Vocab Padlet by Gwen DeWitt

Camera Obscura

gwen113 — 2023-08-18 15:59:41 UTC

Camera obscura (meaning “dark room” in Latin) is a box-shaped device used as an aid for drawing or entertainment. Also referred to as a pinhole image, it lets light in through a small opening on one side and projects a reversed and inverted image on the other.

35mm Film

gwen113 — 2023-08-18 16:07:41 UTC

35 mm film is a film gauge used in filmmaking, and the film standard.

Twin Lens Camera

gwen113 — 2023-08-18 16:10:18 UTC

A twin-lens reflex camera (TLR) is a type of camera with two objective lenses of the same focal length. One of the lenses is the photographic objective or "taking lens" (the lens that takes the picture), while the other is used for the viewfinder system, which is usually viewed from above at waist level.

Gelatin Silver Process

gwen113 — 2023-08-18 16:13:04 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

gwen113 — 2023-08-18 16:14:25 UTC

A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.

Curator

gwen113 — 2023-08-23 15:33:56 UTC

A keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection.

Exhibition

gwen113 — 2023-08-23 15:35:04 UTC

An exhibition, in the most general sense, is an organized presentation and display of a selection of items.

Gallery

gwen113 — 2023-08-23 15:35:52 UTC

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

Museum

gwen113 — 2023-08-23 15:38:28 UTC

A museum is a not-for-profit, permanent institution in the service of society that researches, collects, conserves, interprets and exhibits tangible and intangible heritage.

Photography Studio

gwen113 — 2023-08-23 15:39:34 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

gwen113 — 2023-09-01 15:34:43 UTC

Symmetry around a central axis

Symmetry

gwen113 — 2023-09-01 15:36:43 UTC

Symmetry is a balanced and proportionate similarity that is found in two halves of an object.

Asymmetry

gwen113 — 2023-09-01 15:37:29 UTC

Asymmetry is the absence of, or a violation of, symmetry.

Juxtaposition

gwen113 — 2023-09-01 15:38:57 UTC

Two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

Abstract

gwen113 — 2023-09-01 15:40:05 UTC

Existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.

Value

gwen113 — 2023-09-08 15:27:50 UTC

The lightness or darkness of tones or colors. White is the lightest value; black is the darkest. The value halfway between these extremes is called middle gray.

Color

gwen113 — 2023-09-08 15:29:41 UTC

An element of art made up of three properties: hue, value, and intensity.

Shape

gwen113 — 2023-09-08 15:31:22 UTC

An element of art that is two-dimensional, flat, or limited to height and width.

Form

gwen113 — 2023-09-08 15:32:18 UTC

An element of art that is three-dimensional and encloses volume; includes height, width AND depth (as in a cube, a sphere, a pyramid, or a cylinder). Form may also be free flowing.

Space

gwen113 — 2023-09-08 15:33:26 UTC

An element of art by which positive and negative areas are defined or a sense of depth achieved in a work of art .

Texture

gwen113 — 2023-09-08 15:34:30 UTC

An element of art that refers to the way things feel, or look as if they might feel if touched.

Line

gwen113 — 2023-09-08 15:35:05 UTC

An element of art defined by a point moving in space. Line may be two-or three-dimensional, descriptive, implied, or
abstract.

Pattern/Repitition

gwen113 — 2023-09-15 15:31:10 UTC

Uniform repetition of any of the elements of art or any combination thereof.

Balance

gwen113 — 2023-09-15 15:32:38 UTC

Visual weight of the elements of the composition. It is a sense that the painting feels stable and "feels right." Imbalance causes a feeling of discomfort in the viewer.

Emphasis/Contrast

gwen113 — 2023-09-15 15:33:32 UTC

The difference between elements of art in a composition, such that each element is made stronger in relation to the other. When placed next to each other, contrasting elements command the viewer's attention.

Movement/Rhythm

gwen113 — 2023-09-15 15:34:06 UTC

The result of using the elements of art such that they move the viewer's eye around and within the image. A sense of movement can be created by diagonal or curvy lines, either real or implied, by edges, by the illusion of space, by repetition, by energetic mark-making.

