a type of intellectual property that protects original works of authorship as soon as an author fixes the work in a tangible form of expression

a thing able to be provided, especially as a product of a development process

a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances

a work or invention that is the result of creativity, such as a manuscript or a design, to which one has rights and for which one may apply for a patent, copyright, trademark, etc.

a detailed outline of all aspects of a project, including all related activities, resources, timelines, and deliverables,

to how a project's requirements tend to increase over time.

a particular group at which a film, book, advertising campaign, etc., is aimed.

the ratio of the width to the height of an image or screen

a representation in which each item corresponds to one or more bits of information, especially the information used to control the display of a computer screen.

an unprocessed photograph captured with a digital camera

color model (also known as process color, or four color) is a subtractive color model, based on the CMY color model, used in color printing,

To make a digital audio signal smaller by lowering its sampling rate or sample size (bits per sample).

Dots per Inch, referring to the number of ink droplets a printer will produce per inch while printing an image.

the open, observable area a person can see through their eyes or via an optical device, such as a camera.

the part of a view that is nearest to the observer, especially in a picture or photograph

the complete range or scope of something

is simply the range of the lightest tones to the darkest tones within a photo. Put another way — it's a measure of the light intensities from the highlights to the shadows.

is simply the range of the lightest tones to the darkest tones within a photo. Put another way — it's a measure of the light intensities from the highlights to the shadows.

how the elements of a photo are arranged.

a process of determining the unknown values that lie in between the known data points.

acts as the skeletal support to build an application

an effect you can add to a layer to change how the colors blend with colors on lower layers.

a piece of photographic paper featuring a set of thumbnail images

taking the surroundings into consideration when making planning or infrastructure decisions.

you're changing the original image—once you exceed the History panel's limit (Changing How Far Back You Can Go) and save your document, those changes are (gulp) permanent. Nondestructive editing means you're not changing the original file and you can go back to it at any time.

a nondestructive way to hide parts of an image or layer without erasing them.

a method of converting colors from one ICC profile to another.

adds management control to Internet servers, firewalls and proxy servers

uses a monitor to preview the outcome of the printout before printed

a path where the object clips out the contents of the layer. We can also use the Adobe Photoshop properties panel to refine the mask with the same options as the layer (pixel) mask.

technique used to add greater realism to a digital image by smoothing jagged edges on curved lines and diagonals.

separate layers of color information

small "desktop" applications in Adobe Photoshop^®, that automatically process files dragged onto their icon

a bright band of pixels outlining a high contrast edge.

a way to soften the hard edges of an object in your image

an animation technique often found in selection tools of computer graphics programs. It helps the user to distinguish the selection border from the image background by animating the border. The border is a dotted or dashed line where the dashes seem to move slowly sideways and up and down.

selects shapes such as hair, branches, or any part of an image with edges, especially complex ones. It allows you to precisely select these areas of the picture you want to crop out, such as your friend or family member.

a recipe for how to work out an answer from a problem, using very simple steps.

uses adjacent pixels of different colors to give the appearance of a third color. For example, a red color and a yellow color may dither in a mosaic pattern to produce the illusion of an orange color that the 8‑bit color panel doesn't contain. Dithering simulates continuous tones.

Photoshop Elements builds a color lookup table (CLUT), which stores and indexes the colors in the image.

a fancy way of saying what the length of one side of a pixel is in relation to the length of the other

The number of pixels that make up an image as well as how many of those pixels are displayed per inch, both determine the quality of an image.

those parts that won't be cropped out regardless of the size or shape of the screen on which they are read.