Photography & Camera Basics

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 portions of an illustration or photo to fit a specific area or to capture only a portion of the photo on a yearbook

a process that isolates your subject.

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

: photo with an overall light appearance so that words or autographs can be printed over them and still be readable

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

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

photo with an overall light appearance so that words or autographs can be printed over them and still be readable

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

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

most common file format used in digital photography