Proportion/Scale

gwen113 — 2023-09-15 15:35:55 UTC

The size of something compared to what's next to it.

Unity/Harmony

gwen113 — 2023-09-15 15:37:24 UTC

A similar element throughout a work of art that brings it together.

Variety

gwen113 — 2023-09-15 15:38:03 UTC

Used to create visual interest.

Cool Colors

gwen113 — 2023-09-20 15:34:19 UTC

Cool colors are typified by blue, green, and light purple. They can calm and soothe.

Warm Colors

gwen113 — 2023-09-20 15:35:45 UTC

Warm colors are those that evoke feelings of warmth, such as reds and oranges.

Neutral Colors

gwen113 — 2023-09-20 15:36:52 UTC

A neutral is a color without much intensity or saturation.

Complementary Colors

gwen113 — 2023-09-20 15:38:42 UTC

Complementary colors are pairs of colors which, when combined or mixed, cancel each other out by producing a grayscale color like white or black. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors.

Monochromatic Colors

gwen113 — 2023-09-20 15:39:48 UTC

A monochrome or monochromatic image, object or palette is composed of one color.

Gradient

gwen113 — 2023-09-20 16:19:12 UTC

A gradient is a design element made up of colors that gradually fade into one another.

Constructive Criticism

gwen113 — 2023-09-26 16:12:56 UTC

Constructive criticism is a type of feedback that offers specific and actionable advice to help people to improve.

Plagiarism

gwen113 — 2023-09-26 16:14:12 UTC

The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.

Ethics

gwen113 — 2023-09-26 16:15:43 UTC

Moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity.

Objective

gwen113 — 2023-09-26 16:17:43 UTC

Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.

Subjective

gwen113 — 2023-09-26 16:18:47 UTC

Based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions.

Copyright

gwen113 — 2023-09-26 16:19:58 UTC

The exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same.

Trademark

gwen113 — 2023-09-26 16:20:43 UTC

A symbol, word, or words legally registered or established by use as representing a company or product.

Rule of Thirds

gwen113 — 2023-10-04 15:30:58 UTC

In photography, the rule of thirds is a type of composition in which an image is divided evenly into thirds, both horizontally and vertically, and the subject of the image is placed at the intersection of those dividing lines, or along one of the lines itself.

Leading Lines

gwen113 — 2023-10-04 15:32:59 UTC

Leading lines are a 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

gwen113 — 2023-10-04 15:34:42 UTC

With a proportion equal to x²=x+1, the golden ratio in art creates a balanced relationship that the mind's eye loves. More precisely, it is about obtaining a precise ratio between the different parts of a work, an image, or an object. The value of this number is 1.61803398874989482045.

Negative Space

gwen113 — 2023-10-04 15:35:32 UTC

Negative space is a term used in art to describe the space surrounding a subject. Also called white space, it is typically empty and lacks details as to simplify an image. Negative space surrounds positive space in a work of art.

Positive Space

gwen113 — 2023-10-04 15:36:23 UTC

Positive space is a term used to refer to the areas of interest and focus in a piece of artwork.

Backlight

gwen113 — 2023-10-13 16:07:00 UTC

A light source placed behind an actor, object, or scene to create a highlight that separates the subject from the background

Diffused Lighting

gwen113 — 2023-10-13 16:08:01 UTC

Diffused light, or soft light, is light that's filtered by something.

Ambient Light

gwen113 — 2023-10-13 16:08:51 UTC

Ambient lighting provides overall illumination for a room, and is intended to create a uniform light level throughout a space, independent of any special lighting that may be needed in targeted areas of a room.

Chiaroscuro

gwen113 — 2023-10-13 16:09:34 UTC

Chiaroscuro is a high-contrast lighting technique that utilises a low-key lighting setup to achieve contrast between the subject and a dark background.

Silhouette

gwen113 — 2023-10-13 16:10:43 UTC

The dark shape and outline of someone or something visible against a lighter background, especially in dim light.

Diptych

gwen113 — 2023-10-18 15:33:19 UTC

A painting, especially an altarpiece, on two hinged wooden panels which may be closed like a book.

