MId term study guide

The mid-term (March 10th) will cover assigned readings from Williams and Harrower, lecture, and NewsU.org material.

Harrower:
Chapter 1
p. 216-224
p. 110-126

Williams:
Chapters 1-7, 9-11
p. 109-113


Questions from the exam may include (but are not limited to) the following topics:

Photography
Megapixels
What does pixel stand for?
Depth of field
Aperture
Shutter
Fill flash
Resolution
3 main types of photojournalism photos (informational, passive, active)
Cropping
Portrait mode

Color
Using the color wheel (complementary, triads, etc.)
RGB color
CMYK color
Cool colors vs warm colors (which recedes into the background?)
Spot color vs Process
Hues, shades, tints, tone

Design
C.R.A.P.
Balance
Hierarchy
Space
Alignment and readability
Grids
Gestalt

Typography
Types of display type
Maximum number of font families in a design?
Kerning
Leading
Tracking
Golden rule of column width (39 characters)
Widow
Ascender
Baseline
Descender
Serifs
X-Height
Factors affecting readability
Points, picas, inches