Adobe 29180155 - Photoshop Elements 4.0 User Manual page 315

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.
RGB working space profile
scanner.
RLE (run length encoding)
have several layers containing transparency.
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. Also called chroma. A fully saturated color contains no gray. Saturation
saturation
controls make colors 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
scanning
shining 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
Scitex file
that 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,
selection
deletion, 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.
shadows
Compare highlights.
A layer that contains vector-based shapes.
shape layer
In photo-editing programs, any functionality that enhances the details at the edges of photographed
sharpening
objects and people. An example is Unsharp Mask. Sharpening is often applied as part of in-camera processing as well,
although no sharpening is applied to camera raw file images.
An artifact, seen as a bright ring or line around edges, caused by too much sharpening.
sharpening halo
A dark mass outlined against a light background.
silhouette
Converting a type layer, shape layer, solid color layer, gradient layer, or pattern fill layer to a regular
simplifying
image 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
single channel images
image.
A color profile that defines an RGB working space, such as that for a digital camera or
A lossless technique for compressing the transparent portions of each layer in images that
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0
User Guide
310