Digital Photography Study Guide
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What happened in 1969?
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Man landed on the moon and the invention of the digital camera
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What was wrong with the fist digital camera?
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Expensive and low resolution
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What camera part allows for the selecting of Aperture, priority, manual, etc.?
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Mode selector/shooting mode dial
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What do digital cameras record images onto?
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Memory card
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What is the workflow sequence?
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Capture, edit, output
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White in a monitor is formed by 3 prime colors. What are they?
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Red, green, and blue (RGB)
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What does SLR stand for?
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Single lens reflex
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What is the fastest selling point and shoot available?
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Cell phone camera
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What is the least important feature when buying a camera?
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Color of the camera
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What is the difference between digital camera, and film camera?
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The way they capture pictures
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When you finish using a camera, what should you do?
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Turn it off
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What camera has the faster controls?
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SLR camera
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Pressing the camera release button half way down does what?
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Measures the light and focus
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What mode would you set your camera to for auto close-up settings?
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A macro setting
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What does a fast shutter speed do?
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Freezes an action
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Green AUTO indication is for ____setting
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Fully auto
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What would you use the mountain setting for?
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Landscapes and to have everything in focus (great depth of field)
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Less light makes an image___in a digital camera
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Darker
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\"M\" on the camera mode dial stands for what?
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Manual
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What is the optical viewfinder?
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A little square window on the camera
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Which is not found in a digital camera?
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Rewind button
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The \"P\" mode is for what?
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Programmed exposure
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In what mode will the flash pop up in low light settings?
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Full AUTO
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What does TIFF stand for?
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Tagged image file format
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Which is not for storing photographs?
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Card reader
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What is the most common format for saving photos?
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JPEG
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SLR cameras are?
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Large and more expensive
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What is a monopod?
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One legged tripod that stabilizes your camera for quick movement and a clear shot.
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When photographing a sport that needs multiple telephoto lenses, what should you use?
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Digital SLR with interchangeable lenses
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What does a digital zoom do?
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Only crops and enlarges a part of the image
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A flash makes things?
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Flat and harsh with no texture or washed out detail
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What does a digital shutter do?
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Says how long the sensor stays active. Amount of time
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What is the difference between macro lens and telephoto zoom lens?
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Telephoto for sports and macro for close up of plants
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What is the camera part on a digital SLR that connects a flash?
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Hot shoe
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Know shutter speed numbers
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1000, 500, 250, 125, 60, 30,15,8,4,2,1
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What does shutter priority do?
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You adjust shutter speed - the camera chooses what aperture to pair with it.
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What does aperture priority do?
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You adjust aperture - the camera chooses what shutter speed to pair with it.
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For many, focal lengths use?
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Zoom lens (75-300)
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Number of continuous photos is determined by?
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Memory buffer size
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What is red eye caused by?
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Light reflecting off the retina
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How many pixels in a mega pixel?
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One million pixels
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When a photo is stretched to large it becomes?
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Pixilated
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How can you draw a straight line?
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Hold down shift
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What does de-saturation do?
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Reduces color/color intensity
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What are the quick keys for changing brush size?
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What does the dodging tool do?
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Lightens a photo
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To use the clone tool what key do you need to use?
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Alt + mouse click
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In both film and digital what is used to view a group of photographs?
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Proof or contact sheet
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Using photoshop, how can you duplicate a part of a photograph?
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Clone tool
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What tool can you use to retouch blemishes?
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Clone tool or spot healing brush
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How do you delete a layer?
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Drag to trash in the layers palette
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What selection tool can be used to select straight lines?
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Polygon lasso tool
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What is the quick key to taking a step back?
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Command + Z
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Which selection tool selects pixels?
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Magic wand tool, quick selection tool
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What tool lets you select size and resolution for an image?
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Crop tool
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What is rule of thirds?
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The subject is in the third quadrant and not in the center
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Railroad tracks would be a good example of what?
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Leading lines
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Web photos need to be?
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72ppi
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Ethnically you should only use photos that are?
