Vocab padlet by

Camera Obscura

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-08-18 18:12:05 UTC

A camera obscura is a darkened room with a small hole or lens at one side through which an image is projected onto a wall or table opposite the hole. Camera obscura can also refer to analogous constructions such as a box or tent in which an exterior image is projected inside.

35mm Film

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-08-18 18:18:59 UTC

35 mm film is a film gauge used in filmmaking, and the film standard. In motion pictures that record on film, 35 mm is the most commonly used gauge.

Twin Lens Camera

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-08-18 18:20:38 UTC

a camera having two separately mounted lenses coordinated to eliminate parallax errors or for making stereoscopic photographs.

Gelatin Silver Process

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-08-18 18:22:00 UTC

The gelatin silver process is the most commonly used chemical process in black-and-white photography, and is the fundamental chemical process for modern analog color photography.

Genre

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-08-18 18:27:59 UTC

Photography genres are categories or styles of photography that are defined by the subject matter or purpose of the image.

Curator

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-08-23 17:47:02 UTC

a keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection.

Exhibition

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-08-23 17:48:45 UTC

a public display of works of art or items of interest, held in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair.

Gallery

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-08-23 17:49:52 UTC

a room or building for the display or sale of works of art.

Museum

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-08-23 17:51:12 UTC

a building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest are stored and exhibited.

Photography Studio

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-08-23 17:51:47 UTC

A photographic studio is often a business owned and represented by one or more photographers, possibly accompanied by assistants and pupils, who create and sell their own and sometimes others’ photographs.

Radial Symmetry

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-01 18:24:23 UTC

symmetry around a central axis, as in a starfish or a tulip flower.

Symmetry

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-01 18:25:17 UTC

Symmetry in everyday language refers to a sense of harmonious and beautiful proportion and balance. In mathematics, the term has a more precise definition and is usually used to refer to an object that is invariant under some transformations, such as translation, reflection, rotation, or scaling.

Asymmetry

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-01 18:26:21 UTC

Asymmetry is the absence of, or a violation of, symmetry. Symmetry is an important property of both physical and abstract systems and it may be displayed in precise terms or in more aesthetic terms.

Line

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-08 17:45:17 UTC

the use of lines to create visual interest and convey a message in an image

Space

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-08 17:46:27 UTC

emphasizes not just the subject but also the empty space around the subject

Shape

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-08 17:47:14 UTC

a flat, enclosed area of space

Form

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-08 17:48:30 UTC

the three-dimensional appearance of shapes and objects in a photo

Color

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-08 17:49:09 UTC

the range of colors shown in a photo

Value

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-08 17:50:18 UTC

represents how dark or light color and its hue can be.

Texture

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-08 17:51:19 UTC

the visual quality of the surface of an object, revealed through variances in shape, tone and color depth

Balance

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-15 18:23:21 UTC

a composition technique that arranges elements within the frame to achieve equal visual weight across the image.

Emphasis

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-15 18:24:05 UTC

draws viewers into your image and holds them there long enough to tell your story.

Movement

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-15 18:25:03 UTC

elements of a photo that are moving

Pattern

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-15 18:25:35 UTC

Pattern in Photography is a regularity within a scene.

Proportion

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-15 18:26:09 UTC

comparing size of objects, or the amount of one thing to the whole.

Variety

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-15 18:27:20 UTC

using different colors, shapes, or objects in the image.

Cool colors

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-20 17:49:11 UTC

warm colors

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neutral

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gradient

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-20 17:49:39 UTC

Complementary

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-20 17:49:53 UTC

monochromatic colors

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-20 17:50:21 UTC

Constructive Criticism

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-26 18:09:37 UTC

a critique which is constructive– it informs the photographer how to improve.

Plagiarism

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-26 18:10:37 UTC

stealing the idea of someone else to create your own work, without giving any credit to the original source.

