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COMPUTER PLATFORM— The use of a particular brand of computer to
develop software programs specifically for that brand.
COMPLEMENTARY COLORS— Any two opposing hues on a color
wheel.
COMPOSITE— Comprised of two or more parts.
COMPOSITION— The arrangement of forms, colors, lines, and other
pictorial units.
COMPOSITOR— A machine that converts electronic
format for a printer.
COMPREHENSIVE— A layout of art or type, either
color.
data into an acceptable
in black-and-white or
COMPREHENSIVE SKETCH— A finished layout that defines all of the
elements, such as type, illustration, and spacing.
COMPRESSED FILES— Compacting computer-generated files to save disk
and memory space or to facilitate faxing.
COMPUTER GRAPHICS— Artwork created by the use of a computer.
CONSTRUCTION— The drawing of objects so that they appear solid or
three dimensional.
CONSTRUCTION LINES— Lightly drawn lines used in the preliminary
layout of a drawing.
CONTACT SCREEN— A screen placed in direct contact with the film or
plate to obtain a halftone pattern from a continuous-tone original.
CONTINUOUS-TONE ART— Artwork created using any medium that does
not use a halftone process to represent tone.
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