Vocab Padlet by Evan Harding

Camera Obscura

evanharding618 — 2023-08-18 17:00:57 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

evanharding618 — 2023-08-18 17:07:07 UTC

In photography, 35 millimeter (35mm) film is a small-format photographic film used in single-lens reflex cameras (SLRs), film cameras, rangefinders, and disposable cameras. The number 35 refers to the total width of the film, including its perforated edges.

Twin Lens Reflex Camera

evanharding618 — 2023-08-18 17:08:25 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,^[1] which is usually viewed from above at waist level.

Gelatin Silver Process

evanharding618 — 2023-08-18 17:10:12 UTC

The gelatin silver print or gelatin developing out paper (DOP) is a monochrome imaging process based on the light sensitivity of silver halides. They have been made for both contact printing and enlarging purposes by modifying the paper's light sensitivity.

Genre

evanharding618 — 2023-08-18 17:11:05 UTC

Photography genres are categories or styles of photography that are defined by the subject matter or purpose of the image. They serve as a way to classify and organize the diverse world of photography, providing a framework for photographers to explore different subjects and styles.

Curator

evanharding618 — 2023-08-24 15:35:06 UTC

a keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection.

Exhibition

evanharding618 — 2023-08-24 15:36:05 UTC

An exhibition, in the most general sense, is an organized presentation and display of a selection of items. In practice, exhibitions usually occur within a cultural or educational setting such as a museum, art gallery, park, library, exhibition hall, or World's fairs.

Gallery

evanharding618 — 2023-08-24 15:36:57 UTC

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

Museum

evanharding618 — 2023-08-24 15:38:08 UTC

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

Photography Studio

evanharding618 — 2023-08-24 15:39:18 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

evanharding618 — 2023-09-01 16:26:17 UTC

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

Symmetry

evanharding618 — 2023-09-01 16:27:01 UTC

The quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis.

Asymmetry

evanharding618 — 2023-09-01 16:28:14 UTC

Lack of equality or equivalence between parts or aspects of something; lack of symmetry.

Juxtaposition

evanharding618 — 2023-09-01 16:29:32 UTC

The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

Abstract

evanharding618 — 2023-09-01 16:30:58 UTC

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

Line

evanharding618 — 2023-09-08 16:34:22 UTC

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

Space

evanharding618 — 2023-09-08 16:35:21 UTC

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

Shape

evanharding618 — 2023-09-08 16:36:57 UTC

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

Form

evanharding618 — 2023-09-08 16:37:30 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.

Color

evanharding618 — 2023-09-08 16:37:58 UTC

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

Value

evanharding618 — 2023-09-08 16:38:30 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.

Texture

evanharding618 — 2023-09-08 16:39:03 UTC

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

Balance

evanharding618 — 2023-09-15 16:24:22 UTC

The distribution of the visual weight of objects, colors, texture, and space.

Emphasis

evanharding618 — 2023-09-15 16:26:59 UTC

The part of the design that catches the viewer’s attention.

Movement

evanharding618 — 2023-09-15 16:27:33 UTC

The path the viewer’s eye takes through the work of art, often to focal areas.

Pattern [Repetition]

evanharding618 — 2023-09-15 16:28:25 UTC

The repeating of an object or symbol all over the work of art.

Proportion [Scale]

evanharding618 — 2023-09-15 16:28:58 UTC

is the feeling of unity created when all parts (sizes, amounts, or number) relate well with each other.

Variety

evanharding618 — 2023-09-15 16:29:46 UTC

The use of several elements of design to hold the viewer’s attention and to guide the viewer’s eye through and around the work of art.

Unity [Harmony

evanharding618 — 2023-09-15 16:31:15 UTC

The feeling of harmony between all parts of the work of art, which creates a sense of completeness.

Cool Colors

evanharding618 — 2023-09-20 16:33:59 UTC

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

Warm colors

evanharding618 — 2023-09-20 16:34:42 UTC

Warm colors definition in art: Warm colors on the other hand, are those hues that give the feeling of warmth, such as red, orange, and yellow.

Neutral colors

evanharding618 — 2023-09-20 16:35:32 UTC

A neutral is a color without much intensity or saturation—a color that's lacking in color, if you will, which generally goes with everything.

Complementary Colors

evanharding618 — 2023-09-20 16:37:05 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.