Ethical

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-26 18:11:21 UTC

being honest with your subjects, respecting their wishes, and being sure not to exploit them or their life circumstances.

objective

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-26 18:12:10 UTC

To create an unbiased photographic image or documentary.

copyright

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-26 18:12:54 UTC

you own an image you created.

subjective

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-26 18:13:30 UTC

the creative or artistic process.

trademark

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-09-26 18:14:30 UTC

using a picture to tell customers that a product or service comes exclusively from you,

Rule of thirds

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-10-04 17:45:00 UTC

a composition guideline that places your subject in the left or right third of an image, leaving the other two thirds more open

Leading lines

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-10-04 17:45:47 UTC

compositional technique where human-made or natural lines lead the viewer's eyes through a photograph to the subject or the heart of the image

Golden ratio

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-10-04 17:46:35 UTC

a guide to where to place a subject (a tree, person, building, etc.) or element in a photo (like the horizon) where it will be most pleasing to the eye

Negative space

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-10-04 17:47:15 UTC

emphasizes not just the subject but also the empty space around the subject.

Postive space

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-10-04 17:47:41 UTC

the actual subject

Diptych

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-10-18 17:45:23 UTC

where two separate images are placed side by side.

Triptych

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-10-18 17:46:12 UTC

a common style used in modern commercial artwork

Orthographic View

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-10-18 17:47:09 UTC

These three images are each a different orthographic view. The orthographic view definition is a projection of one side of the figure onto its perpendicular plane.

Barrel Lens Distortion

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-10-18 17:48:45 UTC

a type of distortion wherein lines that are straight in real life appear to curve inwards

Pincushion Distortion

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-10-18 17:49:47 UTC

image magnification increases with the distance from the optical axis.

Iso

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-10-25 17:44:27 UTC

your camera's sensitivity to light as it pertains to either film or a digital sensor.

Asa

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-10-25 17:45:09 UTC

an arbitrary rating of film speed

Film Grain

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-10-25 17:46:00 UTC

the visible silver crystals in a film negative's emulsion

Image sensor

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-10-25 17:46:38 UTC

a device that allows the camera to convert photons – that is, light – into electrical signals that can be interpreted by the device

Digital noise

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-10-25 17:48:32 UTC

Digital noise is when a picture has too much iso so it makes the image grainy, noisy

Aperture

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-11-01 17:43:41 UTC

the opening of a lens's diaphragm through which light passes.

F/STOP

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-11-01 17:44:23 UTC

the term used to denote aperture measurements on your camera.

Lens Focal Length

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-11-01 17:45:25 UTC

tells us the angle of view—how much of the scene will be captured—and the magnification—how large individual elements will be.

Depth of Field

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-11-01 17:46:01 UTC

the distance between the nearest and furthest elements in a scene that appear to be "acceptably sharp" in an image.

Bokeh

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-11-01 17:47:21 UTC

a very distinct, well-defined subject with a blurred background represented by soft, blurred circles of light.

Auto mode

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-11-08 18:44:27 UTC

It gives your camera complete control over its various settings, including the ISO, the aperture, the shutter speed, the autofocus mode, and even the flash.

Program mode

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-11-08 18:45:12 UTC

the mode that is almost still like auto, but you can change where the camera sits the two principle settings, aperture and shutter speed.

Manual mode

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-11-08 18:46:26 UTC

When in manual mode you are in charge of everything.

Shutter priority mode

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-11-08 18:47:39 UTC

when a photographer manually designates a shutter speed for a given exposure, and the camera automatically chooses an appropriate aperture and ISO setting to go with that shutter speed.

Aperture priority mode

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-11-08 18:48:33 UTC

the photographer selects a specific aperture value and the camera autoselects the proper shutter speed based on how much light it detects.

shutter speed

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-11-15 18:44:33 UTC

the speed at which the shutter of the camera closes.

Bulb Mode

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-11-15 18:45:55 UTC

allows you to use shutter speeds slower than the standard maximum of 30 seconds

Motion blur

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-11-15 18:47:12 UTC

Motion blur is the apparent streaking of moving objects in a photograph or a sequence of frames, such as a film or animation. It results when the image being recorded

camera shake

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-11-15 18:47:51 UTC

the act of accidentally shaking a camera during shooting due to unsteady hands, which results in blurry images.

