Adobe 65045315 - Photoshop Elements Use Manual page 332

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 10
Glossary
A low-resolution screen preview saved with an EPS file.
EPS TIFF preview
A text file generated when an error occurs while running the Batch Processing command or the Process
error log
Multiple Files command.
A system or application message that alerts you to a failed command or operation.
errors
Exchangeable Image File Format. A standard for simplifying the exchange of data between cameras and software.
EXIF
The data may include camera model, date and time the photo was taken, camera settings, shutter speed, and so on.
A plug-in that enables you to export images in different file formats from Photoshop Elements.
export module
A measure of the amount of light in which a photo was taken. Underexposed digital photos are too dark;
exposure
overexposed ones, too light.
A plug-in for Photoshop Elements that enhances performance or adds features.
extension module
F
When used with painting tools, fade controls the number of steps until the paint flow fades to nothing.
fade
Decrease in light as it travels from its source. Also the length of the transition between related colors in the
fall-off
Hue/Saturation dialog box.
A type style that allows you to apply a bold effect to a font family that does not include a bold style.
faux bold style
A computer-generated version of a font that simulates the appearance of an unavailable font.
faux font
File containing comments from an Adobe Acrobat PDF file. Photoshop Elements cannot open FDF files.
FDF
The softening of an edge of a selection.
feathering
An internal engine in Photoshop Elements that allows the application to recognize, change, and open
File Associator
different file types.
A plug-in that allows Photoshop Elements to open different file types.
file-format module
A type of layer that contains a solid color, a pattern, or a gradient as an interchangeable attribute.
fill layer
A filter plug-in installed with Photoshop Elements and listed in the Filter menu.
filter module
Presupplied ways to alter the look of an image, for instance, to make it look like a mosaic, add unique lighting,
filters
apply distortions, and so on.
Merging all visible layers into the Background layer to reduce file size.
flattening
A set of letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and symbols that share a common weight, width, and style. An
font
example is Times Italic.
A collection of fonts with the same name but different styles. For instance, Times Italic, Times Bold, and
font family
Times Bold Italic all belong to the same font family.
An internal engine in Photoshop Elements that allows the application to use and display fonts.
font server
A variant version of an individual font in a family. Italic, regular, and bold are font styles.
font style
A high-bit image mode that can contain thousands of colors per channel. Photoshop Elements
48-bit RGB color
supports 8-bit or 16-bits per color channel, so an RGB image can be a total of 24-bit or 48-bit, depending on the bit
depth per channel.
A layer masking an image in a photo creation. A frame layer borders an image and can be resized, rotated,
frame layer
or repositioned using the same methods used for images.
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