Photo Developing Glossary

Aspect Ratio

is the relative horizontal and vertical sizes...more details

Border

see White Border

C-Print

is a negative-to-positive traditional photographic enlargement.

Color Enhancement

includes adjustment of color, contrast, red eyes and sharpness...more details

Color Data Mode / Color Format

RGB, CMYK or Grayscale

Color Profile

A representation of the color properties of a device; working color space. Today, virtually all profiles conform to the ICC specification.

Contrast

The difference in brightness between the lightest and darkest parts of the prints...more details

CMYK

Short for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black

CMYK & RGB

Crop (Cropping)

To trim the edges of an image

Density

The relative amount of darkness in various areas of photo

Digital Size

refers to prints size of 4x5.3" and 30x40"

Download

To copy data from a main source to one's own computer...more details

DPI

short for Dot Per Inch...more details

E surface

Kodak Lustre finish, available in Kodak Supra Endura and Edge photographic paper.

Enlargement

refers to prints size of 8x10" up to 50x165"

F surface

Kodak Glossy finish, available in Kodak Supra Endura and Edge photographic paper.

File Type

see Image Format

File Size

The amount of computer storage space a file requires...more details

Fill In

A full frame borderless images with some portion of image might be cropped...more details

Fit In

The whole picture will be printed and white border may appear...more details

Frame Rate

see Aspect Ratio

FTP

File Transfer Protocol...more details

Glossy

Describes a printing paper with a great deal of surface sheen, look sharp, vibrant and more like a traditional photograph...more details

Grayscale

An image type that contains more than just black and white, and includes actual shades of gray...more details

Head Swapping

The act of removing the head from someone and replacing it with a different one.

Highlights

The whitest or brightest part of an image; the opposite of shadows.

Image Format

Some of the most common used formats are TIFF, BMP, GIF and JPEG... more details

Ink-jet Printer

A type of non impact printing technology printer where ink droplets are propelled at the paper...more details

Lamination

To cover or overlay with laminae

Laser Printer

A type of printer that utilizes a laser beam to produce an image...more details

Led Printer

A type of printer that using leds (light-emitting diodes) rather than a laser to create the electrostatic charge on the drum.

Lustre

Describes a printing paper often considered the finish between matte and glossy, and has a slight gloss with a subtle pearl-like texture...more details

Matte

Describes a printing paper with nice quality prints but does not have that vibrant color finish...more details

Megapixel

One million pixels. The term is used in reference to the resolution of a camera.

Metallic

Paper coated with a thin solution of lime, whose color and gloss simulate metal...more details

Minilab

A digital minilab is a computer printer that uses traditional chemical photographic processes to make prints of digital images...more details

Mounting

Mounting is the technique used to secure a photograph to a 3/16" or 1/2" foam-cor boards...more details

N surface

Kodak Matte finish, available in Kodak Supra Endura photographic paper.

Panoramic Photos

Panoramic photos is a format of photo that captures images with elongated fields of view...more details

Paper Weight

Paper "weight" is usually measured by the caliper thickness of the paper...more details

PEphoto

Photo Experts photo. PEphoto is also known as PE photo, PE photos, P E photo.

Photo Collage

Photo collage is a composition of combined with original artwork attached to various backgroud.

Photo Mosaics

Photo Mosaics are pictures made up of many smaller pictures...more details

Pixel

A pixel is a single point in a graphic image.

Points

A new shipping points table was introduced by PEphoto desktop version software ROES. By multiply the "product points" times the number of each item you have ordered to calculate the shipping cost.

PPI

Pixels Per Inch...more details

Red Eyes

The red-eye effect in photography is the common appearance of red eyes on photographs taken with a photographic flash when the flash is too close to the lens.

ROES

ROES stands for Remote Order Entry System.

Resolution

Refers to the sharpness and clarity of an image...more details

Retouching

the process of altering a photo or an image, usually to remove imperfections, such as spots, stains, and other flaws.

RGB

Short for Red, Green, Blue

Shadows

A term that refers to the amount of detail contained in the dark parts of an image...more details

Skin tones

(Magenta - Default - Yellow)

Sky

(Cyan - Default - Blue)

Spot Healing

A way to remove flaws - such as dust spots, lines, and cracks - from your images.

Upload

To transmit data from a computer to a server or network...more details

Vegetation

(Yellow - Default - Cyan)

White Balance

To allow you to calibrate the device to correctly display the color white...more details

White Border

arrives down either side of the print when the height and width of digital images differs from the height and width of the print sizes orders...more details

Working Space

Default working space is sRGB / Abobe RGB
















 
 
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