introduction to digital media

laws designed to protect intellectual property rights and provide potential monetary rewards for inventiveness and hard work.

a career that involves designing and creating the graphing that accompanies text as well as page layouts.

using a computer and software program to produce high quality,printed documents that combine text and graphics.

using technology to convey information.

a section of the U.S. copyright law that allows the use of copyrighted works in reporting news, conducting research,and teaching.

software that is provided without charge.

a career that involves designing or creating graphics to meet specific commercial or promotional needs.

a computer-based communcation process that incorporates text,graphics,sound,animation and video.

a person who takes photographs,either as a hobby or a profession.

property rights that belong to the community at large,are unprotected by copyright orpatent,and are subject to use by anyone.

prepared material that can be used legally, without paying a fee to theartist,publishingcompany,etc; some royalty-free material is availa

copyrighted software that is available free of charge on a trial basis.

a name,symbol, or other device identifying a product; it is officially registered with the U.S. government and its use is legally restricted

a career involved in the production of video material.

a career that involves designing,creating,and modifying websites.