APPENDIX IGLOSSARYGlossaryIntroductionOne important key to success in any technical rate is mastery of the languageassociated with it. Learn the glossary as an integral part of your learningprocess. Use the terms other professionals are using in your field.AACCENT LIGHT—A light that highlights or emphasizes the subject in ascene.ACETATE—Tough, transparent, or semitransparent sheets available invarious thicknesses used as overlays in color separation, friskets in retouching,cels for animated drawings, and displays. Treated acetate readily accepts inkand paint.ACHROMATIC —Black, white, and the grays in between.ACRYLIC PAINTS—See POLYMER.ACTINIC LIGHT—The short waves of the light spectrum (green, blue, andultraviolet) that cause chemical changes in light-sensitive photographicemulsions.ACTION LINES—Extra lines drawn around or following a cartoon figure orobject to emphasize motion.ACTIVATOR —The solution or chemical that starts the reaction of thedeveloping agent in a photosensitized emulsion.ADDITIVE PROCESS—A process that produces white light by starting withdarkness and combining colored light.ADHESIVE—(1) A gelatin or casein used as a binder in pigment; (2) Achemical compound used as a glue.Continued on next pageAI-1
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