Monochromatic Colors

evanharding618 — 2023-09-20 16:37:47 UTC

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

Gradient

evanharding618 — 2023-09-20 16:38:52 UTC

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

Constructive criticism

evanharding618 — 2023-09-26 17:11:02 UTC

Criticism is the construction of a judgement about the negative or positive qualities of someone or something. Criticism can range from impromptu comments to a written detailed response.

Plagiarism

evanharding618 — 2023-09-26 17:11:48 UTC

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

Ethical

evanharding618 — 2023-09-26 17:12:40 UTC

Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".

Objective

evanharding618 — 2023-09-26 17:13:42 UTC

(of a person or their judgment) not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.

Subjective

evanharding618 — 2023-09-26 17:14:29 UTC

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

Copyright

evanharding618 — 2023-09-26 17:15:04 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

evanharding618 — 2023-09-26 17:15:40 UTC

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

Rule of Thirds

evanharding618 — 2023-10-05 15:31:56 UTC

The rule of thirds is 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

evanharding618 — 2023-10-05 15:32:32 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

evanharding618 — 2023-10-05 15:33:16 UTC

The golden ratio is 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

evanharding618 — 2023-10-05 15:34:03 UTC

Negative space photography is related to minimalist photography. It emphasizes not just the subject but also the empty space around the subject.

Positive Space

evanharding618 — 2023-10-05 15:34:46 UTC

Simply put, positive space is the actual subject while negative space (also called white space) is the area surrounding the subject.

Backlight

evanharding618 — 2023-10-13 16:32:09 UTC

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

Diffused Lighting

evanharding618 — 2023-10-13 16:33:32 UTC

Diffused light is light that has an even concentration across the spread of its beam. Otherwise known as "soft light."

Ambient Light

evanharding618 — 2023-10-13 16:34:20 UTC

Ambient light is any light a photographer or cinematographer did not bring to the shoot. Also known as available light, it's any light that you haven't set up yourself.

Chiaroscuro

evanharding618 — 2023-10-13 16:35:15 UTC

Chiaroscuro, in art, is the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition.

Silhouette

evanharding618 — 2023-10-13 16:36:14 UTC

A silhouette is the image of a person, animal, object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single colour, usually black, with its edges matching the outline of the subject.

Diptych

evanharding618 — 2023-10-19 15:31:44 UTC

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

Triptych

evanharding618 — 2023-10-19 15:32:30 UTC

A picture or relief carving on three panels, typically hinged together side by side and used as an altarpiece.

Orthographic View

evanharding618 — 2023-10-19 15:33:13 UTC

Orthographic projection is a means of representing three-dimensional objects in two dimensions.

Barrel Lens Distortion

evanharding618 — 2023-10-19 15:33:59 UTC

Barrel distortion describes a type of distortion wherein lines that are straight in real life appear to curve inwards (like the walls of a barrel).

Pincushion Lens Distortion

evanharding618 — 2023-10-19 15:34:45 UTC

In pincushion distortion, image magnification increases with the distance from the optical axis.

ISO

evanharding618 — 2023-10-26 15:32:21 UTC

ISO Sensitivity is a standard set by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that represents sensitivity to light as a numerical value.

ASA

evanharding618 — 2023-10-26 15:33:05 UTC

The ASA (American Standards Association) scale is an arbitrary rating of film speed

Image Sensor

evanharding618 — 2023-10-26 15:33:38 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

evanharding618 — 2023-10-26 15:34:17 UTC

Film grain is the visible silver crystals in a film negative's emulsion.

Digital Noise

evanharding618 — 2023-10-26 15:35:13 UTC

In digital photographs, the term noise refers to a certain type of visual distortion. It looks similar to grain found in film photography, but can also look like splotches of discoloration when it's really bad, and can ruin a photograph.

Aperture

evanharding618 — 2023-11-02 15:31:54 UTC

A space through which light passes in an optical or photographic instrument, especially the variable opening by which light enters a camera.

F/Stop

evanharding618 — 2023-11-02 15:32:26 UTC

An f-number is a measure of the light-gathering ability of an optical system such as a camera lens.

Lens Focal Length

evanharding618 — 2023-11-02 15:33:07 UTC

Focal length is the distance measured in millimeters, between the optical center of the lens and the camera sensor, where the light information is recorded.