Triptych

gwen113 — 2023-10-18 15:34:06 UTC

A triptych is a work of art that is divided into three sections, or three carved panels that are hinged together and can be folded shut or displayed open.

Orthographic View

gwen113 — 2023-10-18 15:35:03 UTC

Orthographic views are two-dimensional views of three-dimensional objects.

Barrel Lens Distortion

gwen113 — 2023-10-18 15:36:02 UTC

This effect causes the image to spherize, which means that the edges of the photo look curved and bowed to the human eye. It almost appears as though the photo image has been wrapped around a curved surface.

Pincushion Distortion

gwen113 — 2023-10-18 15:37:15 UTC

Instead of an image curving in, pincushion distortion causes straight lines to curve outwards from the center of the image.

ISO

gwen113 — 2023-11-01 15:30:30 UTC

Camera's sensitivity to light as it pertains to either film or a digital sensor. A lower ISO value means less sensitivity to light, while a higher ISO means more sensitivity.

ASA

gwen113 — 2023-11-01 15:31:56 UTC

ASA is the rating of sensitivity to light for chemical based, emulsion film stocks used in motion picture film cameras. Higher numbers represent film emulsion that is more sensitive to light. Lower numbers represent less sensitive emulsion. The most common average range of ASA sensitivity used are 100, 200, 400, 800.

Image Sensor

gwen113 — 2023-11-01 15:33:28 UTC

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

Film Grain

gwen113 — 2023-11-01 15:34:13 UTC

Film grain or film granularity is the random optical texture of processed photographic film due to the presence of small particles of a metallic silver, or dye clouds, developed from silver halide that have received enough photons.

Digital Noise

gwen113 — 2023-11-01 15:35:22 UTC

Noise in photography can be defined as a random variation in the image signal. Noise can be caused by a number of factors, including poor lighting conditions, high ISO settings, long exposure times, and heat.

Aperture

gwen113 — 2023-11-01 15:36:34 UTC

Aperture refers to the opening of a lens's diaphragm through which light passes. It is calibrated in f/stops and is generally written as numbers such as 1.4, 2, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11 and 16.

F/Stop

gwen113 — 2023-11-01 15:37:14 UTC

F-stop is the term used to denote aperture measurements on your camera.

Bokeh

gwen113 — 2023-11-01 15:38:30 UTC

Bokeh is defined as “the effect of a soft out-of-focus background that you get when shooting a subject, using a fast lens, at the widest aperture, such as f/2.8 or wider.”

Depth of Field

gwen113 — 2023-11-01 15:39:10 UTC

The depth of field (DOF) is the distance between the nearest and the furthest objects that are in acceptably sharp focus in an image captured with a camera.

Auto Mode

gwen113 — 2023-11-08 16:33:00 UTC

In automatic modes the camera determines all aspects of exposure, choosing exposure parameters according to the application within the constraints of correct exposure, including exposure, aperture, focusing, light metering, white balance, and equivalent sensitivity.

Program Mode

gwen113 — 2023-11-08 16:34:12 UTC

Program mode (the "P" on the mode dial of most DSLRs) means that the camera still sets the exposure for you. It chooses the correct aperture and shutter speed for the light available, so your shot is correctly exposed. Program mode also unlocks other functions that give you more creative control over your images.

Manual Mode

gwen113 — 2023-11-08 16:36:25 UTC

Manual mode gives you complete control over your camera settings.

Shutter Priority Mode

gwen113 — 2023-11-08 16:37:48 UTC

Shutter speed priority, also known as shutter priority mode, is 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

gwen113 — 2023-11-08 16:39:33 UTC

In this camera mode, the photographer selects an aperture, and the camera chooses an appropriate shutter speed based on the available light.

Shutter Speed

gwen113 — 2023-11-15 16:31:12 UTC

In photography, shutter speed or exposure time is the length of time that the film or digital sensor inside the camera is exposed to light when taking a photograph.

Bulb Mode

gwen113 — 2023-11-15 16:32:28 UTC

The Bulb setting on camera shutters is a momentary-action mode that holds shutters open for as long as a photographer depresses the shutter-release button.

