTING
Inkjet printing is a type of computer printing that recreates a digital image by propelling droplets of ink onto paper, plastic or other substrates.


EXTRAS

PHOTOSHOP (ADOBE)
Image editing software used to edit, adjust and alter different media digitally.

PUBLISHER (MICROSOFT)
Software used to create posters/leaflets and other publishing products.

PDF
A file format for capturing and sending electronic documents in exactly the intended formats.

MOBIPOCKET
Mobipocket SA is a French company incorporated in March 2000 that produces Mobipocket Reader software, an e-book reader for mobile phones, personal digital assistants and desktop operating systems.

IBOOKS AUTHOR (APPLE)
iBooks author is an app that allows anyone to create iBooks textbooks. Basically your own book or textbook.

INDESIGN (ADOBE)
The design and layout toolset lets you work across desktop and mobile devices to create, preflight and publish everything from printed books and brochures to digital magazines, iPad apps, eBooks and interactive online documents.

ILLUSTRATOR (ADOBE)
The vector graphics app lets you create logos, icons, sketches, typography and complex illustrations for print, web, interactive, video and mobile.

January 11, 2016

Digital Publishing Product - BBC Sport News (REBECCA)

What is it used for?

It is used for inform people about what happens in different sports, and keep people updated on what is happening.

Elements:

This website uses bright colours to attract attention of viewers and they make the layout neat easy to read on as many platforms as possible. Things like bold fonts make it look more attractive and stand out even more.

Target Audience:

The target audience for this e-newspaper are people who have an interest in sport and want to be kept up-do-date.

Platforms:

This website can be viewed on any PC, Mobile device, Tablet device and TV (depending on its capabilities).