SECTION 2: SOFTWARE 2.9 Image editing CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR COMPUTER AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY

FOR COMPUTER AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

SECTION 2: SOFTWARE

2.9 Image editing

A. Match the word with the definition. 1 crop sharpen soften zoom in zoom out flip rotate touch up clone rasterize a turn an image reverse an image improve the appearance of an image remove part of an image copy part of an image to another point in that image view part of the image in more detail view more of the image in less detail convert a vector image to a bitmap image (see B5 below) make the image less blurred make the image more blurred 2 b 3 c 4 d 5 e 6 f 7 g 8 h 9 i 10 j B. True or false? 1 Greyscale images take up more disk space than colour images. 2 It's often preferable to scan line drawings as black and white images rather than greyscale images. This takes up less disk space, and produces sharper lines. This type of image is also known as lineart. 3 On most computers, you can view photos as a slideshow – each photo is shown for a few seconds. 4 You can also view photos as fingernails – small versions of the photos, with lots shown on the screen at the same time. 5 A vector image (for example, a clipart image) can be expanded to any size without loss of resolution. A bitmap image (for example, a photo) is made of pixels, so it loses resolution when it is expanded.

ANSWER KEY

2.9 Image editing A: 1 d, 2 i, 3 j, 4 f, 5 g, 6 b, 7 a, 8 c, 9 e, 10 h B: 1 false, 2 true, 3 true, 4 false (the word is thumbnails), 5 true