Motion Blur

gwen113 — 2023-11-15 16:33:16 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 changes during the recording of a single exposure, due to rapid movement or long exposure.

Tripod/Monopod

gwen113 — 2023-11-15 16:35:10 UTC

A three-legged or one-kegged stand for supporting a camera or other apparatus.

Camera Shake

gwen113 — 2023-11-15 16:36:00 UTC

Camera shake refers to the unintended movement or vibration of a camera during the process of capturing an image. This movement typically occurs when the photographer holds the camera by hand, and the result is a blurred or distorted photograph.

Long Exposure

gwen113 — 2023-11-29 16:29:23 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

gwen113 — 2023-11-29 16:30:08 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

gwen113 — 2023-11-29 16:31:13 UTC

Light painting, painting with light, light drawing, or light art performance photography are terms that describe photographic techniques of moving a light source while taking a long-exposure photograph, either to illuminate a subject or space, or to shine light at the camera to 'draw', or by moving the camera itself during exposure of light sources.

Panning

gwen113 — 2023-11-29 16:32:08 UTC

Panning photography allows you to convey motion in your photos by freezing moving objects against a blurred background.

Burst Mode

gwen113 — 2023-11-29 16:33:54 UTC

Burst mode, also called continuous shooting mode, sports mode, continuous mode, or burst shot, is a shooting mode in still cameras where several photos are captured in quick succession by either pressing the shutter button or holding it down.

Spot Metering

gwen113 — 2023-12-06 16:35:48 UTC

In spot metering mode the camera takes a measurement from a single point or spot. This area is often at the centre of the frame, but it may be linked to the active AF point.

Partial Metering

gwen113 — 2023-12-06 16:37:10 UTC

Partial metering covers only the centre 6.2% of the frame in the viewfinder, thus providing precise metering only for the subject. When the background is brighter than the subject due to reasons like back lighting, this metering mode is particularly useful. It is useful for back-lit shots or tiny subjects.

18% Gray

gwen113 — 2023-12-06 16:40:56 UTC

A grey card is 18% grey. This corresponds to a mid-grey, the middle point between the darkest shadows and the brightest highlights. A grey card is a great tool to get good exposure. The light reflected from an 18% grey is perceived by your camera meter as “normal” exposure.

Center Weighted Average Metering

gwen113 — 2023-12-08 16:34:02 UTC

Centre-weighted Average metering is like using Evaluative metering with a centre AF point. It places greater emphasis on the centre area while also taking meter reading across the entire frame.

Evaluative Metering

gwen113 — 2023-12-08 16:35:04 UTC

Matrix Metering or Evaluative Metering mode is the default metering mode on most digital cameras. It works by dividing the entire frame into multiple “zones”, which are then all analyzed on an individual basis for light and dark tones.

Midtones

gwen113 — 2024-01-10 16:30:16 UTC

The tones in an image that are neither very bright (highlights) nor very dark (shadows). They represent the middle range of tones and play a crucial role in defining the overall contrast and mood of an image.

Shadows

gwen113 — 2024-01-10 16:31:17 UTC

Shadow refers to the dark shape that appears on a surface when an object blocks sunlight or other light.

Highlights

gwen113 — 2024-01-10 16:32:20 UTC

The lightest part or one of the lightest parts of a painting, drawing, etc. especially : one that depicts the areas of the subject receiving the greatest amount of illumination.

Vignette

gwen113 — 2024-01-10 16:33:29 UTC

Vignettes are illustrations with faded or loosely defined edges. The loose edges incorporate the white of the surrounding page to give the image space, lightness and draw the viewer into the scene.

Sepia Tone

gwen113 — 2024-01-10 16:34:13 UTC

Sepia toning is a chemical process that converts the metallic silver in the emulsion of a photographic print into a silver sulfide compound. This changes the color of the resulting image and makes the photo more resistant to environmental pollutants. This helps photos hold up over time.

AF Points

gwen113 — 2024-01-24 16:30:26 UTC

An AF point is a specific part of the frame where the camera is able to focus on something. When looking through the viewfinder, these points are denoted by small squares clustered around the centre of the frame.

