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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.
FULLERS 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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