photography basics

: CMYK can relate to four color or full color printing process using a mix of cyan magenta yellow and black to make full color pages .

A photo printed in a color other than black

: a photograph in full color

the range of tones between black and white areas in a photo

to eliminate (opaque, mask, cut or trim) portions of an illustration or photo to fit a specific area or to capture only a portion.

a process that isolates your subject. Less depth is great for one to three subjects. More depth of field is suggested for establishing .

measurement scale for resolution of output devices such as monitors, laser printed and image setters.

process whereby an original black and white picture is printed black, plus one additional color for a special effect

: the amount of light collected by the sensor in a camera during a single picture

the sharpness of the subject

photot with an overall light appearance so that words or autographs can be printed over them and still be readable. A ghosted photo will onl

: reproduction of a continuous tone image made by a screen pattern to convert a color image into various size dots to create a reproducible

: a graphic representation of how bright and dark pixels are distributed in an image

most common file format used in digital photography. When the image is saved, data the human eye probably won’t see is removed. This is call

the unit of measure (small dots) in the digital world for cameras. The number of megapixels is directly related to the size the digital imag

Noise is the presence of pixels whose color and brightness is unrelated to the subject.”

(the collecting, editing, and presenting of news material for publication or broadcast) that employs images in order to tell a news story.

a minute area of illumination on a display screen, one of many from which an image is composed

Resolution is the term used to describe the number of dots, or pixels, used to display an image

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the color balance on a digital camera.