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A measure of the precision with which certain tools work. The tolerance describes the difference in value
tolerance
between adjacent pixels affected by a tool. If the tolerance is high, many more pixels are affected or selected than if
the tolerance is low.
An adjustment made in the tones of an image: shadows, highlights, or midtones. You can adjust
tonal correction
highlight and shadow values to increase the tonal range, adjust the brightness of the midtones without affecting
shadow and highlight values, and so on.
To scale, shrink, enlarge, skew, distort, rotate, or change the perspective of a layer, selection, or shape.
transform
The box that surrounds the portion of an image you are changing with a transform
transform bounding box
command.
An effect added between two photos, for instance in a slide show, that affects the visual presentation of
transition
how one photo changes to the other. For example, you can add a Fade transition between photos to make one photo
fade out of view as the next photo fades into view.
In digital photography, the functionality that supports transparent areas in an image or image layer.
transparency
Certain image formats do not support transparency
To remove pixels from an image by using the Trim command in Photoshop. Photoshop Elements doesn't have
trim
a Trim command.
A protocol by which applications and devices, such as scanners and cameras, exchange information.
TWAIN
A layer that contains vector-based text.
type layer
A selection outline in the shape of text.
type mask
Often called font style. A variant version of an individual font in a family. Italic, regular, and bold are type
type style
styles.
U
An image that is overly dark because it was taken in low-light conditions or with incorrect
underexposed image
camera settings.
Part of the Worldwide Character coding system for text.
Unicode character
A technique for giving the illusion of greater detail in an image (sharpness) by increasing the contrast
Unsharp Mask
between the light and dark areas of the image.
V
Lines, shapes, and other graphic image components stored in a format that incorporates geometric
vector graphics
formulas for rendering the image elements. For this reason, the graphics scale without degradation of image quality,
and there are no jagged lines in the output. Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics program.
Video monitors use a progressive scanning method to display images (as compared to televisions
video monitor
which use interlaced fields).
An effect in which the edges of an image gradually fade out.
vignetting
W
Colors at the red end of the spectrum, including yellow and orange, associated with heat.
warm colors
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