Vocab Padlet by Ava Gilrowski

Camera Obscura

avgilrowski — 2023-08-18 15:57:40 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

avgilrowski — 2023-08-18 16:09:24 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 Reflex Camera

avgilrowski — 2023-08-18 16:10:57 UTC

A twin-lens reflex camera 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", while the other is used for the viewfinder system, which is usually viewed from above at waist level.

Gelatin Silver Process

avgilrowski — 2023-08-18 16:12:48 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. As such, films and printing papers available for analog photography rarely rely on any other chemical process to record an image

Genre

avgilrowski — 2023-08-18 16:13:55 UTC

Genre is any form or type of communication in any mode with socially-agreed-upon conventions developed over time. In popular usage, it normally describes a category of literature, music, or other forms of art or entertainment, whether written or spoken, audio or visual, based on some set of stylistic criteria.

Curator

avgilrowski — 2023-08-23 15:35:44 UTC

A curator is a manager or overseer. When working with cultural organizations, a curator is typically a "collections curator" or an "exhibitions curator", and has multifaceted tasks dependent on the particular institution and its mission.

Exhibition

avgilrowski — 2023-08-23 15:36:44 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

avgilrowski — 2023-08-23 15:37:48 UTC

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

Museum

avgilrowski — 2023-08-23 15:38:55 UTC

A museum is a community service that displays and preserves objects of significance. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects in public display, and some have private collections that are used by researchers and specialists.

Photography Studio

avgilrowski — 2023-08-23 15:40:16 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

avgilrowski — 2023-09-01 15:34:44 UTC

Radial symmetry is a symmetry in which the sides exhibit correspondence or regularity of parts around a central axis.

Symmetry

avgilrowski — 2023-09-01 15:35:28 UTC

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

Asymmetry

avgilrowski — 2023-09-01 15:36:41 UTC

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

juxtaposition

avgilrowski — 2023-09-01 15:38:02 UTC

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

Abstract

avgilrowski — 2023-09-01 15:40:00 UTC

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

Line

avgilrowski — 2023-09-08 15:33:00 UTC

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

shape

avgilrowski — 2023-09-08 15:33:36 UTC

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

Color

avgilrowski — 2023-09-08 15:34:26 UTC

An element of art made up of three properties: hue, value,
and intensity.
• Hue: name of color
• Value: hue’s lightness and darkness (a color’s value
changes when white or black is added)
• Intensity: quality of brightness and purity (high
intensity= color is strong and bright; low intensity=
color is faint and dull)

Space

avgilrowski — 2023-09-08 15:35:57 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

avgilrowski — 2023-09-08 15:36:34 UTC

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

Value

avgilrowski — 2023-09-08 15:37:15 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.

Form

avgilrowski — 2023-09-08 15:38:40 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.

Balence

avgilrowski — 2023-09-15 15:33:24 UTC

Balance is a compositional technique in photography that involves arranging the main subject and other elements within the frame of a photograph so that everything in the image has equal visual weight.

Variety

avgilrowski — 2023-09-15 15:34:34 UTC

In photography, variety would refer to using different colors, shapes, or objects in the image. Variety would also result by varying the angles from which the photo is taken or taking photos using different lighting or exposures.

pattern

avgilrowski — 2023-09-15 15:36:01 UTC

Pattern in Photography is a regularity within a scene. It's elements of the scene that repeat themselves in a predictable way. Pattern can be found everywhere and is commonly seen within shapes, colors or textures.

Proportion

avgilrowski — 2023-09-15 15:37:22 UTC

Proportion in photography is usually comparing size of objects, or the amount of one thing to the whole

Movement

avgilrowski — 2023-09-15 15:38:28 UTC

Movement in photography simply refers to elements of a photo that are moving (or appear to be moving).

Unity

avgilrowski — 2023-09-15 15:40:25 UTC

A photograph with perfect unity or harmony is one that is so well presented, where no part of it feels out of place or unnecessary.

Emphasis

avgilrowski — 2023-09-15 15:41:15 UTC

Contrasting colors between your background and your subject can emphasize your focal point.

