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Photoshop Vocabulary
Vocabulary Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Photoshop CS3 | a popular image editing software application produced by Adobe. |
| Digital image | pictures in electronic form. |
| Work area | gray area where you edit your photo. |
| Workspace | gray work area, options bar, and palettes. |
| Open | bring a copy of the file from the storage location to the screen. |
| Edit | make changes to the photo. |
| Tool tip | short on-screen note associated with the object to which you are pointing. |
| Document window | displays the active open file. |
| Title bar | displays the name of the file, the magnification, and the color mode. |
| Display area | portion of the document window that displays the photo or image. |
| Magnification | the percentage of enlargement or reduction on the screen. |
| Scroll bars | used to move the image up, down, left, and right. |
| Palette | a collection of graphically displayed choices and commands. |
| Menu | list of commands you can use to perform tasks. |
| Submenu | secondary menu that displays when a menu has an arrow to its right edge. |
| Options bar | displayed below the menu bar. Contains buttons that allow you to perform tasks more quickly than using the menu bar. |
| Save | store images on a storage device. |
| File type | the internal characteristics of digital files |
| File extension | the three or four letter specification after the file name. Used to identify what program was used to create the file. |
| Zoom | allows you to focus on certain parts of the photo. |
| Navigator palette | used to change the view of your artwork using a thumbnail display. |
| View box | the colored box in the Navigator palette which outlines the currently viewable area in the window also called the proxy view box. |
| Crop | trim away some of the photo. |
| Rule of thirds | used when placing the focus of interest in a photo. |
| Border | a decorative edge on a photo. |
| Smoothing | adjusts the radius of the pixels at the inner corners of the border creating a rounded edge. |
| Fill | blending a color or pattern into a selection area. |
| Opacity | the level at which you can see through the color |
| Pixel | individual dot of light that is the basic unit used to create digital images. |
| Resize | to scale or change the dimensions of the photo. |
| Resolution | the number of pixels per inch, printed on a page. |