Depth of Field

evanharding618 — 2023-11-02 15:33:48 UTC

The distance between the nearest and the furthest objects that give an image judged to be in focus in a camera.

Bokeh

evanharding618 — 2023-11-02 15:34:24 UTC

The visual quality of the out-of-focus areas of a photographic image, especially as rendered by a particular lens.

Auto Mode

evanharding618 — 2023-11-09 16:32:18 UTC

Auto mode works exactly the way it sounds: 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

evanharding618 — 2023-11-09 16:33:06 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.

Manual Mode

evanharding618 — 2023-11-09 16:33:43 UTC

Manual mode means you're in charge of adjusting aperture — one of photography's most important elements.

Shutter Priority Mode

evanharding618 — 2023-11-09 16:34:27 UTC

Shutter Speed Priority AE, or simply 'Shutter Priority', is a shooting mode whereby the photographer sets the shutter speed, while the camera automatically sets the Aperture.

Aperture Priority Mode

evanharding618 — 2023-11-09 16:35:15 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

evanharding618 — 2023-11-16 16:31:31 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

evanharding618 — 2023-11-16 16:31:59 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

evanharding618 — 2023-11-16 16:32:33 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.

Tripods/Monopods

evanharding618 — 2023-11-16 16:33:20 UTC

A tripod has three legs (that's the “tri”). A monopod is a camera support with one leg (the “mono”).

Camera Shake

evanharding618 — 2023-11-16 16:33:59 UTC

Camera shake is a term used to define the act of accidentally shaking a camera during shooting due to unsteady hands, which results in blurry images. This generally occurs more often if you're shooting on a low shutter speed or with a heavy lens, and can be avoided by using a tripod and cable release setup.

Long Exposure

evanharding618 — 2023-11-30 16:31:17 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

evanharding618 — 2023-11-30 16:31:54 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

evanharding618 — 2023-11-30 16:32:24 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,

Panning

evanharding618 — 2023-11-30 16:32:56 UTC

In cinematography and photography, panning means swivelling a still or video camera horizontally from a fixed position. This motion is similar to the motion of a person when they turn their head on their neck from left to right.

Burst Mode

evanharding618 — 2023-11-30 16:33:26 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

evanharding618 — 2023-12-07 16:31:58 UTC

The most precise of the metering modes, spot metering evaluates light around the chosen focus point or centre of the frame. This provides a precise reading from a very small area of the scene.

Partial Metering

evanharding618 — 2023-12-07 16:32:42 UTC

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

Center Weighted Average Metering

evanharding618 — 2023-12-07 16:35:08 UTC

The metering is weighted at the center and then averaged for the entire scene. This metering mode is for advanced users.

Evaluative Metering

evanharding618 — 2023-12-07 16:37:40 UTC

This is an all around metering mode suited for portraits and even backlit subjects. The camera sets the exposure automatically to suit the scene. This metering mode is set automatically in the Basic Zone modes.

18% Gray

evanharding618 — 2023-12-07 16:38:41 UTC

In photography, painting, and other visual arts, middle gray or middle grey is a tone that is perceptually about halfway between black and white on a lightness scale; in photography and printing, it is typically defined as 18% reflectance in visible light.

Shadows

evanharding618 — 2024-01-11 16:32:34 UTC

A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.

Midtones

evanharding618 — 2024-01-11 16:33:05 UTC

Within The Realm Of Photography, Midtones Refer To The Tonal Range That Lies Between The Extreme Highlights And Shadows, Lending A Sense Of Depth, Dimension, And Naturalness To A Photograph.

Highlights

evanharding618 — 2024-01-11 16:34:02 UTC

Highlights are the lightest elements in an image,

Vignette

evanharding618 — 2024-01-11 16:34:52 UTC

A vignette is a darker border - sometimes as a blur or a shadow - at the periphery of photos. It can be an intentional effect to highlight certain aspects of the image or as a result of using the wrong settings, equipment or lens when taking a photo.

Sepia Tone

evanharding618 — 2024-01-11 16:35:39 UTC

Sepia toning is a chemical process used in photography which changes the appearance of black-and-white prints to brown. The color is now often associated with antique photographs.

AF Points

evanharding618 — 2024-01-18 16:33:29 UTC

Autofocus points are what the camera uses to focus on a subject. You'll probably first notice them when you press the shutter halfway. Many cameras will emit a beep, and some of the AF points will light up—often in red or green—in the viewfinder or on the display screen.