Cool colors

avgilrowski — 2023-09-20 15:31:28 UTC

Cool colors include green, blue, and purple, and variations of those three colors.

Warm colors

avgilrowski — 2023-09-20 15:32:17 UTC

Warm colors include red, orange, and yellow, and variations of those three colors.

neutral colors

avgilrowski — 2023-09-20 15:33:15 UTC

The four most common neutrals are black, white, brown and grey, and are created by mixing two complementary colors. These neutrals don't have hue undertones, causing them to be considered “pure”.

complementary colors

avgilrowski — 2023-09-20 15:34:17 UTC

Examples of complementary color combinations are: Red and green; yellow and purple; orange and blue; green and magenta.

monochromatic colors

avgilrowski — 2023-09-20 15:35:24 UTC

Monochromatic color refers to a color scheme that is comprised of variations of one color.

Gradient

avgilrowski — 2023-09-20 15:36:38 UTC

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

Constructive Criticism

avgilrowski — 2023-09-26 16:19:53 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

avgilrowski — 2023-09-26 16:21:08 UTC

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

ethical

avgilrowski — 2023-09-26 16:22:55 UTC

relating to moral principles or the branch of knowledge dealing with these.

objective

avgilrowski — 2023-09-26 16:24:06 UTC

something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target:

subjective

avgilrowski — 2023-09-26 16:25:15 UTC

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

copyright

avgilrowski — 2023-09-26 16:38:41 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

avgilrowski — 2023-09-26 16:39:53 UTC

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

Rules of Thirds

avgilrowski — 2023-10-04 15:37:32 UTC

The rule of thirds is a "rule of thumb" for composing visual images such as designs, films, paintings, and photographs.

Leading Lines

avgilrowski — 2023-10-04 15:38:32 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

avgilrowski — 2023-10-04 15:40:32 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

avgilrowski — 2023-10-04 17:23:44 UTC

In art and design, negative space is the empty space around and between the subject of an image. Negative space may be most evident when the space around a subjec

Positive Space

avgilrowski — 2023-10-04 17:25:30 UTC

Positive space is a term used to refer to the areas of interest and focus in a piece of artwork. Positive space is often the subject of a work of art such as a person, landscape, or object.

Backlight

avgilrowski — 2023-10-13 16:02:04 UTC

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

Diffused Lighting

avgilrowski — 2023-10-13 16:03:00 UTC

Diffused light, or soft light, is light that's filtered by something. Sunlight through a sheer curtain is diffused. Light from behind a lampshade is diffused compared to the direct light of a bare bulb. The lampshade softens and scatters the light.

Ambient Light

avgilrowski — 2023-10-13 16:03:17 UTC

What is ambient light? Creating ambient lighting (also called mood lighting) involves using colour, temperature, and brightness to create a comfortable and even level of light throughout a space. The main sources of ambient lighting are usually ceiling lights, wall-mounted fixtures, or recessed spotlights.

Chiaroscuro

avgilrowski — 2023-10-13 16:04:42 UTC

This is an Italian term which literally means 'light-dark'. In paintings the description refers to clear tonal contrasts which are often used to suggest the volume and modelling of the subjects depicted. Artists who are famed for the use of chiaroscuro include Leonardo da Vinci and Caravaggio.

Silhouette

avgilrowski — 2023-10-13 16:05:30 UTC

a picture (as a drawing or cutout) of the outline of an object filled in with a solid usually black color b : a profile portrait done in silhouette 2 : the shape or outline of something; especially : the outline of an object seen or as if seen against the light.

diptych

avgilrowski — 2023-10-18 15:32:44 UTC

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

triptych

avgilrowski — 2023-10-18 15:33:42 UTC

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

orthographic view

avgilrowski — 2023-10-18 15:34:39 UTC

The orthographic view definition is a projection of one side of the figure onto its perpendicular plane. An orthographic projection consists of three views: the front view, the top view, and a side

barrel lens distortion

avgilrowski — 2023-10-18 15:35:33 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 distortion

avgilrowski — 2023-10-18 15:37:00 UTC

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

ISO

avgilrowski — 2023-10-25 15:32:54 UTC

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

ASA

avgilrowski — 2023-10-25 15:33:54 UTC

The ASA (American Standards Association) scale is an arbitrary rating of film speed; that is, the sensitivity of the film to light.