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Your own photos
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What does a slow shutter speed so?
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It can make an image blurry
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When a new layer is created, where is it listed in the layers palette?
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Just above the layer that was previously active
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What does it mean when the opacity in your layers palette is set to 100%?
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The layer is NOT transparent
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\"Continuous shooting mode\" is used mostly for what type of photography?
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Sporting events
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What does the eye dropper tool do?
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It allows you to sample a color
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What does \"portrait\" mode do on a digital camera?
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It chooses a large aperture to blur the background
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A common lossy file format
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JPEG
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Aperture
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The hole or opening through which light travels and controls the focal depth of field
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You need this if you use a slow shutter speed
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Tripod
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The sensitivity of the image sensor
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ISO
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F-stop
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The unit of measurement for adjusting the size of the aperture
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What mode allows the photographer to adjust the aperture, shutter speed, and ISO at the same time?
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Manual mode
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A noisy, grainy image
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Likely result of having an ISO setting of 3200 or higher
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A term for the difference between light and dark tones. Useful in defining your subject.
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Contrast
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f/3.5
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A typical aperture setting used for a shallow depth of field
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Shutter speed 1/2
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The setting for a half-second exposure resulting in considerable motion blur
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White balance
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An adjustment to ensure that your colors are accurate
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Macro
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A lens used to capture a small subject up close
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Key light
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Used to control the principal amount of light on a subject
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f/22
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A typical aperture setting for a large depth of field
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Reflector
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This instrument is used to bounce light onto a subject
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Burn tool
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Used to manually darken portions of an image in Photoshop
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300 PPI
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Standard minimum resolution of pixels per inch for printing
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Mode A
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Camera setting: Aperture Priority Mode
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Mode S
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Camera setting: Shutter Priority Mode
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Mode M
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Camera setting: Manual Mode
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Magnetic lasso
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Photoshop tool where the selection border snaps to edges of an image.
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50 mm lens
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The lens that is most like the human eye.
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Focal length
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Measured in mm, the higher the number the narrower the angle of view and the higher the magnification
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Framing
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Selecting what subject matter will be included in your photograph
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Leading lines
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Composition principle that uses lines to lead the viewer to the main point of interest
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EXIF
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Data produced by a digital camera that includes: File format, shutter speed, aperture setting, ISO.
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POV
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From a certain Point Of View
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Rembrandt Lighting
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Portrait lighting technique that places a lit triangle below the subject eye surrounded by shadow
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Polarizing Filter
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Typically placed in front of the lens to correct or reduce sun glare
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300 mm
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A telephoto lens
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ISO setting 5400
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With this setting you are probably shooting at night
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Clone stamp
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Sample a portion of the image then place it over the top in another location
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Pixelization
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When a digital sample is enlarged to the point that square pixels are noticeable
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Artifacts
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A digital distortion, often square and blocky, usually unintended.
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RAW
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The uncompressed original file format of a digital camera
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Cropping tool
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Tool used to adjust the horizontal and vertical edges of an image
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Framing
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Adjusting your shot to contain the subjects you want
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Spot Brush
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Useful Photoshop tool for working on skin blemishes
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Light meter
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A device to measure light intensity
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Over Exposure
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Too much light hitting the image sensor
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Leading Lines
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Leading lines lead the eye to the subject
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Nose Room
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The space from the tip of a person's nose to edge of the frame
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Principles of Composition
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Basic design principles applied to the composition: balance, symmetry, lighting, etc.
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Lens Flare
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Caused when light reflects off the lens element in the lens barrel
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Full Auto Mode
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When the camera automatically adjusts for lighting and focus with no manual controls
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Types of Memory Cards
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Flash, Smart Media, Secure Digital for recording images
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5 Megapixel Camera
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Capable of an image resolution of five million pixels
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DSLR
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Digital single lens reflex camera
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Point and Shoot Camera
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A small, easy to use, affordable camera with standard automatic settings
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Digital Zoom
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Digital technology inside the camera enlarges the image by enlarging the pixels.
