Glossary - Minolta Dimage Scan Elite F-2900 Instruction 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 colour 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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