Aspect Ratio
For example, if a graphic has an aspect ratio of 4:3 or display resolution 800x600, it means that the width is 1.33 as large as the height. When resizing graphics, it is important to maintain the aspect ratio to avoid stretching the graphic out of proportion. If the graphic is 4x6", since 6 divided by 4 equals 1.5, so a 4 inch print needs to be 6 inches long to portray the whole image.
Boarder
see White Boarder.
C-Print
is a negative-to-positive traditional photographic enlargement.
Color Enhancement
Many pictures are poorly taken. Color enhancemnet boosts overall and local contrast, recovers details both in the shadows and in the highlights, restores white balance failure of the digital camera and enhances skin tones, vegetation and sky.
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. Contrast is affected by the subject brightness, lighting, film type degree of development, the grade and surface of the printing paper, and the type of enlarger head used.
CMYK
Short for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black.
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
The term is often used to describe the process of copying a file or PEphoto software from an online server to one's own computer.
DPI
Short of Dots Per Inch, which indicates the resolution of images. PEphoto recommends 300 DPI for all online digital prints.
E surface
Kodak Lustre finish, available in Kodak Supra Endura and Edge photographic paper.
Enlargement
refers to prints size of 8x10" up to 30x120".
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; usually measured in kilobytes (K) or megabytes (M / MB). An image file that is 5 x 7 inches, 24-bit color, resolution 300dpi, is around 1M in size. Right click image for the menu list, then go to properities to view file size.
Fill In
This is a standard practice in the photo finishing industry, due to differences between the shape of most digital images (4x5.3") and the shape of standard print sizes (like 4x6", 5x7", and 8x10").
The height and width of most digital images differs from the height and width of the print sizes we offer. Most digital cameras produce images that are slightly squarer than a 4x6, that they fit better onto computer monitors, but more rectangular than an 8x10. This makes it impossible to print the entire image without cropping it (Fill in) or padding it with a white border (Fit in).
Fit In
This is a standard practice in the photo finishing industry, due to differences between the shape of most digital images (4x5.3") and the shape of standard print sizes (like 4x6", 5x7", and 8x10").
The height and width of most digital images differs from the height and width of the print sizes we offer. Most digital cameras produce images that are slightly squarer than a 4x6, that they fit better onto computer monitors, but more rectangular than an 8x10. This makes it impossible to print the entire image without cropping it (Fill in) or padding it with a white border (Fit in).
Frame Rate
see Aspect Ratio.
FTP
stands for File Transfer Protocol is available for uploading orders with a high number of prints or images with very high resolutions. Please use the following information or contact software support team for details. Orders are only available up to 5x7”. PC user, go to http://www.coreftp.com/download.phpl or http://www.nchsoftware.com/ftp/index.phpl. Mac user, please go to http://www.fetchsoftworks.com/ to download the free ftp, and then use the following information to connect:
Host: ftp.pephoto.com
ID: images@pephoto.com
Pw: 1234569
Glossy
Describes a printing paper with a great deal of surface sheen, look sharp, vibrant and more like a traditional photograph. Handling of glossy paper is important as the paper can quickly and easily be marred by fingerprints and dirt.
Grayscale
An image type that contains more than just black and white, and includes actual shades of gray. In a grayscale image, each pixel has more bits of information encoded in it, allowing more shades to be recorded and shown. 4 bits are needed to reproduce up to 16 levels of gray, and 8 bits can reproduce a photo-realistic 256 shades of gray.
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. PEphoto only accept JPEG or TIFF formats in RGB for order.
Ink-jet Printer
A type of non impact printing technology printer where ink droplets are propelled at the paper to form characters or graphics. Ink-jet printers are capable of producing high quality print approaching that produced by laser printers.
Lamination
To cover or overlay with laminae.
Laser Printer
A type of printer that utilizes a laser beam to produce an image on a drum. The light of the laser alters the electrical charge on the drum wherever it hits. The drum is then rolled through a reservoir of toner, which is picked up by the charged portions of the drum. Finally, the toner is transferred to the paper through a combination of heat and pressure.
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. At PEphoto, we use Lustre as matte.
Matte
Describes a printing paper with nice quality prints but does not have that vibrant color finish. Matte paper is not vulnerable to being marred by fingerprints and it produces a non-glare photo.
Megapixel
One million pixels. The term is used in reference to the resolution of a camera.
Minilab
A digital minilab is a computer printer that uses traditional chemical photographic processes to make prints of digital images. Photographs are input to the digital minilab using a built-in film scanner that captures images from negative and positive photographic films (including mounted slides).
Mounting
Mounting is the technique used to secure a photograph to a 3/16" or 1/2" foam-cor boards. A dry-mounting press provides both pressure and heat, for mounting a photograph on a support, using a tissue coated with heat-softenable adhesive.
N surface
Kodak Matte finish, available in Kodak Supra Endura photographic paper.
Paper Weight
Paper "weight" is usually measured by the caliper thickness of the paper. The thickness of Kodak professional Supra Endure enlargerment lustre/matte paper is 8.98 mils and glossy paper is 8.88 mils. The thickness of Kodak Edge lustre/matte paper is 8.1 mils and glossy paper is 8.23 mils.
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. The small tile images can be seen up close, but at a distance, an entirely different image can be seen.
Pixel
A pixel is a single point in a graphic image.
Points
A new shipping points table was introduced by PEphoto on August 2007. By multiply the "product points" times the number of each item you have ordered to calculate the shipping cost.
PPI
A realtionship bewteen megapixels and the number of horizontal and vertical pixels in the images or the number of pixels contained within one square inch of print. In the case of 3.9 megapixel (2272x1704) camera and 300-ppi printer, divide the number of pixels in the photo by the PPI to determne the size of the printed photo in inches 2272 / 300 = 7.57 and 1704 / 254 = 5.68.
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.
Resolution
Refers to the sharpness and clarity of an image. The hgher the number, the clearer you photo. The number of the pixels determiones the resolution. In the case of dot-matrixand laser printers, the resolution indicates the number of dots per inch. For example, a 300-dpi (dots per inch) printer is one that is capable of printing 300 distinct dots in a line 1 inch long. This means it can print 90,000 dots per square inch.
RGB
Short for Red, Green, Blue.
Shadows
A term that refers to the amount of detail contained in the dark parts of an image. It is desirable to maintain shadow detail but there is a risk of decreasing overall contrast if one lightens the shadow too much in an attempt to expose detail.
Skin tones
(Magenta - Default - Yellow)
Sky
(Cyan - Default - Blue)
Upload
To transmit data from a computer to a server or network. For example, when you use the PEphoto uploader to develop digital pictures, you must upload the files from your PC to the internet (server).
Vegetation
(Yellow - Default - Cyan)
White Balance
The perceived color of an object is affected by the color of the lighting under which it is viewed. The human brain is able to detect and compensate for such changes in perceived color. As a result, a white object will look white to humans whether viewed in sunlight or under overcast skies, or indoors under incandescent or fluorescent lighting. A digital camera must emulate the human brain and adjust colors accordingly to lighting so that colors appear white when viewed directly also appear white in the final photograph. This adjustment is called “White Balance”.
White Boarder
Fit in white boarder: most digital cameras produce images that are slightly squarer than a 4x6, that they fit better onto computer monitors, but more rectangular than an 8x10. This makes it impossible to print the entire image without cropping it or padding it with a white border down either side..
White boarder around the edge: If you wish to have an 4x6 print with a 1/4 inches border, then we have to crop the print accordingly, the image size will become 3.5x5.5 inches.
Working Space
Default working space is sRGB.
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