image sensor

avgilrowski — 2023-10-25 15:34:49 UTC

In a camera system, the image sensor receives incident light (photons) that is focused through a lens or other optics.

film grain

avgilrowski — 2023-10-25 15:35:53 UTC

Film grain is the visible silver crystals in a film negative's emulsion. These light-sensitive silver halides change into pure metallic silver when exposed to light

digital noise

avgilrowski — 2023-10-25 15:36:57 UTC

Just like with sound, where noise refers to auditory disruptions, in photography, the term digital noise refers to visual distortion. Noise looks like tiny colored pixels or specks in your photograph

auto mode

avgilrowski — 2023-11-08 16:32:43 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

avgilrowski — 2023-11-08 16:33:59 UTC

In program mode the camera selects and sets both the shutter speed and the aperture.

manual mode

avgilrowski — 2023-11-08 16:34:45 UTC

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

shutter priority mode

avgilrowski — 2023-11-08 16:36:20 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

avgilrowski — 2023-11-08 16:37:11 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

avgilrowski — 2023-11-15 16:32:14 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

avgilrowski — 2023-11-15 16:33:09 UTC

Bulb (B) is a feature present on all Canon EOS cameras and allows you to use shutter speeds slower than the standard maximum of 30 seconds.

motion blur

avgilrowski — 2023-11-15 16:33:56 UTC

Motion blur is the apparent streaking of moving objects in a photograph or a sequence of frames, such as a film or animation.

tripods/monopods

avgilrowski — 2023-11-15 16:35:09 UTC

a three-legged stand for supporting a camera or other apparatus.Monopods are similar to tripods but they have a single leg instead of three.

camera shake

avgilrowski — 2023-11-15 16:36:07 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

lens focal length

avgilrowski — 2023-11-17 17:05:12 UTC

Focal length is the distance from the center of the lens to the imaging point (focal plane) where the light for the image is collected.

F/stop

avgilrowski — 2023-11-17 17:06:09 UTC

F-stop is the term used to denote aperture measurements on your camera. The aperture controls the amount of light that enters the camera lens, and it's measured in f-stops.

aperture

avgilrowski — 2023-11-17 17:08:39 UTC

the opening in a photographic lens that admits the light in.

depth of field

avgilrowski — 2023-11-17 17:11:11 UTC

In simplest terms, depth of field is how much of your image is in focus. In more technical terms, depth of field is the distance in an image where objects appear “acceptably in focus” or have a level of “acceptable sharpness.”

Bokeh

avgilrowski — 2023-11-17 17:12:24 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.

long exposure

avgilrowski — 2023-11-29 16:32:35 UTC

Long exposure photography is the name given to the technique in which the camera's shutter is left open during a somewhat lengthy period of time.

time lapse

avgilrowski — 2023-11-29 16:33:21 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

avgilrowski — 2023-11-29 16:34:04 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

avgilrowski — 2023-11-29 16:34:58 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

avgilrowski — 2023-11-29 16:36:19 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

avgilrowski — 2023-12-06 16:32:19 UTC

The most precise of the metering modes, spot metering evaluates light around the chosen focus point or centre of the frame.

partial metering

avgilrowski — 2023-12-06 16:33:48 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

center weighted average metering

avgilrowski — 2023-12-06 16:34:57 UTC

Center-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

avgilrowski — 2023-12-06 16:36:07 UTC

Evaluative metering is the mostly used automatic metering mode in everyday photography and can be applied in most shooting scenarios. As its name suggests, it takes a series of readings in zones that cover the entire frame, and then calculates the overall average exposure value.

