Adobe ADBCD17648MC Manuel D’Utilisation

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 8
Glossary

The native file format of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Elements.

The file format for saving and opening multiple pages as a single file in Adobe Photoshop Elements. Photoshop 

and other editors will open the individual PSDs that compose the PSE.

Software from Apple that allows you to view movies and other multi-media files on your computer.

Redundant Array of Independent Disks, a category of disk drives that use two or more drives at the same time 

to improve performance and ensure a graceful response in the event of a hardware or software failure. 

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The engine in Photoshop Elements that converts vector data, such as text, to bitmap data.

The reflection of the camera flash from the retina of a photographed subject, resulting in a red dot in the 

subject’s eye. You can eliminate it automatically when you import images or by using the Red Eye Removal tool.

Allows you to automatically rename several files at once. Available with the Process Multiple 

Files command.

Converting a vector layer such as a shape layer or a text layer into a normal layer. To convert a vector layer 

into a normal layer, choose Layer

  > Simplify Layer.

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To change the resolution of an image by changing its pixel dimensions. Downsampling is decreasing the 

number of pixels, and resampling up (or upsampling) is increasing the number.

A measure of the clarity and sharpness of an image. In digital images, it is measured in pixels per inch. (See 

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Lets an image be resized without changing its resolution. In a typical bitmap image, pixel 

resolution is fixed, so if you enlarge the image, quality is reduced. With resolution independence, however, an image 
isn't rendered into pixels until it is simplified or printed. 

A traditional photographic effect caused by the rapid changing of the film emulsion from hot to cold (hot 

developer to cold fixer). It produces a random pattern of lines in a photographic image, less fine than craquelure. 

The command that reverts the image to the last saved version.

A model for representing colors on a computer display. Red, green, and blue (RGB) are combined in different 

proportions to represent any color. The RGB model can represent 256 x 256 x 256 colors.

A color profile that defines an RGB working space, such as that for a digital camera or 

scanner.

A lossless technique for compressing the transparent portions of each layer in images. (See 

To select a color with the eyedropper in order to use it with a drawing or painting tool.

The purity, or strength, of a color. A fully saturated color contains no gray. Saturation controls make colors 

more vivid (less black or white added) or more muted (more black or white added).