Graphics Terminology

Before you begin working in the graphics environment, it is a good idea to review these terms. This documentation has some special terms used to describe some of the powerful graphic features in gobeProductive.

Fill Color	The ink inside a shape.
Gradient	A gentle hue transition from one color to another. Gobe Productive supports up to four color gradients.
Inks	A generic term to refer to color, gradients, patterns and textures. Since all of these can be used as a fill, line, or text color, the term Ink is used to refer to all four types.
Ink Sets	A defined collection of colors, patterns, textures, or gradients. When you first start Gobe Productive, the application uses the default ink sets on the fill, line, and text color palettes. You can create and load customized ink sets. You can also modify the ink selections in the default ink sets. See “Customizing Ink Sets” for more information.
Item	Refers to any graphic shape or frame. The Graphics Environment is a collection of many types of items, including frames and shapes.
Layer	A layer can contain a component of an image which, when assembled with other layers, forms the complete image. In this way, you can easily select only the part of the image you want to manipulate.
Pattern	Refers to any patterned fill, line, or text color. Patterns can be edited and added at any time.
Line	The line around a shape, created by the Line tool. The line is the outline of the shape; the fill is the interior section surrounded by the line.
Reorient	To change how a curve progresses through a vertex. Reorientation allows you to rotate the flow of curves around vertices using vertex control handles. This provides a powerful way to design complex, curved shapes.
Reshape	To finely reshape certain types of curves and freehand items.
Texture	A graphic image used as a fill, line, or text color. Textures are a sub-set of the patterns ink set. Gobe Productive includes a few examples. You can add your own textures at any time.