Bracketing

evanharding618 — 2024-01-18 16:34:41 UTC

Basically, when you bracket your shots you take exactly the same picture of your subject at several different exposures. This technique gives you a range of options to choose from when you're editing.

Exposure Level Indicator

evanharding618 — 2024-01-18 16:35:38 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

evanharding618 — 2024-01-18 16:37:02 UTC

Helps you override automatic exposure adjustments your camera makes in situations with uneven light distribution, filters, or underexposure or overexposure. It lets you take control of your image's brightness by manually increasing or decreasing exposure.

White Balance Card

evanharding618 — 2024-01-18 16:37:58 UTC

This produces a baseline from which all other colors are measured. White may not appear “white” under all lighting conditions, so this helps correct it.

Workspace Switcher

evanharding618 — 2024-01-25 16:33:27 UTC

Workspace Switcher displays a visual representation of your workspaces, as shown in Figure 4–3. Figure 4–3 shows the Workspace Switcher when the Java Desktop System session contains four workspaces. Your workspaces appear as buttons on the panel application.

Toolbar

evanharding618 — 2024-01-25 16:34:09 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

evanharding618 — 2024-01-25 16:35:37 UTC

groups of tools used to edit and manipulate your image. Photoshop contains over two dozen palettes that can be shown or hidden by using the Window menu and selecting the palette you wish to reveal.

Menu Bar

evanharding618 — 2024-01-25 16:36:38 UTC

This is where you'll access different commands to use in Photoshop. For example, from the File menu, you can open and save files

Tool Options Bar

evanharding618 — 2024-01-25 16:37:24 UTC

It displays the options for a selected tool. For example, if you select the Crop tool from the toolbox, you find related tools

Cropping

evanharding618 — 2024-02-01 16:32:49 UTC

Cropping is the removal of unwanted outer areas from a photographic or illustrated image.

Aspect Ratio

evanharding618 — 2024-02-01 16:33:49 UTC

The aspect ratio is the proportional relationship between an image's width and height. Different cameras shoot in different aspect ratios, so whether you're using a digital camera, a 35mm film camera, or an iPhone, they can all vary.

Resolution

evanharding618 — 2024-02-01 16:34:31 UTC

resolution is the level of detail contained in an image. More specifically, it refers to the number of pixels that exist within that image.

DPI vs PPI

evanharding618 — 2024-02-01 16:36:10 UTC

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

SOOC

evanharding618 — 2024-02-01 16:39:30 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

evanharding618 — 2024-02-08 16:33:20 UTC

A file format is a standard way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file. It specifies how bits are used to encode information in a digital storage medium. File formats may be either proprietary or free.

Raw File Format

evanharding618 — 2024-02-08 16:34:34 UTC

uncompressed and unprocessed image data captured by a digital camera or scanner's sensors. Shooting in RAW captures a high level of image detail

.PNG File Type

evanharding618 — 2024-02-08 16:35:24 UTC

PNG is short for Portable Network Graphic, a type of raster image file. It's particularly popular file type with web designers because it can handle graphics with transparent or semi-transparent backgrounds.

.JPEG File Type

evanharding618 — 2024-02-08 16:36:02 UTC

short for Joint Photographic Experts Group) is a commonly used method of lossy compression for digital images, particularly for those images produced by digital photography.

.PSD File Type

evanharding618 — 2024-02-08 16:37:09 UTC

PSD (Adobe Photoshop Document) files are raster image files, which include support for image manipulation such as layers, masks, transparency, text, and a variety of other Photoshop-specific elements.

HDR

evanharding618 — 2024-02-15 16:33:43 UTC

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 Exposer

evanharding618 — 2024-02-15 16:34:26 UTC

a technique that combines two different exposures or images that are layered on top of each other. The image overlaid is less than full opacity so a bit of both images can be seen producing an almost ghost-like image.

Triadic Colors

evanharding618 — 2024-02-15 16:35:16 UTC

A triadic color scheme uses three colors that are evenly spaced around the color wheel.

Blue Hour

evanharding618 — 2024-02-15 16:35:50 UTC

It is that moment just before sunrise or after sunset when the sun dips below the horizon.

Golden Hour

evanharding618 — 2024-02-15 16:36:47 UTC

The last hour before sunset and the first hour after sunrise are coveted by professional photographers. Referred to as “the golden hour” or “magic hour,” these times provide the perfect light to capture stunning photos.