Tripods monopods

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-11-15 18:48:23 UTC

In photography, a tripod is a portable device used to support, stabilize and elevate a camera, a flash unit, or other videographic or observational/measuring equipment. All photographic tripods have three legs an

Long exposure

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-11-29 18:44:39 UTC

Long-exposure, time-exposure, or slow-shutter photography involves using a long-duration shutter speed to sharply capture the stationary elements of images while blurring, smearing, or obscuring the moving elements

Time lapse

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-11-29 18:45:30 UTC

Time-lapse photography is a technique in which the frequency at which film frames are captured is much lower than the frequency used to view the sequence. When played at normal speed, time appears to be moving faster and thus lapsing

Light painting

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-11-29 18:46:18 UTC

the art of creating photos by setting long exposure times on a camera and using a moving light source to “paint.”

Panning

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-11-29 18:46:51 UTC

a photographic technique that combines a slow shutter speed with camera motion to create a sense of speed around a moving object.

Burst mode

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-11-29 18:47:43 UTC

shoot several images in close succession.

Spot metering

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-12-06 18:42:48 UTC

evaluates light around the chosen focus point or centre of the frame

Partial metering

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-12-06 18:43:31 UTC

covers only the centre 6.2% of the frame in the viewfinder, thus providing precise metering only for the subject.

Center Weighted Average metering

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-12-06 18:44:16 UTC

uses the center of the frame to base the exposure on

Evaluative Metering

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-12-06 18:44:56 UTC

the mostly used automatic metering mode in everyday photography

18% Gray

Cooper_Kinsella — 2023-12-06 18:45:33 UTC

if the light in an average scene being photographed is averaged out, it will produce an 18% gray tone (neutral).

Shadows

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-01-10 18:44:57 UTC

the dark areas where a light source is blocked by an object.

Midtones

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-01-10 18:45:24 UTC

The Tonal Range That Lies Between The Extreme Highlights And Shadows,

Highlights

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-01-10 18:46:07 UTC

the lightest elements in an image

Vignette

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-01-10 18:46:40 UTC

a darker border - sometimes as a blur or a shadow - at the periphery of photos.

Sepia tone

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-01-10 18:47:19 UTC

a chemical process that converts the metallic silver in the emulsion of a photographic print into a silver sulfide compound.

AF Points

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-01-17 18:45:44 UTC

zones on the camera sensor that are sensitive to changes in image contrast.

Bracketing

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-01-17 18:46:21 UTC

you take exactly the same picture of your subject at several different exposures.

Exposure level indicator

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-01-17 18:47:14 UTC

shows how much your set exposure values deviate from the levels the camera believes are optimal,

Workspace switcher

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-01-24 18:46:20 UTC

displays a visual representation of your workspaces,

Toolbar

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-01-24 18:47:05 UTC

where Photoshop holds the many tools we have to work with

Palettes

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-01-24 18:47:45 UTC

the entire range of colors that can be rendered by a digital device such as a camera LCD or a computer monitor, or the range of colors contained within a specific image.

Menu bar

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-01-24 18:48:50 UTC

This is where you'll access different commands to use in Photoshop.

Tool options bar

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-01-24 18:49:38 UTC

right underneath the menu bar.

Cropping

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-01-31 18:45:01 UTC

remove or adjust the outside edges of an image (typically a photo) to improve framing or composition, draw a viewer's eye to the subject, or change the size or aspect ratio.

Aspect Ratio

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-01-31 18:45:41 UTC

the proportional relationship between an image's width and height.

Resolution

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-01-31 18:46:19 UTC

the level of detail contained in an image.

Dpi vs Ppi

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-01-31 18:47:01 UTC

PPI describes the resolution in pixels of a digital image whereas DPI describes the amount of ink dots on a printed image

Sooc(Acronym)

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-01-31 18:47:52 UTC

SOOC is an abbreviation of the photography term “Straight Out Of Camera

File formats

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-02-07 18:46:56 UTC

a standard way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file

Raw file format

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-02-07 18:47:34 UTC

A RAW file is lossless, meaning it captures uncompressed data from your camera sensor.

.PNG

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-02-07 18:48:35 UTC

Portable Network Graphic

.JPEG

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-02-07 18:49:17 UTC

a lossy raster file format that compresses an image to make the file smaller.