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Thumbnails
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Miniature representations of pictures. Used by photographers on a proof sheet.
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Red eye
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The retina of the eye is reflected by the camera flash.
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Optical Zoom
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Uses the camera lens to physically (not digitally) magnify the image.
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Camera buffer
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A camera's built-in memory that holds digital information before transferring to the memory card.
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P Mode
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Programmed Exposure mode sets the aperture and shutter speed automatically, but not the flash or ISO
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Hot Shoe
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The fitting on top of a camera that holds a small accessory such as a flash
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Adjusting Saturation
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Changes the amount of color in an image
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Mode dial
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selects specific shooting modes such as Aperture Priority, Program, Manual.
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Compact camera
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most convenient for taking photos on vacation
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True
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NASA was able to transmit digital images form space during early space exploration
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connecting camera with cable, memory card reader, importing photos with photo software
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ways of downloading photos from camera to computer
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DSLR
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camera to use if you want full control over images
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DSLR
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Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera
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Camera buffer (RAM internal memory)
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temporarily holds data information before camera writes it to storage card
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800
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a good ISO setting for night shots
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Continuous burst mode
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setting that would help capture the peak of an athlete's jump
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switch to autofocus on camera lens
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If your camera is not focusing automatically
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to capture a lizard's eye
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use macro mode
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memory card, cd, flash drive
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storage devices
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JPEG
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best file format for internet screen display
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300 dpi
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would create a larger file size for a 5x7
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long lens
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telephoto
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LCD
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the screen that shows the images you just shot
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wide angle lens
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would capture a room in its entirety
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bounce flash
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use this if your flash is producing too harsh or flat light
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fill flash
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for outdoor portraits with harsh shadows
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to control depth of field
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use aperture priority mode
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zoom
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lens is most versatile allowing multiple focal lengths
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a normal lens
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sees the same as your eye sees
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brown
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a subjects eyes would turn red when using a flash if they were this color
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light metering
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is not found on the mode dial
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digital single lens reflex
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has a manual focus with interchangeable lenses
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lens
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collects and bends light to focus the image on the sensor
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auto mode
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allows the flash to pop up and fire when its needed
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shutter speed
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controls the amount of motion blur in the image
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scaling/weighting
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enlarging or reducing an image in Photoshop
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ppi
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the resolution for a digital image is measured in
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histiogram
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graph that measures all tones in an image
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hold shift key down while dragging
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to resize an image proportionally
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opacity slider
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changes the opacity of a layer
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marquee tools
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makes selections in form of a shape
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magnetic lasso
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snaps to the highest contrasting edge near your cursor
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select the clone source by holding down option/alt key first
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when using the clone tool
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dodge/burn
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tools that lighten and darken an image
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history pallette
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records all the commands you have made
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levels
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is not a color correction
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the layer is highlighted
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when the layer is active
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control/command \"T\"
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shortcut for transform tool
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black and white image
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desaturated image
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The ease of taking digital photos has increased and sped up people's ability to share picture with each other
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How digital photography has affected social aspects of our culture
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You can view photos immediately and delete unwanted photos
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An advantage of digital photography over film photography
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scanner
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something you can not transfer or download images from the camera with
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categorize and find easily
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why it is important to manage and organize digital files
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DSLR
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camera to use if you want full control
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Digital cameras capture images on a digital sensor and display immediate resluts
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How digital cameras differ from film cameras
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Burst setting
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use this setting for sports photography or anything fast motion
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JPEG
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file type that works best for the internet screen display
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TIFF
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an uncompressed file so all of its digital info is maintained
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JPEG
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a universal image file format that compresses an image by getting rid of useless data - takes up less room on a memory card or hard drive
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layer is highlighted
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how do you know which layer is active
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layer masks
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a non-destructive way of blending images
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adjustment layers
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what can adjust hue/saturation, levels, color balance
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marquee tools
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how to make selection in form of a shape
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magnetic lasso
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like a lasso tool but it snaps to the highest contrasting edge near your cursor
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make a selection
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how do you isolate an area
