Vocab+Words

LISTED BELOW ARE TERMS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN CLASS. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO COPY THE TERM TO THE PROVIDED HANDOUT BEFORE I COLLECT YOUR RESOURCE FOLDER.

1. Photoshop CS6: Is a popular, image editing software produced by Adobe Systems Inc. This is also the version we are using in class. CS6 is the latest. 2. Workspace: The grey work area, the options bar, the toolbox and the palettes are referred to as the workspace. 3. Tool-tip: A short on-screen note associated with the object to which you are pointing. 4. Palette: named for the board that provides a flat surface on which artist mix paints, is a collection of graphically displayed choices and commands, such as those involving colors, brushes, actions or layers. 5. File Type: refers to the internal characteristics of digital files. 6. File extensions: 3 or 4 letter specification after the file name. 7. Digital images: pictures in electronic form. 8. Ellipses: three dots that follow a menu command. 9. Editing: making changes to or corrections to a photo. 10. Rule of thirds: Dividing the image in thirds both vertically and horizontally. 11. Selection: Specifying or isolating an area of your photo for editing 12. Smoothing: pertains to adjusting the radius of the pixels at the inner corners of the border and adds them to the selection, resulting in a rounded, rectangular border selection. 13. Deselecting: To remove selection indicator. 14. Resolution: refers to the number of pixels per inch, printed on a page. 15. Marquee: is a selection that displays with a flashing or pulsating selection border sometimes described as marching ants. 16. Tolerance: a value that determines the similarity or difference of the pixels selected. 17. Layer: is an image superimposed or separated from other parts of the document. 18. Thumbnail: is a small visual display box in which you can choose small, medium, or large, or no thumbnails. 19. Mask: is used to show or hide portions of a layer or protect areas from edits. 20. Active image area: when multiple windows are open the document with the darker blue title bar is considered the active image area.