Glossary of Terminology and Materials

Adobe:

Adobe is the manufacturer of software primarily for the graphics industry. Almost all major design firms use the Adobe Creative Suite (CS) in their everyday practices.

Flash:

Flash is a component of Creative Suite, formerly owned by Macromedia. Flash is a vector-based graphics program used to create animations. ActionScript3, a programming language, is integrated with Flash to create interactive media, such as games.

Illustrator:

A component of Creative Suite used primarily for vector-based graphics creation.

InDesign:

A component of Creative Suite used primarily for multi-page layouts

Ink:

Used to refer to ink applied via pigma pen, micron pen, or brush and india ink

Photoshop:

A component of Creative Suite used primarily for raster-based graphics. Despite the name, Photoshop is used for more than photo-editing. Many digital artists use it to draw directly on the computer via mouse or Wacom pen.

Sculpey:

Sculpey is an oven-baked polymer clay.

Wacom:

The manufacturer of digital drawing tablets. Using a wireless, pressure-sensitive pen, a Wacom artist enables an artist to draw in a program such as Photoshop.