VI. Gallery Dictionary If you don't see a word your looking for or have a word you would like to see added, PM a Gallery moderator. Also if you're looking for a certain definition, use Ctrl + F. :wink: Click on the hide tag below to reveal the dictionary. [hide]A Abstract A piece of art that has no real meaning, it is just random, however it consists of flow. Anti-Alias Anti-Aliasing (often abbreviated to AA) is making lines that are made of pixels look smoother. Sometimes this is done automatically by a graphics program. Some pixel artists do this by hand, by placing pixels of a color that lies in between the color of the (out)line and the background next to the (out)line. Avatar The icon that you can find on your posts top left corner, under your name. You can change it from your profile to make people remember you. Avatar can be max sized 100x100x8kb. B Banner- A large image used as the header for a title page in blogs/shops/ect. Blending Mode A mode which you can set a tool or a layer on, which have different advantages for you, some to cut the black out, like linear dodge, or addition, and some to add colors and invert. Brushes Brushes are downloadable from sites such as http://www.deviantart.com and are made from filters and smudging. One of the easiest ways to make a background. Buddies or Buddy kits- A group of premade items/objects usually pixeled that a person can rearrange to make their own character. C C4D Abbreviation of the program 'Cinema4D' which creates 3D renders known as C4Ds. D DeviantArt Currently the leading art community in the world which provides you the most tutorials, skins, brushes and other resources. Used to show off your art work for others. Click me Dimensions The size in pixels of a canvas, usually by height then width, eg 450x175 is the max dimensions in a signature here. F Fake A picture (usually a RuneScape screenshot) that has been edited . Focus point The place in the signature, which you're going to watch first. Usually the render in the middle of the signature. Font This is the style of the writing, not the text itself, different fonts can be found at http://www.dafont.com. Flare A lens flare, which is used to add lighting, I do not advice this for your lighting though, I'd use a soft brush. G GFX Short for graphics. GIMP- A free program that functions similar to Photoshop. .GIF An image format, commonly used for animating, and supports transparency. Gradient A gradual change of different colors. Nice for fading. Grunge A style which is quite messy, but has a nice effect still. I ImageShack The most well known uploading website for you to upload your signatures. Click me J .JPEG A file type which compresses the image, sometimes degrading quality. Not to be used for pixel signatures. P Pixel A pixel is a square when zoomed in, but from far away looks like a dot, everything you look at on a computer is made up of pixels. A pixel, which is a style of art, is where you manually place every pixel onto the piece of art. Photoshop Adobe Photoshop, the industry leading graphics design program. It costs alot, but can produce almost any image. Works in a bitmap, as opposed to vector. Photo manipulation- A type of sig that is made from a stock photo manipulated in A Graphic Program. .PNG A file type which is best for pixel signatures, as it doesn't lose quality. Not good for graphical images, as it has a high file size. .PSD File Stands for Photoshop Document. It's good to save your uncomplete graphics designs as one of these, so that you can pick up where you last finished. Photobucket An image uploading site. R Render A render is a picture with its background cut out. This makes signature making easier. Rule of Thirds If you divide a picture into thirds horizontally and vertically, the intersections of the lines will be a good place for a point of interest. S Scanlines Lines going in direction which a direction which doesn't change. Usually diagonal. Signature And Image which isn't too big, used to recognise people on forums. .svg [scalable Vector Graphics]] Vector graphics in the form of a file, see Vector. Can be edited with a text editor, in the form of XML. Click here for more. Stock Used to create the focus. You can use stock or render. Only difference between these is that stock has the backround left, render doesn't. Stroke To make something grow by how much you want, useful for adding borders. T Tag Synonym for 'signature'. Tablet Hardware which uses a pen to draw directly onto the computer, like a piece of paper. Achieves better results than a mouse. Tech Another style consists of arrows and simple shapes. U Userbar A small graphics usually 300x25. For support and adverts usually. Uzzisoft Probably the most easiest to use multiple signature generator. You can make your signature change every time, when refressing the page. Click me V Vector Uses mathematic principles to create curves and lines which can be coloured etc. Is infinitely scalable, you can zoom in 6000% with no quality loss. Bitmap programs would just show the pixels it consists of. W WIP Work in progress. X .XCF The local format for GIMP. Always under construction.[/hide]