Adobe 65045315 - Photoshop Elements Use Manual page 338

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 10
Glossary
The command that reverts the image to the last saved version.
revert
A model for representing colors on a computer display. Red, green, and blue (RGB) are combined in different
RGB
proportions to represent any color. The RGB model can represent 256 x 256 x 256 colors.
A color profile that defines an RGB working space, such as that for a digital camera or
RGB working space profile
scanner.
A lossless technique for compressing the transparent portions of each layer in images. (See
RLE (run length encoding)
also "lossless compression" on page 328.)
S
To select a color with the eyedropper in order to use it with a drawing or painting tool.
sample
The purity, or strength, of a color. A fully saturated color contains no gray. Saturation controls make colors
saturation
more vivid (less black or white added) or more muted (more black or white added).
The process of converting a tangible image, such as a slide or print, into a digital image by using light shining
scanning
onto sensors such as Charged Couple Devices (CCDs).
Determines how brush marks are distributed in a stroke.
scatter
Determines the spacing between elements in a brush stroke.
scatter spacing
A high-resolution file for use with proprietary Scitex systems. Photoshop Elements can open Scitex files that
Scitex file
are in RGB color mode.
Photoshop Elements' own virtual memory system, which uses any disk drive or drive partition with free
scratch disk
space. You can designate scratch disks to be used whenever there is not enough RAM to perform an operation.
The dimensions of the pixel grid used by a monitor.
screen resolution
A part of an image selected for manipulation of any kind—duplication in a layer, color correction, deletion,
selection
rotation, and so on. The selection consists of all the pixels—fully or partially selected—contained within the selection
boundary.
A plug-in that enables you to make a selection in Photoshop Elements, such as the TextureSelect
selection module
plug-in that is used by the Magic Selection Brush tool and the Magic Extractor.
A photograph in tones of brown. Photo-editing programs simulate this antique look by applying special
sepia print
effects.
The darkest elements in an image, and the degree of detail that is discernible in those the dark portions. (See
shadows
also "highlights" on page 327.)
A layer that contains vector-based shapes. (See also "layer" on page 328.)
shape layer
In photo-editing programs, any functionality that enhances the details at the edges of photographed
sharpening
objects and people. Sharpening is often applied as part of in-camera processing as well, although no sharpening is
applied to camera raw file images. (See also
An artifact, seen as a bright ring or line around edges, caused by too much sharpening. (See also
sharpening halo
"artifact" on page 322.)
A dark mass outlined against a light background.
silhouette
Converting a text layer, shape layer, solid color layer, gradient layer, or pattern fill layer to a regular image
simplifying
layer. You must simplify these layer types before applying filters or using the painting tools.
An image that contains one channel such as a bitmap-mode, grayscale, or indexed-color image.
single channel images
"Unsharp Mask" on page 334.)
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