Comprehensive Plural
Comprehensive may refer to: *Comprehensive layout, the page layout of a proposed design as initially presented by the designer to a client. * Comprehensive school, a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. *Comprehensive examination In higher education, a comprehensive examination (or comprehensive exam or exams), often abbreviated as "comps", is a specific type of examination that must be completed by graduate students in some disciplines and courses of study, and also by un ...

Comprehensive Layout
In graphic design and advertising, a comprehensive layout or comprehensive, usually shortened to comp, is the page layout of a proposed design as initially presented by the designer to a client, showing the relative positions of text and illustrations before the final content of those elements has been decided upon. The comp thus serves as a draft of the final layout, and (if approved) is used as guide for further design changes and, ultimately, production. Traditionally, the four stages of an illustration or other commercial art creation (e.g., advertisement) are: * Sketch — the initial idea roughly "sketched out" in order to quickly transfer the idea on to a physical substrate * Layout — the idea laid out in relative position for further development * Comp — the idea created in such a way as to closely mimic the final creation, usually as a step toward approval by decision-makers * Finish — the idea rendered in the appropriate medium for sale, displa ...
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