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FRAME GRABBER— Also called VIDEO CAPTURE. A device that
isolates one frame of a video image and inputs this frame into a computer.
FREEHAND DRAWING— Drawing without the use of mechanical aids.
FRENCH CURVES— Instruments used to draw smooth, irregular curves.
FRESCO— Painting on freshly spread, moist plaster with pigments.
FRESNEL LENS— A intense prismatic lens of concentric divisions, which
concentrate and focus light through a transparent image onto a mirror and to
a screen in an overhead projector.
FRISKET— A covering placed over part of a drawing or photograph to
protect that section while working on the rest of the artwork.
FRONTISPIECE— An illustration preceding and usually facing the title page
of a book.
FULL-COLOR PAINTING— A painting in which the three primary colors
or some variation of them is evident.
FULL MEASURE— The entire width of a line of type flush with both
margins measured in picas.
FULL SECTION— A sectional view that passes entirely through the object.
FULLER’S EARTH— A fine white powder used for preparing the surface of
a photograph to accept retouching.
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GALLEY PROOF— A rough proof of type made for proofreading,
submitted before pages are made up.
GANG RUN— Several different jobs printed simultaneously on a large press
in the same colors on one sheet to save time and reduce costs.
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