Bracketing

gwen113 — 2024-01-24 16:31:53 UTC

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

Exposure Level Indicator

gwen113 — 2024-01-24 16:33:49 UTC

In Manual mode, the exposure level indicator shows how much your set exposure values deviate from the levels the camera believes are optimal, which always reside at the standard exposure index.

Exposure Compensation

gwen113 — 2024-01-24 16:35:00 UTC

Exposure compensation basically helps you override automatic exposure adjustments your camera makes in situations with uneven light distribution, filters, non-standard processing, or underexposure or overexposure. It lets you take control of your image's brightness by manually increasing or decreasing exposure.

White Balance Card

gwen113 — 2024-01-24 16:36:53 UTC

A grey card is a cheap and easy-to-use tool designed to help photographers adjust their exposure and white balance settings by providing a reference point. This reference point will set a white balance or color balance point for a particular image set and all images captured afterward.

Workplace Switcher

gwen113 — 2024-01-31 16:32:05 UTC

Workspace Switcher displays a visual representation of your workspaces

Toolbar

gwen113 — 2024-01-31 16:33:35 UTC

The toolbar, also called a bar or standard toolbar, is a graphical control element on which on-screen icons can be used. A toolbar often allows for quick access to functions that are commonly used in the program.

Palettes

gwen113 — 2024-01-31 16:35:59 UTC

A palette is a range of colors.

Menu Bar

gwen113 — 2024-01-31 16:36:59 UTC

A menu bar is a graphical control element which contains drop-down menus. The menu bar's purpose is to supply a common housing for window- or application-specific menus which provide access to such functions as opening files, interacting with an application, or displaying help documentation or manuals.

Tool Options Bar

gwen113 — 2024-01-31 16:39:06 UTC

The Options Bar is a vital part of Photoshop as it controls and determines how every Photoshop tool operates.

Cropping

gwen113 — 2024-02-07 16:32:55 UTC

Cropping can be used to make an image smaller (in pixels) and/or to change the aspect ration (length to width) of the image.

Aspect Ratio

gwen113 — 2024-02-07 16:33:48 UTC

The aspect ratio of an image is the ratio of its width to its height, and is expressed with two numbers separated by a colon, such as 16:9, sixteen-to-nine.

Resolution

gwen113 — 2024-02-07 16:34:36 UTC

Image resolution is the level of detail of an image. The term applies to digital images, film images, and other types of images.

DPI vs PPI

gwen113 — 2024-02-07 16:35:33 UTC

DPI refers to the number of printed dots contained within one inch of an image printed by a printer. PPI refers to the number of pixels contained within one inch of an image displayed on a computer monitor.

SOOC

gwen113 — 2024-02-07 16:36:34 UTC

SOOC is an abbreviation of the photography term “Straight Out Of Camera”, simply meaning that an image can be good enough to print straight from the camera without further processing.

File Formats

gwen113 — 2024-02-07 16:37:38 UTC

The file format is the structure of a file that tells a program how to display its contents.

HDR

gwen113 — 2024-02-14 16:32:49 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

gwen113 — 2024-02-14 16:34:30 UTC

Double exposure photography is a technique that layers two different exposures on a single image, combining two photographs into one.

Triadic Colors

gwen113 — 2024-02-14 16:35:26 UTC

In a Triadic color harmony we use any three colors located at equal distance from each other on the color wheel. For example yellow, blue and red.

Golden Hour

gwen113 — 2024-02-14 16:36:28 UTC

The period of the day just before the sun sets or after it rises, when the light is redder and softer than usual so that photographs taken in it have a pleasing quality

Blue Hour

gwen113 — 2024-02-14 16:37:38 UTC

The blue hour is the period of twilight when the Sun is at a significant depth below the horizon. During this time, the remaining sunlight takes on a mostly blue shade.

Macro Lens

gwen113 — 2024-02-21 16:29:56 UTC

A macro lens is a lens that specifically allows you to focus extremely close to a subject so that it appears large in the viewfinder (and in the final image).