.PSD

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-02-07 18:49:56 UTC

an image format that supports layers of graphics in a single file

HDR

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-02-14 18:45:12 UTC

HDR stands for high dynamic range. Dynamic range is simply the range of the lightest tones to the darkest tones within a photo. Put another way — it's a measure of the light intensities from the highlights to the shadows

Double Exposure

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-02-14 18:45:56 UTC

Double exposure is a technique that combines two different exposures or images that are layered on top of each other.

Triadic colors

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-02-14 18:46:38 UTC

A triadic color scheme uses three colors that are evenly spaced around the color wheel. For example, the three primary colors form a triadic color scheme: red, yellow, and blue.

Blue hour

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-02-14 18:49:05 UTC

When we talk about blue hour photography, we refer to pictures taken during a specific window of time that generally happens twice a day

DSLR

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-02-28 18:43:02 UTC

A digital single-lens reflex camera is a digital camera that combines the optics and the mechanisms of a single-lens reflex camera with a solid-state image sensor and digitally records the images from the sensor.

MetaData

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-02-28 18:43:50 UTC

metadata is a set of data describing and providing information about rights and administration of an image.

Thumbnails

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-02-28 18:44:30 UTC

Thumbnails are reduced-size versions of pictures or videos, used to help in recognizing and organizing them, serving the same role for images as a normal text index does for words.

Post Processing

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-02-28 18:45:08 UTC

Post-processing encompasses every change you make to a video or photo after you download the RAW file to your computer. It's the process that takes unrefined images and polishes them into perfect captures

Layer masking

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-02-28 18:45:55 UTC

Layer masking is a nondestructive way to hide parts of an image or layer without erasing them. They're great for making image composites, modifying background colors, removing or cutting out objects, and targeting your edits so they affect only certain areas, rather than the entire layer.

Lens crop factor

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-03-06 18:45:01 UTC

the diagonal measurement of a camera's sensor size when compared to the diagonal measurement of a traditional 35mm frame of film

Full Frame Camera

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-03-06 18:45:47 UTC

A full-frame sensor is most simply deﬁned by its sheer size—36 mm by 24 mm

Aps-C Camera

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-03-06 18:46:38 UTC

Advanced Photo System type-C (APS-C) is an image sensor format approximately equivalent in size to the Advanced Photo System film

Reflector

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-03-06 18:47:12 UTC

an improvised or specialised reflective surface used to redirect light towards a given subject or scene.

Scrim (DIFFUSER)

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-03-06 18:47:51 UTC

a material placed between your light source and your subject that either reduces light or diffuses (and reduces) light.

Saturation

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-03-13 17:43:23 UTC

Saturation describes the intensity of the color. And lightness refers to how light or dark the color is.

color balance

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-03-13 17:44:06 UTC

In photography and image processing, color balance is the global adjustment of the intensities of the colors

Hue

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-03-13 17:44:40 UTC

Hue refers to the dominant wavelength of light that the human eye interprets as color,

Vibrance

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-03-13 17:45:30 UTC

Vibrance is primarily used when working with images that have people

Contrast (Editing term)

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-03-13 17:46:30 UTC

Contrast is the range of brightness, from lightest to darkest, in an image. A high-contrast image will have very bright highlights and very dark shadows. Sometimes an image's highlights may be almost pure white, or the shadows may be almost pure black: high contrast.

Move tool

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-03-20 17:44:41 UTC

he move tool allows you to move a selection or entire layer by dragging it with your mouse or using your keyboard arrows keys

Patch tool

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-03-20 17:45:33 UTC

The Patch tool is one of the most used and most helpful tools for photo editors.

Clone stamp

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-03-20 17:46:27 UTC

The Clone Stamp tool copies pixels from one area and applies them to another.

Spot healing brush tool

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-03-20 17:47:05 UTC

The Spot Healing Brush tool magically removes unwanted spots, marks, or small objects in your image.

Healing brush tool

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-03-20 17:47:39 UTC

The Healing Brush and Patch tools allow you fix imperfections, like scratches, wrinkles, dust spots, etc., causing them to disappear into the surrounding image.

Lasso tool

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-04-03 17:44:11 UTC

The Lasso tool is helpful for drawing a free-form border around a selected object within an image

Magic wand tool

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-04-03 17:45:01 UTC

What does the Magic Wand tool do? The Magic Wand tool automatically selects an object or area of your image, using machine learning to discern what you might be trying to select.

