Glossary - Minolta DIMAGE SCAN DUAL II AF-2820U Owner's Manual

GLOSSARY

BRIGHTNESS
CHANNEL
CONTRAST
CROP
DPI
EMULSION SIDE
GAMMA
HIGHLIGHTS
HISTOGRAM
INTERPOLATION
JPEG
MIDTONE
NEUTRAL
PICT
PIXEL
The lightness or darkness of the image.
The component of an image. Your scanned image
has three channels: red, green, and blue (RGB).
The gradation of shades in an image. A high
contrast image has very dark areas and bright areas
without many middle shades. A low contrast image
has many tones that are close to the same
brightness. Low contrast images are often described
as looking 'flat'.
To trim and delete the unwanted edges of the
image.
Dots (pixels) per inch.
The side of the film coated with the photographic
material.
The contrast of only the middle tones.
The lighter areas of the image.
A graph showing the amount of each level of the
256 brightness levels.
A form of adding new pixels in an image when
resampling up.
The JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
compression standard is capable of producing a
high compression ratio while maintaining image
quality. JPEG is a widely supported image file
format.
The middle shades of an image, in between light
and dark.
Having no color cast, such as black, white, or gray.
(Macintosh operating system only) The PICT graphic
file format uses a lossless compression scheme and
is compatible with many Macintosh applications.
Abbreviation for picture element. The dots that make
up an electronic image.
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