The part of a glyph bitmap that surrounds the pixels that constitute the glyph itself See also: foreground
A background is any graphic image in that can be incorporated into a SitePal scene. Backgrounds are intended to give your SitePal scenes both context and atmosphere. For example, if you are using your SitePal scene on a website that sells real estate, you might use an image of a house as a background to reinforce the impact and relevancy of your scene to the site it is featured on. Each SitePal account package is bundled with a large number of backgrounds, or you can add your own by uploading your own images.
The distance part of a landscape; surroundings, especially those behind something, and providing harmony and contrast; area located from 3-5 miles to infinity from the viewer, characterized by perception of outline shape, landforms, and patterns of light and dark. Skylines or ridgelines against other land surfaces are the strongest visual elements of background.
The area appearing behind the main subject or upon which the main subject is placed.
One or more extras in a scene.
The area of a painting farthest from the viewer. In a landscape this would include the sky and horizon. In a still life or portrait it could be a wall or room interior. • See Foreground, Middle ground.
one of the video sources involved in keying or the animation process. Usually the background video is the portion which has parts replaced with keys of foreground video in the case of animation it sets the stage by which the action in the foreground takes place.
(1) That part of RAM that contains the lowest priority programs. (2) In Windows, the area of the display over which the foreground is superimposed. (Contrast with foreground.)
In Windows, the area behind and outside the active window, including the desktop and any other application windows or icons.
An image or picture that is behind the main imprint.
Because sometimes you want to see what's going on behind the menu, and sometimes want to have a sharp black background to make the text pop, JVC's background feature let's you choose, black or clear.
The texture used and showed behind the driver. The usual background is sky but it can also be switched to ground, brick and all the other available mask textures. It can also be altered by using a LGR. A: Still sky in 1.2
What displays behind all the graphics and text on a Web page. A background can be a color or a tiled graphic.
The area within a scene that does not include the target of interest.
The area of an image or website that the principal objects or foreground sits.
the ground or scenery located behind something
An attribute of the Body tag for specifying to a browser an image to be Tiled behind all other document elements. This attribute's value is the URL of the graphic that will be tiled as the background of the page. The user will not see this background in non-compliant browsers, if image loading is turned off, or if the user has overridden the background images in their preferences.
part of a two-dimensional artwork that appears to be farthest away from the viewer (see also foreground and middle ground)
The part of the picture plane that seems to be farthest from the viewer.
the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"
a solid colour or a graphic image which appears behind the main content of a web page
The plane of space behind the subject. There are three possible planes of space in any photo: the foreground, the mid-ground, and the background.
Image behind text in HTML document
The section of a scene that is visible behind the principal subject of the picture frame.
The area that appears to be farthest away or behind the other objects.
The general scene or surface against which designs, patterns, or figures are represented or viewed. On a webpage, it is what is behind the text and images.
The area of a work of art that appears farthest away
In the pictorial arts, that part of the composition that appears to be the farthest away from the viewer. The background is one of the three zones of recession in linear perspective. Lotains and offscape are little-used terms for the most distant parts of the landscape.
An item in the Environment menu that selects an image or other texture that will be behind all polygons in the rendered image.
The area behind a design element. Also known as field.
On a web page, the color or graphic which is used to fill in the page behind the text and graphics that make up the page.In HTML a body tag parameter that defines the background for a document.
This is the colour or image that fills the screen behind the text and graphics on a Web page.
The area behind a subject.
in shell context, a process is running in the background if you can type commands that are captured by the process while it is running. See Also job, foreground.
You aren't limited to having only white space visible on your computer screen. The area behind the text and tables can be in an image/photo, a color or a textured format. When an images or photos are used in an environment other than the web it is referred to as "wallpaper".
the part of a picture or scene that appears to be the farthest from the viewer, typically nearest the horizon.
the area behind the subject; it should be smooth, flat, and non-patterned to minimize unwanted reflectance; the background should be plain white or off-white.
Addition of a color or pattern behind a web page's text and graphics.
