GETTING TO KNOW PHOTO EDITING TERMINOLOGYBy Jennifer Gomez

EXPOSURE Exposure controls the brightness and contrast

of a photo.

Original Exposure

CONTRAST Controls the darkness of a photo

Original Contrast(increased)

INCREASING HIGHLIGHTS Increasing the highlights in a photo brightens the

colors.Original Highlights

INCREASING SHADOWS Decreasing the shadows brightens up the photo

while increasing the shadow, darkens the photo

Original Shadows

COLORS Colors controls the colors in the photo and

makes them stand out or dull.

Original Color

SATURATION Saturation can brighten or dull the colors in a

photo

Original Saturation

TEMPERATURE Temperature affects the color of the whole

photo Turning the temperature all the way down to 0

gives the photo a neutral color tone but anything less than 0 gives it a blue color tone

Turning the temperature all the way up to 100 gives the photo a red-orange color tone.Original(0) Temperature(100

)

CROP Crop means to cut off Cropping a photo is useful when you

want to get rid of the extra space to focus on one point.

OriginalCropped Image

SHARPEN Sharpening an image helps define an image

better.Original Sharpened

EFFECTS Effects change the photo’s color and tint.

Original Effects

SEPIA Sepia changes the colors to a brown-orange

color tone.

Original Sepia

TINT Tint changes the whole photo by changing

the colors in the whole photo.

Original Tint

DUOTONE Duotone is two colors in a photo; a lighter

color and a darker color.

Original Duotone

HUE Adjusting the hue of an image changes the

overall color of the photo.Original Hue Adjusted

LIGHTNESS When the lightness is increased to 100 the

image was brightened

Original Lightness(100)

BULGE Bulge makes the area bigger and distorted in the

an image. It makes the area seem as though it were being looked at through a peephole.

Bulge could be used when making a collage for a friend and you want to make a fun, silly photo.

Original Bulge

PINCH Pinch zooms in on an area. Pinch can be used to make a silly photo or to

put extra emphasis on a certain object or area of the photo.

Original Pinched

OPACITY Opacity is how transparent a photo can be to

show the photo behind it. When the opacity is decreased it allows you

to see the photo behind it when it is layered.Original Opacity

COLOR SPLASH

Original Color Splash

THEME EFFECTS

Original Santa Land Theme

PIXELATE

Original Pixelate

SPOTLIGHT

Original Spotlight

GRUNGE

Original Grunge