EMTECH

• Image manipulation is an art that involves transforming or altering an image using different methods and techniques to achieve a desired result.
• Cropping in image manipulation means to remove/eliminate unwanted areas from an image, a process that is one of the most basic photo manipulation processes.
• Brightness and Contrast in image manipulation refers to the overall lightness or darkness of an image, a process that is also one of the more basic image editing, making the image darker or lighter.
• Proportion in image manipulation is probably one of the most important things a designer must possess if they want to do image manipulations, as it makes the image more realistic if the original design is extremely far-fetched.
• Texture in image manipulation is the surface quality of the image, adding to the depth of the image and blending all the image together evenly.
• Color Blending in image manipulation is a process where colors like pink, white and orange blends together easily, aiding in the blending of images.
• The primitive era of social media was from 1979 to 1984, during which time users could post news to news groups and access the first site with login options for interaction, known as BBS.
• Disadvantages of social media include privacy problems and the changes it can make to lifestyle habits.
• Advantages of social media include its educational purpose, worldwide connectivity, online marketing, and the speed at which information spreads.
• The medieval era of social media was from 1988 to 1999, marked by the introduction of internet Relay chat in 1988 and ICQ in 1996.
• In 1980, the CompuServe company introduced the first chat feature.
• The golden era of social media was from 2001 to 2013, during which time Wikipedia, Facebook, Twitter, and Vine were introduced.
• Emphasis on Detail in image manipulation is a technique to focus attention on the most vibrant, colorful or sharp area in the design.
• Combining Multiple Images in image manipulation involves choosing images carefully, as they make up the composition.
• Shadows in image manipulation make images more realistic because they emphasize the object effectively, as every item has a shadow if it needs one and every item is proportional to everything else.
• Text and Background in image manipulation should be aligned to have an organized look, and a clean and clear background should be used for the message to be readable.
• Transparent Shapes in image manipulation add simple shapes with slight transparency behind your text to clearly see the text you want to emphasize.
• Presentation/Visualization in image manipulation allows you to present and share presentations, infographics and videos with other people.
• Cloud Computing, also simply called as the Cloud, is the practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the internet, instead of using your computers hard drive, you store and access your data and programs over the internet.
• Social media are computer mediated tools that allow large groups of people to create, share or exchange information, interests and more.
• Visual Language in web design involves using a consistent template on each page with a uniform color scheme, using contrasting color between text and background in the place you want attention, avoiding large and small font sizes and may typefaces, using common font style to similar items across the web pages, making important links of menus more prominent in terms of color, using picture that are high quality, and using the rule of thirds form images.
• File management involves the storing, naming, sorting and handling of computer files, allowing you to convert and manage files without downloading the software tools.
• Zoho acts as a single repository to bring your sales, marketing, and customer support activities together, and streamline your process, policy, and people in one platform.
• Mapping is an online platform that provides detailed information about geographical regions and sites around the world, allowing for embedding of maps into proprietary sites.
• SlideShare is an online slide hosting service, owned by LinkedIn, where users can upload and publicly or privately share tutorials and presentations in formats such as PowerPoint, PDF, Keynote, OpenDocument etc.
• Basic principles of web design include Visual Language, Balance, Paradox of Choice, Focus on Content, Simplify, Grid Based Layout, and Load Time.
• Facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites that allow users to create profiles, upload photos and video, share links, send messages and keep in touch with friends and family and colleagues.
• Prezi is a web-based tool for creating presentations (called prezis for short), similar to other presentation software like Microsoft PowerPoint, but it offers some unique features that make it a good alternative.
• Google Drive is a cloud storage service created by Google, allowing users to backup files in the cloud, share files with collaborators and access them anywhere.
• Zamzar is an online platform that allows registered users to store and manage converted files, supporting over 1200 different conversions such as PDF to Word, PDF to Excel, DOC to PDF, MP4 to MP3, PNG to JPG and others.
• Text in rich and multimedia content express specific information.
• GUI (Graphical User Interface) is a program that allows a person to work easily with a computer by using a mouse to point a small picture and elements on screen.
• Video in rich and multimedia content adds more attraction to the users, common digital formats are FLASHcard>
• Audio in rich and multimedia content aids interaction with the user, it can also be added as background, common audio formats are MP3,WMA, WAVE, etc.
• A virtual Learning environment is an online system that allows education materials to be transmitted through the internet.
• Online games are either partially or primarily played through the internet to another computer network, like local LAN or wired connection using the same device.
• Rich user interface enhances how the data is presented, manipulated and used by the users.
• Online Test or electronic assessment is the use of information technology in various forms of assessment such as educational assessment, health assessment and psychological assessment, this may utilize an online computer connected to a network.
• Mashup is a form of curation that merges existing content to create a new point of view.
• Rich user experience is the ability of the Web to deliver full scale GUI style applications to the client, making it easier to interact, share and access Web Content.