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Outline data for PostScript fonts that is used when printing. This data is stored in the font outline file,
outline data
also known as the printer font.
P
Changing the focus of a photo from one subject or area to another over a period of time. For example, in a
panning
Photoshop Elements slide show, you can set the start of a pan on one face in a photo and end the pan on another face,
creating, in effect, a video from the photo. You can also zoom into or out of a photo over a period of time. For
example, you can begin with a close up of one face in a photo and zoom out to view the entire photo.
A broad view of a subject, usually a landscape, made by overlapping individual shots as they are taken
panorama
and then merging them to form one image.
A plug-in that converts vector data into bitmap data.
parser module
A predefined pattern included with Photoshop Elements, or a pattern you create. You can use patterns with
pattern
fill layers, the Fill command, the Pattern Stamp tool, or the Paint Bucket tool.
Portable Document Format. An Adobe file format that captures the elements of a printed document,
PDF (PDP)
including graphics and photos, as an electronic image. You can search, navigate through, print, and e-mail PDF
documents. PDF and PDP files are identical, except that PDF files are opened in Adobe Acrobat and PDP files are
opened in Adobe Photoshop Elements.
The angle or level from which a photograph is taken; the camera-eye view.
perspective
The substance that coats the interior surface of a monitor. It emits light in response to electrical stimu-
phosphor
lation and affects how colors appear on the screen. Over time, changes in the phosphor make it necessary to recali-
brate or reprofile the monitor.
A format designed to accommodate images saved in undocumented formats, such as those
Photoshop raw format
used in scientific applications. It is not the same as camera raw format.
A file format for storing digital images in Mac OS.
PICT
The basic unit of image data in a computer image. Its size depends on the resolution of the display screen.
pixel
The number of pixels along the width and height of an image. This is a measure of the amount of
pixel dimensions
image data in the photo, not its physical size when printed or displayed on a monitor.
A bitmap image stored in your computer's memory.
PixMap
A small software program developed by Adobe or third parties to add functionality to Adobe
plug-in module
products.
Portable Network Graphics. An image format that supports 24-bit color. Like the JPEG format, PNG-24
PNG-24
preserves photographic detail. Unlike JPEG, it supports 24-bit transparency.
Portable Network Graphics. A bitmap image format that uses 8-bit color. Like the GIF format, PNG-8
PNG-8
efficiently compresses areas of solid color while preserving sharp detail in line art, logos, or type.
The default unit of measurement for type, for instance Times Roman Regular, 12 points.
point
A style of painting in which paint is applied in very small dots that cannot be discerned individually at a
pointillism
distance. The eye merges the dots into the perceived color.
To reduce the number of continuous tones in an image. Posterization results in a flat, cartoon-like image.
posterize
The effect can be deliberately applied but sometimes results from overcompression.
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