Polygonal lasso tool

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-04-03 17:45:52 UTC

he Polygonal Lasso is what you use when you need to select an unusual, angled shape. It is ideal for shapes that are not proportional and are therefore poorly suited to the marquee. Likewise, it is the right choice for complex, multi-sided shapes.

Quick selesction tool

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-04-03 17:46:37 UTC

It's very easy to find this tool in Photoshop because it's right there on the tool panel (left side of your screen). It's the fourth option below the lasso tool and looks like a paintbrush painting a square-shaped dotted line at its tip.

Rectangular/Elliptical Marquee tool

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-04-03 17:47:22 UTC

To activate the Rectangular Marquee tool, press "M." For the Elliptical Marquee, press "M" and then hold Shift while making a selection. Switching between different types of Marquee tools can also be done by holding down Shift and pressing "M" repeatedly.

brush tool

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-04-10 17:46:09 UTC

The Brush tool allows you to paint on any layer, much like a real paintbrush. You'll also have different settings to choose from, which can help you customize it for different situations.

Zoom tool

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-04-10 17:46:37 UTC

Zoom tool. Click the magnifying glass in the toolbar to access the Zoom tool, and then click on the specific area you want to zoom in on.

Hand tool

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-04-10 17:47:04 UTC

The Hand tool allows you to move your image while you're zoomed in to more than 100% and part of the image is out of view.

paint bucket

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-04-17 17:44:14 UTC

What does the Paint Bucket tool do in Photoshop?

The Paint Bucket tool fills an area, that is similar in color value to the pixels you click. You can fill an area with the foreground color or a pattern. Choose a foreground color

Straighten tool

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-04-17 17:44:54 UTC

The Straighten tool lets you straighten crooked images and objects interactively by aligning a straightening bar with an image feature.

Crop tool

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-04-17 17:45:36 UTC

Select the Crop tool in the Photoshop toolbox (also known as the Tools bar). Its icon looks like two intersecting right angles. To locate it quickly, just press the letter C on your keyboard.

Smudge tool

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-04-17 17:46:00 UTC

The Smudge tool is a Photoshop feature that allows you to mix or blend the content in an area of your image.

Sponge tool

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-04-17 17:46:28 UTC

The sponge tool in Photoshop works on color saturation. It can either saturate a color or desaturate a color. This means by using the sponge tool,

Dodge tool

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-04-24 17:46:10 UTC

The Dodge tool allows you to lighten specific areas of your image without affecting hue or saturation.

Burn tool

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-04-24 17:46:48 UTC

The Burn tool darkens areas of an image. The more you paint over an area with the Burn tool, the darker it becomes. From the toolbar, click and hold the icon for the Dodge, Burn, or Sponge retouching tool, whichever is active

Blur tool

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-04-24 17:47:37 UTC

The blur tool in Photoshop works by softening the edges and details of an image, creating a smoother appearance

Sharpen tool

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-04-24 17:48:06 UTC

The Sharpen tool focuses soft edges in a photo to increase clarity or focus. Oversharpening a photo gives it a grainy look. You can avoid oversharpening by setting a lower Strength value in the options bar

Select and mask tool

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-04-24 17:48:58 UTC

The Select and Mask Properties panel has multiple controls for refining all the edges of a selection.

Tracking [text]

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-05-01 17:44:44 UTC

To apply a stroke, select the text layer in the Layers panel, then go to Layer > Layer Style > Stroke

Leading [text]

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-05-01 17:45:09 UTC

open the Character palette, located under Window and then Character (Type → Character in Illustrator), and change the number in the leading field

Kerning [text]

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-05-01 17:45:40 UTC

In the Character panel or the Control panel, type or select a numeric value in the Kerning menu.

Transform tool

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-05-01 17:46:13 UTC

clicking "Edit" from the menu bar and then selecting "Free Transform" or simply by pressing the keyboard shortcut "Ctrl+T" (or "CMD+T" on Mac)

Clipping mask

Cooper_Kinsella — 2024-05-01 17:46:44 UTC

any transparent areas of the clipping mask layer will mask out those same areas of any layers 'clipped' to it.