Prime Lens

gwen113 — 2024-02-21 16:31:53 UTC

A prime lens is a lens with a fixed focal length, typically with a maximum aperture of f/1.2-f/2.8. They're fantastic for filmmakers and photographers who want the best optical quality and prefer a shallower depth of field in their images and footage.

Telephoto Lens

gwen113 — 2024-02-21 16:33:04 UTC

a lens with a longer focal length than standard, giving a narrow field of view and a magnified image.

Fisheye Lens

gwen113 — 2024-02-21 16:33:39 UTC

A fisheye lens is an ultra wide-angle lens that produces strong visual distortion intended to create a wide panoramic or hemispherical image.

Vibration Reduction

gwen113 — 2024-02-21 16:36:32 UTC

Vibration Reduction (VR) is an image stabilization technology that minimizes blur caused by camera shake.

DSLR

gwen113 — 2024-02-28 16:33:17 UTC

DSLR is a term that's become synonymous with digital cameras, but a digital single-lens reflex camera (notable for allowing interchangeable lenses on the same camera body) is just one type of digital camera.

Metadata

gwen113 — 2024-02-28 16:34:36 UTC

Photo metadata is a set of data describing and providing information about rights and administration of an image. It allows information to be transported with an image file, in a way that can be understood by other software and human users.

Thumbnails

gwen113 — 2024-02-28 16:35:39 UTC

A thumbnail is a small image representation of a larger image, usually intended to make it easier and faster to look at or manage a group of larger images.

Post Processing

gwen113 — 2024-02-28 16:36:54 UTC

Post-processing encompasses every change you make to a video or photo after you download the RAW file to your computer.

Layer Masking

gwen113 — 2024-02-28 16:37:41 UTC

Layer masking is a nondestructive way to hide parts of an image or layer without erasing them.

Lens Crop Factor

gwen113 — 2024-03-06 16:28:42 UTC

Crop factor changes the effective focal length of a lens by cropping in on the center of an image.

Full Frame Camera

gwen113 — 2024-03-06 16:30:11 UTC

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

APS-C Camera

gwen113 — 2024-03-06 16:31:52 UTC

APS-C sensors are smaller, so cameras can be made more compact and lighter, which is ideal for street and travel photography.

Reflector

gwen113 — 2024-03-06 16:33:10 UTC

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

Scrim (diffuser)

gwen113 — 2024-03-06 16:34:12 UTC

A scrim is a popular light modifier used by photographers and videographers to soften or diffuse light.

Saturation

gwen113 — 2024-03-13 15:32:34 UTC

the intensity of a color, expressed as the degree to which it differs from white.

Color Balance

gwen113 — 2024-03-13 15:35:21 UTC

White balance balances the color temperature in your photograph by adding the opposite color to those in the image to bring the color temperature up or down.

Hue

gwen113 — 2024-03-13 15:36:06 UTC

a color or shade

Vibrance

gwen113 — 2024-03-13 15:37:27 UTC

Vibrance boosts colors that are more muted. And it mostly ignores warmer colors (yellows, oranges, and reds), while prioritizing cooler colors (blues and greens).

Contrast

gwen113 — 2024-03-13 15:38:22 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

gwen113 — 2024-03-20 15:32:49 UTC

The move tool allows you to move a selection or entire layer.

Patch Tool

gwen113 — 2024-03-20 15:35:15 UTC

The Patch tool is used to remove unwanted image elements.

Clone Stamp Tool

gwen113 — 2024-03-20 15:36:21 UTC

The Clone Stamp tool is most effective when you need to copy exact detail from one part of an image to another area.

Spot Healing Brush Tool

gwen113 — 2024-03-20 15:37:04 UTC

The Spot Healing Brush is basically a blending mode that allows you to take colors from the nearby pixels to replace the spot or blemish.

Healing Brush Tool

gwen113 — 2024-03-20 15:37:55 UTC

Photoshop selects and replaces pixels from another part of your image to blend in seamlessly.

Lasso Tool

gwen113 — 2024-04-03 15:39:46 UTC

The Lasso tool is helpful for drawing a free-form border around a selected object within an image. It allows you to soften the edges of your selection or add a feathering effect; it's also useful for anti-aliasing.

