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Photography Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| File Size | The digital size of an image. To find this, multiply width in pixels by height in pixels. |
| Pixels | dots (squares) of information that make up an image |
| Resolution | quality of an image measured in pixels per inch (ppi) |
| Lasso | a selection tool that the user controls the shape |
| Icon | a picture or symbol that represents the selected tool |
| TIFF | Tagged Image File Format- saves an image without any compression |
| Inverse Selection | an option in the Select menu that allows the user to select the background of an image after already selecting the foreground |
| Panels | small windows that contain a variety of settings such as layers, color, navigation (zoom), and history |
| Filters | commands that can significantly alter an image’s appearance |
| Dodge | a tool used to lighten parts of your image |
| Burn | a tool used to lighten parts of your image |
| Portable Document File enables the printing and viewing of documents- files look the same on every operating system | |
| Layers | keeps different parts of the design separate from each other |
| Font | a named set of text and numeric characters that share the same look and feel |
| Gradient | a blend of colors used to fill a selection of a layer or an entire layer |
| Options Bar | a bar at the top of the workspace that contains options for tools to help manage your workspace |
| CMYK | color mode used for 4-color printing (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) any combination can make up 16.7 million colors |
| RGB | a color mode popular for computer graphics and has a maximum of 16.7 million colors (red, green, blue) |
| Magic Wand | a selection tool that selects an area based on similarly colored pixels |
| Color Picker | dropper icon, this tool allows you to select the exact color anywhere on your screen |
| JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group, a file type commonly used for images, flattens layers |
| History Panel | shows you all the moves you have done in the current session |
| Hue | the name of a color, each color has a specific numeric setting in the digital world |
| Scale | to make larger or smaller (use Edit- Transform) (Command +T) |
| Saturation | the strength and intensity of a color |
| Crop | to cut the entire image to a smaller section |
| Smudge Tool | tool used to move pixels on the same layer |
| Merge Layers | combine all layers into one layer |
| Exposure | mount of light the image was exposed to, can be adjusted in editing |