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| Adjusting Levels | Changing highlights, shadows, and mid-tones of a photo |
| Alignment | arranging design components in an organized and visually appealing manner |
| Color | hue, The visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, blue, yellow, green and others. |
| Color Correction | adjusting the color values of a photo to make them appear more realistic or to achieve the desired effect |
| Color Gamut | the range of colors that is defined by the color profile; when working within a given color profile, color choices are selected from the gamut |
| Color Profile | a pre-determined subset of specific colors assigned to an image; preset for devices like scanners, digital cameras, monitors, and printers so that the color of an image remains true from source to destination |
| Color Scheme | An arrangement or combination of colors that are carefully selected to capture the attention and/or set a mood for the user when viewing a project. |
| Contrast | the amount of separation between the darkest areas of a photo and the brightest areas; adding contrast causes a photo to look more defined |
| Deadlines | Specific dates/times when parts of a project are to be submitted for review and feedback to the client and any other partners. |
| Destructive Editing | changes the original photo in a way that cannot be reversed after saving and closing |
| Dithering | if a particular output device (monitor, web page, etc.) cannot display colors within the assigned color profile, this process peppers in pixels of similar colors to replace the colors that cannot be displayed |
| Exposure | the amount of light in a photo; under-exposed is not enough light, while over-exposed is too much light |
| Facing Page | – the two facing pages of any publication, spreadsheet, or web design |
| Feathering/blending | a technique used in computer graphics software to smooth or blur the edges of an element |
| File Name Conventions | agreed upon by designers, project managers and client, refers to the protocols that will be used when saving files |