Magic Wand Tool

gwen113 — 2024-04-03 15:40:39 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.

Brush Tool

gwen113 — 2024-04-10 15:32:28 UTC

The Brush tool works like traditional drawing tools applying color with brush strokes.

Zoom Tool

gwen113 — 2024-04-10 15:33:13 UTC

Magnify or reduce the view of your image with the Zoom tool.

Hand Tool

gwen113 — 2024-04-10 15:34:38 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.

Horizontal Type Tool

gwen113 — 2024-04-10 15:35:19 UTC

The Horizontal Type tool allows you to add horizontal text to your images.

Gradient Tool

gwen113 — 2024-04-10 15:36:17 UTC

The Gradient tool allows you to create gradual changes of color and light across an image with power and precision.

Polygonal Lasso Tool

gwen113 — 2024-04-10 15:38:07 UTC

Allows you to draw straight lines to create a selection area.

Paint Bucket Tool

gwen113 — 2024-04-17 15:33:39 UTC

Use the Paint Bucket to fill areas, color foregrounds and backgrounds, and more.

Straighten Tool

gwen113 — 2024-04-17 15:36:39 UTC

The straighten tool is designed for ease of use: You draw it across a line that's supposed to be straight, and then Photoshop will do the actual straightening for you.

Crop Tool

gwen113 — 2024-04-17 15:38:17 UTC

The Crop tool allows you to select an area of a photo and remove or crop everything outside the selected area.

Smudge Tool

gwen113 — 2024-04-17 15:39:19 UTC

The Smudge tool simulates a brush smearing wet paint. The brush picks up color where the stroke begins and pushes it in the direction you swipe or nudge it. Use the Smudge tool to gently reshape important edges into more appealing and softer lines.

Sponge Tool

gwen113 — 2024-04-17 15:40:03 UTC

The Sponge tool in PSE works much like the sponge sitting on your kitchen sink. It can be used to soak up color (desaturate) or wring it out (saturate).

Dodge Tool

gwen113 — 2024-04-24 15:31:57 UTC

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

Burn Tool

gwen113 — 2024-04-24 15:32:42 UTC

The Burn tool darkens areas of an image. The more you paint over an area with the Burn tool, the darker it becomes.

Blur Tool

gwen113 — 2024-04-24 15:34:02 UTC

The Blur tool allows you to paint blur effect on specific areas of an image.

Sharpen Tool

gwen113 — 2024-04-24 15:35:18 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

gwen113 — 2024-04-24 15:36:06 UTC

The Select and Mask Properties panel has multiple controls for refining all the edges of a selection. The Radius slider can often be useful to improve soft edges, such as foliage or hair. The Shift Edge slider expands or contracts the selection edges and can be useful to remove edge fringes.

Quick Selection Tool

gwen113 — 2024-05-01 15:31:07 UTC

Use the Quick Selection tool to select part of an image that is different from the rest of the scene in terms of color or brightness.

Rectangle Marquee Tool

gwen113 — 2024-05-01 15:31:38 UTC

What is the rectangular marquee tool used for?

The Rectangular Marquee tool is used for making rectangular selections within an image

Tracking [Text]

gwen113 — 2024-05-01 15:32:39 UTC

Tracking is the spacing between glyphs applied to an entire piece of text.

Leading [Text]

gwen113 — 2024-05-01 15:33:44 UTC

The vertical space between lines of type is called leading. Leading is measured from the baseline of one line of text to the baseline of the line above it. Baseline is the invisible line on which most letters—that is, those without descenders—sit.

Kerning [Text]

gwen113 — 2024-05-01 15:34:36 UTC

Kerning is the spacing between individual letters or characters. Unlike tracking, which adjusts the amount of space between the letters of an entire word in equal increments, kerning is focused on how type looks

Transform Tool

gwen113 — 2024-05-01 15:35:30 UTC

The Transform tool allows for multiple resizing, scaling, warping and perspective changes within one continuous operation.

Clipping Mask

gwen113 — 2024-05-01 15:37:08 UTC

A clipping mask is a group of layers to which a mask is applied. The bottommost layer, or base layer, defines the visible boundaries of the entire group.