GLOSSARY ACTIVATE To make a window active by clicking anywhere in it. ACTIVE WINDOW The window with the program’s focus, usually in front. Tools and commands work in the active window. ALPHA CHANNELS A grayscale duplicate of an image on which you can store masks and selections. ALT KEY The Alternate key, usually marked “Alt” on a Windows keyboard, that modifies an action when pressed. ANCHOR POINT The starting or ending point of a path segment. Anchor points appear only when an object is in edit mode. When selected, anchor points of curve segments display one or two direc- tion lines. ANSI American National Standards Institute; one of the standards available to specify dimension object properties. ANTI-ALIAS To soften the edges of an applied brush stroke, effect or selection. When something is anti-aliased, the color on the edges fades to transparency instead of stopping abruptly. APPLESCRIPT A scripting language developed by Apple Computer that is integrated into the Mac OS. AppleScript provides an easy way to automate common tasks. AppleScript is also powerful enough to automate complex tasks and to customize the way applications behave. ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange (pro- nounced “ASK-ee”); used for representing text inside a computer and for transmitting text between computers. BASELINE An imaginary line on which a line of text rests. The descenders of characters such as g, j, p, and q extend below the base- line. BEVEL JOIN A style of connection between two segments in a vector object, in which the stroke lines appear to be trimmed diagonally. BÉZIER CURVE A curve, named after French mathematician Pierre Bézier, defined by the position of anchor points and tangent lines. BICUBIC An appropriate setting for image interpolation if you work primarily with photographs. BILINEAR An appropriate setting for image interpolation if you work with line art. It may be applied to some photographic images. Anchor point Anti-aliased line b a s e l i n e   e x a m p l e Bevel join
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