18% gray

avgilrowski — 2023-12-06 16:37:10 UTC

The short answer to why we use 18% Gray is simply this, if the light in an average scene being photographed is averaged out, it will produce an 18% gray tone (neutral).

shadows

avgilrowski — 2024-01-10 16:32:37 UTC

Shadows are the dark areas where a light source is blocked by an object. Shadows change shape, intensity, and even color along with the angle, direction, and temperature of light.

midtones

avgilrowski — 2024-01-10 16:33:29 UTC

Within The Realm Of Photography, Midtones Refer To The Tonal Range That Lies Between The Extreme Highlights And Shadows

highlights

avgilrowski — 2024-01-10 16:34:44 UTC

Highlights are the lightest elements in an image, whereas shadows are the darkest areas. Dynamic range is the ratio between those vivid highlights and dark shadows, from bright white to pure black. That range is key to an image's depth and drama. If a photo has poor dynamic range, the image can appear flat or gray

vignette

avgilrowski — 2024-01-10 16:35:24 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

avgilrowski — 2024-01-10 16:36:46 UTC

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

AF points

avgilrowski — 2024-01-17 16:33:57 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

avgilrowski — 2024-01-17 16:34:33 UTC

Bracketing is a technique that photographers use to capture the best possible photo. It involves taking several pictures of the same scene.

Exposure Level Indicator

avgilrowski — 2024-01-17 16:35:16 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

avgilrowski — 2024-01-17 16:36:09 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.

white balance card

avgilrowski — 2024-01-17 16:37:17 UTC

A white balance card is an important tool for photographers to have in their arsenal. It can be used to help achieve accurate colors in photos, regardless of the lighting conditions. In this article, we'll show you how to use a grey white balance card for perfect color in your photography.

Workspace Switcher

avgilrowski — 2024-01-24 16:32:54 UTC

Workspace Switcher displays a visual representation of your workspaces

toolbar

avgilrowski — 2024-01-24 16:34:23 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

avgilrowski — 2024-01-24 16:36:03 UTC

Introduction to Palettes. Palettes are 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

avgilrowski — 2024-01-24 16:37:15 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

avgilrowski — 2024-01-24 16:38:13 UTC

The options bar is right underneath the menu bar. It's a horizontal menu that, by default, is on the left side of the screen.

cropping

avgilrowski — 2024-01-31 16:32:07 UTC

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

aspect ratio

avgilrowski — 2024-01-31 16:33:05 UTC

An aspect ratio is a proportional relationship between an image's width and height. Essentially, it describes an image's shape.

resolution

avgilrowski — 2024-01-31 16:34:37 UTC

In digital photography, resolution is the level of detail contained in an image. More specifically, it refers to the number of pixels that exist within that image. The higher the resolution, and the richer the pixel count, the more detail and definition you will see.

DPI vs PPI

avgilrowski — 2024-01-31 16:35:29 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

avgilrowski — 2024-01-31 16:37:57 UTC

SOOC is a photographer's abbreviation that stands for “Straight Out Of Camera.” It refers to images that are shown exactly as they were captured by the camera, with no post-processing applied whatsoever

file formats

avgilrowski — 2024-02-07 16:32:35 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

avgilrowski — 2024-02-07 16:33:32 UTC

RAW files contain uncompressed and unprocessed image data, allowing photographers to capture practically every detail they see in their viewfinder. The RAW file format stores the largest amount of detail out of any raster file type, which photographers can then edit, compress, and convert into other formats.

.png

avgilrowski — 2024-02-07 16:35:18 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

avgilrowski — 2024-02-07 16:36:41 UTC

JPEG is a commonly used method of lossy compression for digital images, particularly for those images produced by digital photography. The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality

.psd

avgilrowski — 2024-02-07 16:38:38 UTC

PSD files are the native file format of Adobe Photoshop. You've probably seen files with the . psd extension format, especially if you've been an Adobe Photoshop user. Most commonly used by designers and artists, Photoshop Documents are powerful tools for image data storage and creation.