One of the video sources involved in keying. Specifically, the background video is the signal which has portions of it replaced with the key (or foreground) signal. Using chroma key as an example in a weathercast, the background is the weather map and the foreground is the weathercaster. The foreground signal is often referred to as cutting a "hole" in the background video signal.
The color behind the text. It can be white, yellow, purple, textured, marbellized, paisley, a logo, or anything else. Good taste is called for here, as well as consideration of the readability of the text.
Gray is the default backdrop of a World-Wide-Web page. HTML code can determine a color or a tiled-image to be displayed behind the text and graphics.
The distant part of a scene; the part that is subordinate
A flat piece of artwork that serves as the setting for the animated action, and which may vary from a realistically rendered scene to a sheet of colored paper. Abbreviated as BG or BKG.
anything behind the main action or charters
area shown behind the main subject in a picture.
system software: When an application runs in the background it is operating behind the scenes while you use another application. Most often you must be running MultiFinder or System 7 or higher to perform tasks in the background.
1. A program running in the background cannot be directly controlled by the operator. If it is brought into the foreground, it can be directly controlled by the operator. You can run several background programs at one time, but you can only run one foreground program at a time. 2. The spaces, quiet zones, and area surrounding a printed bar code symbol.
The portion of a picture or scene behind the focal point that appears to be farthest away from the viewer. Bevel In printmaking: The edge of metal plate. Binary colors Colors made by the mixing two of the primary colours. Blot Blotting is to remove paint. It is considered a useful technique when painting with watercolours. Board A flat piece of wood such as hardboard or Masonite. Often used as a painting support. Brush A tool used by artists to apply paints to a surface. Burin A tool used for engraving on a metal plate Burnisher A tool with a metal shaft used for polishing the surface of a metal printing plate Burr A ridge of metal caused by scratching into the surface of a metal plate when creating a Drypoint (Intaglio printmaking technique)
Opposite of "foreground" or "front". For example the attributes of the background of a table, object, etc. duubbee View
The area within the viewfinder that is behind the subject of a photograph.
Plane of space in a picture behind the subject, as opposed to foreground and mid-ground/ subject.
The viewing area of a distance zone that lies beyond the foreground-middleground. Usually a minimum of 3 to 5 miles to a maximum of about 15 miles from a travel route, use area, or other observer potion. Atmospheric conditions in some areas may limit the maximum to about 8 miles or increase it beyond 15 miles.
The color or pattern that sits behind the images in the composite.
The backdrop behind the main subject, and a key element of photographic composition. Choosing the right background – a particular color, for example, or buildings or trees or sky – has a major effect on the impact of your photo.
n. 1. the distant part of a scene or landscape; 2. the surrounding area; 3. a person's training and experience; 4. music or sound effects used as accompaniment to dialogue or action. return
The part of the scene the appears behind the principal subject of the picture.
That part of an image that appears to be farthest from view. Contrast FOREGROUND.
Areas shown behind the main subject in a picture.
1) The area behind and outside the active window, including the desktop and any other application windows or icons. 2) Applications can run in the "background". These applications are still running but they are not those in the active window and run without user intervention.
The portion of the painting that is in the distance and farthest from the viewer; often found at the top of the painting.
A background program is temporarily suspended from execution and does not interact with the user. See Foreground.
the part of a painting representing what lies behind objects in the foreground.
Originated on the subways out of neccessity. Backgrounds were used to make the piece stand out from all the tags and assorted scribbling on a subway car that make the piece hard to discern; the color or design painted behind the piece to make it stand out from the wall or train.
An image, texture, or color that is rendered behind all objects in a scene. Backgrounds are useful in providing more realistic images when rendering, or as a temporary reference when modeling or animating objects in a scene. See also image plane. In other software packages, known as shadow object.
(Vision Sensing) The parts of a scene in and around the Feature of Interest (FOI) that are not "of interest" to the software.
part of the multitasking capability. A program can run and perform tasks in the background while another program is being used in the foreground.
(1) The simultaneous, non-interrupting, execution of an automatic program while the computer is being used for something else. (2) The portion of the Windows environment that falls behind the desktop panel. (3) The portion of microfilm that doesn't have anything recorded on it.