A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #   A Alpha Channel - A greyscale channel for storing selections and masks that can be reloaded into an image Antialias - Blending of colors along an edge of an image to eliminate jaggies, most commonly used with text Aspect Ratio - A ratio of width to height   Back to Top B Bevel - A 3-dimensional edge on an image Bezier Curve - A curve with anchor points that can be reshaped Blend - The combination of two layers or areas of an image Burn - A darkening blend mode   Back to Top C Canvas - The working area of an image is displayed Channel - Greyscale images have one channel, RGB has three and CMYK has four CMYK - Cyan/Magenta/Yellow/Black - the four standard colors used in printing Color Depth - The number of bits available per pixel. 8-bit has 256 colors, 16-bit 65,356 and 24-bit over 16.7 million colors Color Palette - A selection area of colors available including background and foreground color Color Wheel - A color spectrum to pick and create custom colors   Back to Top D Defloat - To merge a floating selection into a layer. After a selection is defloated, editing commands affects the entire image or layer Defringe - To clean the edges of a selection by removing pixels of the background DPI - Stands for Dots Per Inch. A unit used to measure the resolution of a printer. The more dots per inch the sharper an image will apppear.   Back to Top E Error Diffusion - Reducing color to improve inaccuracies in pixel color   Back to Top F Feather - Fades an area surrounding an image in pixels Filter - A tool used to apply special effects   Back to Top G Gamma Correction - Adjusts the brightness of an image GIF - Graphic Interchange Format - most commonly used on the internet that supports animations and transparencies   Back to Top H Halftone - Black and white dots simulating the brightness of greyscale images Hexidecimal Color System - Color code values using letters and numbers to designate colors HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language   Back to Top I Image Arithmetic - Combines color data from two images using arithmetic functions Image Resolution - The numbers of pixels per a unit of area, the higher the pixels, the more detailed the image   Back to Top J JPEG - Joint Photographics Experts Group. Supports 24-bit images and reduces file size. Best for photographs   Back to Top K Kerning - The distance between characters of text   Back to Top L Leading - The distance between lines of text measured in 1/100ths of a point. Luminance - The brightness of a color 100% being white, 0% being black   Back to Top M Marquee - Animated black and white border to show an active selection area   Back to Top N Node - The control point on a vector object   Back to Top O Opacity - The density of a layer - 0 being transparent 100 being solid   Back to Top P Palette - Offers the ability to select and mix colors   Back to Top Q   Back to Top R Resample - To change the resolution of an image by increasing or decreasing the resolution Resolution - Details of an image   Back to Top S Selection - An area of an image isolated for an effect Sharpen - Brings an image into better focus Smudge - A retouch mode setting to blend colors Stroked - The outline of text   Back to Top T TIFF - Tagged Image File Format Toggle - Switches an item on and off Tool Palette - Provide image editing tools Transparency - A degree of visibility for a color or selection True Color - 24-bit color   Back to Top U Unsharp Mask - A filter to sharpen an image   Back to Top V VCF Cards are virtual business cards that contain  information in them like your name, address, telephone number, email address & web site address. To disable VCF Cards in Outlook Express: With Outlook Express Open > Select  > Tools > Options > Compose Make sure that the the "mail" portion of business cards is not checked. To disable VCF Cards in Netscape: With Netscape Open > Select > Edit > Preferences Click on the + sign in front of "mail and newsgroups Click on "Identity" At the bottom of that box you "uncheck" the box that says "attach my personal card to message (as Vcard) then click "OK"     Back to Top W Watermark - Embedded information on an image to distinguish a copyright or owner information, some are imperceptible to the human eye, only readable on a computer   Back to Top X   Back to Top Y   Back to Top Z Zoom - To increase or decrease the magnification of an image   Back to Top # 1-Bit Image - Contains a maximum of 2 colors 15-Bit Image - Contains a maximum of 32,768 colors 16-Bit Image - Contains a maximum of 65,536 colors 24-Bit Image - Contains a maximum of 16,777,216 colors 4-Bit Image - Contains a maximum of 16 colors   Back to Top     ::Site Directory::   Copyright © 2000-2004 PSPImaginarium All rights reserved. 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