HDR

avgilrowski — 2024-02-14 16:35:19 UTC

In photography, 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

avgilrowski — 2024-02-14 16:36:55 UTC

Double exposure photography is a technique that layers two different exposures on a single image, combining two photographs into one. Double exposure creates a surreal feeling for your photos and the two photographs can work together to convey deep meaning or symbolism.

triadic colors

avgilrowski — 2024-02-14 16:37:45 UTC

Red, blue, and yellow are three primary colors that create a triadic color scheme. Triadic colors create a vibrant color palette by separating each color, regardless of the specific hues.

blue hour

avgilrowski — 2024-02-14 16:38:21 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. This shade differs from the colour of the sky on a clear day, which is caused by Rayleigh scattering

golden hour

avgilrowski — 2024-02-14 16:38:55 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

avgilrowski — 2024-02-21 16:32:36 UTC

Macro photography is extreme close-up photography, usually of very small subjects and living organisms like insects, in which the size of the subject in the photograph is greater than life size.

prime lens

avgilrowski — 2024-02-21 16:34:10 UTC

In film and photography, a prime lens is a fixed focal length photographic lens, typically with a maximum aperture from f2.8 to f1.2. The term can also mean the primary lens in a combination lens system. Confusion between these two meanings can occur without clarifying contex

telephoto lens

avgilrowski — 2024-02-21 16:35:13 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

avgilrowski — 2024-02-21 16:36:06 UTC

A fisheye lens is an ultra wide-angle lens that produces strong visual distortion intended to create a wide panoramic or hemispherical image. Fisheye lenses achieve extremely wide angles of view, well beyond any rectilinear lens.

vibration reduction

avgilrowski — 2024-02-21 16:37:14 UTC

Vibration Reduction (VR) is an image stabilization technology that minimizes blur caused by camera shake. Using a VR NIKKOR lens can result in sharp images in low light, under windy conditions or when using a physically large NIKKOR lens, at up to four stops slower with a VR lens than a non-VR lens.

dslr

avgilrowski — 2024-02-28 16:32:11 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. The reflex design scheme is the primary difference between a DSLR and other digital cameras.

metadata

avgilrowski — 2024-02-28 16:33:21 UTC

Metadata is "data that provides information about other data", but not the content of the data itself, such as the text of a message or the image itself. There are many distinct types of metadata, including: Descriptive metadata – the descriptive information about a resource

thumbnails

avgilrowski — 2024-02-28 16:34:17 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

avgilrowski — 2024-02-28 16:35:07 UTC

The term post-processing is used in the video/film business for quality-improvement image processing methods used in video playback devices, such as stand-alone DVD-Video players; video playing software; and transcoding software. It is also commonly used in real-time 3D rendering to add additional effects

layer masking

avgilrowski — 2024-02-28 16:36:15 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.

saturation

avgilrowski — 2024-03-13 15:33:57 UTC

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

color balance

avgilrowski — 2024-03-13 15:34:52 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

avgilrowski — 2024-03-13 15:35:32 UTC

In color theory, hue is one of the main properties of a color, defined technically in the CIECAM02 model as "the degree to which a stimulus can be described as similar to or different from stimuli that are described as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet," within certain theories of color

vibrance

avgilrowski — 2024-03-13 15:36:20 UTC

striking brightness of color.

contrast(editing term)

avgilrowski — 2024-03-13 15:37:36 UTC

The contrast of an image refers to the difference between the light pixels and dark pixels. Low contrast images contain a narrow range of colors while high contrast images have bright highlights and dark shadows. Adjusting the contrast can either make an image more vivid or can mute the tones for a more subdued feel.

laso tool

avgilrowski — 2024-04-03 15:33:27 UTC

The Lasso tool is the original freehand selection tool in Photoshop. Whereas the Marquee tool is ideal for selecting circles and rectangles, and the Magic Wand tool is perfect for selecting color ranges, the Lasso tool is your go-to function when you need to outline irregular shapes.

magic wand tool

avgilrowski — 2024-04-03 15:34:27 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. If you click on the sky, it selects the sky; click on a person's face, and you have the entire face selected in just seconds.

