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THUMBNAIL [3 records]

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Record 1 2018-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Photography
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
DEF

A version of an image that has been reduced in size and then linked to the full-sized version of the image.

CONT

A thumbnail image is a much smaller version of an image which still contains enough image content to look like the original. Web sites, for example, often make use of thumbnail images because they are smaller and faster to transmit.

Key term(s)
  • thumb-nail image
  • thumb-nail

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Photographie
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
DEF

... version miniaturisée d'une image [qui] contient un lien hypertexte vers la version grandeur normale de la même image.

OBS

imagette : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 16 septembre 2014.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gráficos de computadora
  • Fotografía
  • Técnicas y equipo audiovisuales
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Record 2 2014-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operating Systems (Software)
OBS

thumbnail: term usually used in the plural

Key term(s)
  • thumbnails

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
DEF

Ensemble d'images miniatures des pages d'un document au format PDF obtenues par réduction à l'écran.

OBS

Fonctionnalité utile pour la révision d'une mise en page notamment.

OBS

vue miniature : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • vues miniatures

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Layout (Graphic Arts)
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

A small, simple idea sketch for a printed page, showing only rough outlines and no detail of pictures or words.

CONT

A miniature graphical representation of a document page. The thumbnail for the active document visible in the Page View pane also has a view box that you can resize and drag to other positions on the same page by using the hand tool.

OBS

Although rough and thumbnail sketches are often used synonymously, a thumbnail is in fact the smallest possible rough.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maquette et mise en page
  • Infographie
CONT

Établissement de la maquette. Il s'agit pour le graphiste de mettre tout d'abord ses idées sur papier et, par là, de déterminer rapidement la marche à suivre. Les esquisses ne se feront pas au format définitif, mais selon des schémas, la plus petite échelle représentant systématiquement une double page, que les Anglo-Saxons appellent «thumbnails» (tracés en réduction).

Spanish

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