Macro Lens

evanharding618 — 2024-02-22 16:33:38 UTC

A lens suitable for taking photographs unusually close to the subject.

Prime Lens

evanharding618 — 2024-02-22 16:34:17 UTC

A lens of fixed focal length.

Telephoto Lens

evanharding618 — 2024-02-22 16:35:29 UTC

A telephoto lens, in photography and cinematography, is a specific type of a long-focus lens in which the physical length of the lens is shorter than the focal length.

Fisheye Lens

evanharding618 — 2024-02-22 16:36:21 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

evanharding618 — 2024-02-22 16:37:16 UTC

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

DSLR

evanharding618 — 2024-02-29 16:33:55 UTC

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

evanharding618 — 2024-02-29 16:34:33 UTC

Metadata means "data about data". Metadata is defined as the data providing information about one or more aspects of the data; it is used to summarize basic information about data that can make tracking and working with specific data easier.

Thumbnails

evanharding618 — 2024-02-29 16:35:17 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

evanharding618 — 2024-02-29 16:36:14 UTC

The term post-processing (or postproc for short) is used in the video/film business for quality-improvement image processing (specifically digital image processing)

Layer Masking

evanharding618 — 2024-02-29 16:37:04 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.

Lens Crop Factor

evanharding618 — 2024-03-07 16:33:23 UTC

The crop factor is sometimes referred to as "magnification factor", "focal length factor" or "focal length multiplier".

Full Frame Camera

evanharding618 — 2024-03-07 16:34:04 UTC

A full-frame DSLR is a digital single-lens reflex camera (DSLR) with a 35 mm image sensor format (36 mm × 24 mm).

APS - C Camera

evanharding618 — 2024-03-07 16:35:12 UTC

Advanced Photo System type-C (APS-C) is an image sensor format approximately equivalent in size to the Advanced Photo System film negative in its C ("Classic") format, of 25.1×16.7 mm, an aspect ratio of 3:2 and Ø 30.15 mm field diameter.

Reflector

evanharding618 — 2024-03-07 16:35:40 UTC

In photography and cinematography, a reflector is an improvised or specialised reflective surface used to redirect light towards a given subject or scene.

Scrim [Diffuser]

evanharding618 — 2024-03-07 16:36:29 UTC

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

Saturation

evanharding618 — 2024-03-14 15:32:59 UTC

The state or process that occurs when no more of something can be absorbed, combined with, or added.

Color Balance

evanharding618 — 2024-03-14 15:33:36 UTC

In photography and image processing, color balance is the global adjustment of the intensities of the colors. An important goal of this adjustment is to render specific colors – particularly neutral colors like white or grey – correctly.

Hue

evanharding618 — 2024-03-14 15:34:30 UTC

A gradation or variety of a color; tint: pale hues. the property of light by which the color of an object is classified as red, blue, green, or yellow in reference to the spectrum.

Vibrance

evanharding618 — 2024-03-14 15:36:05 UTC

Specifically, 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 [Editing Term]

evanharding618 — 2024-03-14 15:37:14 UTC

A contrast cut is a strategic type of cut that juxtaposes two starkly different scenes. Video editors use contrast cuts to create a sense of dissimilarity that heightens the emotion of a scene or emphasizes the intention of particular moments.

Move Tool

evanharding618 — 2024-03-21 15:32:28 UTC

The Move tool helps you position selected content or layers when customizing your work. Select the Move tool (V) .

Patch Tool

evanharding618 — 2024-03-21 15:33:22 UTC

These are the go-to tools for retouching and repairing your images. The Patch Tool is primarily used to repair larger areas of an image, or get rid of any distractions or blemishes.

Clone Stamp Tool

evanharding618 — 2024-03-21 15:33:55 UTC

The Clone Stamp tool copies pixels from one area and applies them to another. Think about it as “copying and pasting,” but you're “pasting” the content by painting.

Spot Healing Brush Tool

evanharding618 — 2024-03-21 15:34:28 UTC

The Spot Healing Brush tool magically removes unwanted spots, marks, or small objects in your image. Photoshop selects and replaces pixels from another part of your image to blend in seamlessly.

