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Graphical modelling would be used for a plan of a new playground.

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Learn how computer graphics are made and used. Discover pixels, simple editing tools, and how images can look different depending on size, detail, and purpose.

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Fascinating Fact:

Common graphic file types include JPEG and PNG. JPEG is often used for photos, and PNG can keep a transparent background.

In KS2 ICT, pupils learn that graphics are digital images made on a computer. You can create, edit, and save pictures using tools like brushes, shapes, and text, and you can choose settings like size and quality for different uses.

Key Terms

Pixel: A tiny coloured dot that makes up a picture on a screen. Lots of pixels together create an image.
Resolution: How much detail an image has, often based on how many pixels it contains. Higher resolution usually means a clearer picture.
Edit: To change an image, for example by cropping, colouring, adding text, or using an undo button to fix mistakes.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What are graphics in KS2 ICT?

In KS2 ICT, graphics are digital pictures made or changed on a computer. They can include photos, drawings, icons, and posters created using graphics software.

What is a pixel and why does it matter?

A pixel is a tiny dot of colour on a screen. Pixels matter because the more pixels an image has, the more detail it can show, so it often looks clearer.

How do you make a picture clearer without changing the picture?

You can make a picture look clearer by using a higher resolution or a bigger image size, and by avoiding stretching a small image too large on screen.

Try These Related Quizzes

1 .

Photos can be edited by changing what?

Contrast

Brightness

Colour saturation

All of the above

There are many ways you can edit your photos

2 .

What does it mean to 'rotate' an object or image?

The object is flipped so that it is displayed as a mirror image

The object is cut and pasted

The object is saved

The centre of the object stays in the same place while the object is turned

You can rotate an image clockwise or anticlockwise

3 .

When you add graphics to a word processing document, some images appear to go behind other images. What can you do to control this?

Copy and paste

Delete

Select 'text wrapping' from the drawing tools and choose the correct effect

Give up

In some word processing programs, you can also choose to send objects behind or in front of other objects

4 .

Which of these tools would you find in a paint package (computer program)?

Pencil sharpener

Rubber / eraser

Compass

Screwdriver

You use the eraser just as you would in real life, to erase your mistakes

5 .

What does the 'crop' tool do?

It allows you to change the colour of an image

It deletes a photo or image

It allows you to select and use part of an image

It allows you to harvest your work

This is useful if you want to make a picture a certain size or shape

6 .

What does it mean to 'draw' using a software program?

Typing the word 'draw' into a word file

Naming your file 'Draw'

Inserting a photo or clip art into a document

Using various tools to create objects, such as shapes

An object which has been drawn can be edited, deleted, copied or moved like any other inserted objects

7 .

A 'fill' tool can fill a shape with what?

With colour only

With colour, texture, patterns or pictures

With texture and colour only

None of the above

Computers make tasks a lot easier - imagine having to colour all the shapes in by hand, it would take much longer

8 .

Using a software package to create a 2D visual model of something you might create in 3D is called graphical modelling. Graphical modelling would be used for which of the following?

A plan for a new playground

A newspaper article

A poster

A database

The plan is a two-dimensional (2D) visual image of the new playground, which will, of course, be three-dimensional (3D) - modelling allows objects to be moved around much more easily in 2D than they would be in real life

9 .

You have 'grouped' several shapes in order to make the image of a train. If you change your mind and want to edit just one of the objects, what can you do?

'Ungroup' and select the object you wish to edit

Send the object behind the other shapes

Crop the shapes you wish to keep

None of the above

'Grouping' objects is helpful when you want several objects to behave as one object

10 .

When using a word processing package, you can change a shape by adding which of these?

Colour

A thicker outline

A 'shadow'

All of the above

These are all options available to you

You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - How do we create and change digital images?‌

Author: Sheri Smith (PhD English Literature, English Teacher & Quiz Writer)

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