polygonal lasso tool

avgilrowski — 2024-04-03 15:35:06 UTC

The Polygonal Lasso Tool creates selections with straight edges. It is perfect for selecting objects like buildings and products. In this tutorial, learn how to use the Polygonal Lasso Tool to select architecture and replace a sky.

quick selection tool

avgilrowski — 2024-04-03 15:35:43 UTC

The Quick Selection tool allows you to quickly and easily select one area or section of an image.

rectanuglar/elliptical marquee tool

avgilrowski — 2024-04-03 15:36:58 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

avgilrowski — 2024-04-10 15:34:30 UTC

A brush tool is one of the basic tools found in graphic design and editing applications. It is a part of the painting tool set which may also include pencil tools, pen tools, fill color and many others. It allows the user to paint on a picture or photograph with the selected color.

zoom tool

avgilrowski — 2024-04-10 15:35:41 UTC

The zoom tool is used for magnifying a selected part of the image. The first option is called Auto-resize window. By default it's disabled. By enabling it, it will resize the window according to the size of the magnified area. Underneath are two other options, for zooming in or out.

hand tool

avgilrowski — 2024-04-10 15:38:11 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. Select the Hand tool (H) from the tool bar or press and hold the spacebar key to temporarily switch to the Hand tool

horizontial type tool

avgilrowski — 2024-04-10 15:39:20 UTC

The Horizontal Type tool allows you to add horizontal text to your images. Select the Horizontal Type tool (T)

gradient tool

avgilrowski — 2024-04-10 15:40:00 UTC

The Gradient tool allows you to create gradual changes of color and light across an image with power and precision. You can use different types of gradients to blend with or overlay other images to create stunning backdrops for logo designs, poster art, stylized photos, and more.

paint bucket

avgilrowski — 2024-04-17 15:35:08 UTC

Select the Paint Bucket tool (G) from the toolbar. If you can't find the Paint Bucket tool, click and hold the Gradient tool to show the other related tools, and then select the Paint Bucket tool. In the tool options bar, choose to fill the selection with the foreground color.

straighten tool

avgilrowski — 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. So find the reference line that I encouraged you to determine in Step 1, then drag the Straighten tool across!

crop tool

avgilrowski — 2024-04-17 15:37:19 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

avgilrowski — 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. In the Photoshop toolbox, the Smudge tool is a pointing-finger icon.

sponge tool

avgilrowski — 2024-04-17 15:40:19 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, we can either increase the color intensity of some pixels or decrease the color intensity of some pixels.

tracking text

avgilrowski — 2024-05-01 15:35:54 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

avgilrowski — 2024-05-01 15:37:44 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.

kerning text

avgilrowski — 2024-05-01 15:39:07 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.

transfrom tool

avgilrowski — 2024-05-01 15:40:07 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.

dodge tool

avgilrowski — 2024-05-01 15:41:14 UTC

The Dodge tool allows you to lighten specific areas of your image without affecting hue or saturation. Select the Dodge tool (O) . Use the Options bar to customize tool settings, like brush size, range, and exposure, to get the effect you want.

select and mask

avgilrowski — 2024-05-03 15:44:18 UTC

Select and Mask makes selecting easier by putting all of the Selection Tools in one place. The Quick Selection Tool will guess-select a section of your subject based on where you paint. The Refine Edge Tool works well on fine areas like Hair.

sharpen tool

avgilrowski — 2024-05-03 15:45:52 UTC

The tool does exactly as its name implies: It sharpens up any image that is blurry or unclear. It helps to improve the contrast of your image by darkening the dark pixels and brightening up lighter ones. As a result, edges are better defined, making the object in the photo pop more and giving it more contrast.

blur tool

avgilrowski — 2024-05-03 15:46:35 UTC

The Blur tool allows you to paint blur effect on specific areas of an image. Select the Blur tool . Use the Options bar to customize tool settings, like Size, Hardness, and Strength, to get the effect you need.

burn tool

avgilrowski — 2024-05-03 15:47:26 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,

dodge tool

avgilrowski — 2024-05-03 15:48:08 UTC