Healing Brush Tool

evanharding618 — 2024-03-21 15:35:08 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

evanharding618 — 2024-04-04 15:34:29 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

evanharding618 — 2024-04-04 15:35:07 UTC

Automatically selects an object or area of your image, using machine learning to discern what you might be trying to select.

Polygonal Lasso Tool

evanharding618 — 2024-04-04 15:36:08 UTC

Photoshop's Polygonal Lasso Tool, another of its basic selections tools, is a bit like a cross between the Rectangular Marquee Tool and the standard Lasso Tool, both of which we looked at in previous tutorials. It allows us to easily draw freeform selection outlines based on straight-sided polygonal shapes.

Quick Selection Tool

evanharding618 — 2024-04-04 15:37:17 UTC

The Quick Selection tool looks for edges and contrasts to find objects. It uses Adobe Sensei AI technology to determine where elements in an image begin and end.

Rectangular/Elliptical Marquee Tool

evanharding618 — 2024-04-04 15:38:24 UTC

The rectangular marquee tool in Photoshop, of course, enables you to create selections of rectangular shapes, but there is a related tool called the elliptical marquee tool, that enables you to create selections that, of course, have elliptical or even circular shapes.

Brush Tool

evanharding618 — 2024-04-11 15:32:43 UTC

This tool allows you to paint freehand, add color, refine layer masks and make dozens of other changes to your images.

Zoom Tool

evanharding618 — 2024-04-11 15:33:41 UTC

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. Or just press and hold the Z key, and then click and drag your cursor to the right to zoom in or to the left to zoom out.

Hand tool

evanharding618 — 2024-04-11 15:34:48 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

evanharding618 — 2024-04-11 15:36:07 UTC

The Horizontal Type tool allows you to add horizontal text to your images. Select the Horizontal Type tool (T) . Use the Options bar to customize tool settings, like Font Style, Font Size, and, Text Color, to get the effect you want.

Gradient Tool

evanharding618 — 2024-04-11 15:36:48 UTC

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

Paint Bucket

evanharding618 — 2024-04-18 15:32:23 UTC

A tool in some graphics editor applications that fills in a portion of the image with a certain color or pattern .

Straighten Tool

evanharding618 — 2024-04-18 15:33:11 UTC

You draw it across a line that's supposed to be straight, and then Photoshop will do the actual straightening for you. So find the reference line that I encouraged you to determine in Step 1, then drag the Straighten tool across!

Crop Tool

evanharding618 — 2024-04-18 15:35:30 UTC

The Crop tool removes the part of an image surrounding the selection. Crop to remove distractive background elements and create a focus on your desired object in the image. When you crop an image, by default, the resolution remains the same as the original image.

Smudge Tool

evanharding618 — 2024-04-18 15:36:37 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.

Sponge Tool

evanharding618 — 2024-04-18 15:37:39 UTC

The sponge tool in Photoshop works on color saturation. It can either saturate a color or desaturate a color.

Dodge Tool

evanharding618 — 2024-04-25 15:33:58 UTC

which is particularly effective at lightening selected areas of an image.

Burn Tool

evanharding618 — 2024-04-25 15:35:22 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

evanharding618 — 2024-04-25 15:36:18 UTC

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

Sharpen Tool

evanharding618 — 2024-04-25 15:37:35 UTC

The Sharpen tool focuses soft edges in a photo to increase clarity or focus. Oversharpening a photo gives it a grainy look.

Select and Mask Tool

evanharding618 — 2024-04-25 15:38:18 UTC

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

Tracking [Text]

evanharding618 — 2024-05-02 15:31:41 UTC

Letter spacing, character spacing or tracking is an optically consistent typographical adjustment to the space between letters to change the visual density of a line or block of text.

Leading [Text]

evanharding618 — 2024-05-02 15:32:25 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.

Kerning [Text]

evanharding618 — 2024-05-02 15:33:12 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 — creating readable text that's visually pleasing.

Transform Tool

evanharding618 — 2024-05-02 15:34:05 UTC

Transform in Photoshop is a powerful feature that allows users to modify images or objects within the program to fit their creative needs. This essential tool enables resizing, reshaping, rotating, and moving elements within a document, making it a valuable skill for any Photoshop user.

Clipping Mask

evanharding618 — 2024-05-02 15:35:04 UTC

A clipping path is a closed vector path, or shape, used to cut out a 2D image in image editing software. Anything inside the path will be included after the clipping path is applied; anything outside the path will be omitted from the output.