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Refine Edge

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Anonymous, 31 July 2009 11:32

Refine Edge can be found in Photoshop CS3 and CS4 and provides a sophisticated way of improving the quality of selection edges. It also allows you to view a selection against different backgrounds to make the adjustments easier to see. Five sliders control inside Refine Edge Radius Slider: Increase the Radius to create a more exact selection boundary in areas ...

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Refine Edge

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Anonymous, 31 July 2009 11:32

Refine Edge can be found in Photoshop CS3 and CS4 and provides a sophisticated way of improving the quality of selection edges. It also allows you to view a selection against different backgrounds to make the adjustments easier to see. Five sliders control inside Refine Edge Radius Slider: Increase the Radius to create a more exact selection boundary in areas ...

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Photo Filters

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Anonymous, 31 July 2009 11:26

For adjusting tones in your images, an excellent way is to use Photoshop’s built in Photo Filters, found by going to Image > Adjustments > Photo Filters or from the Adjustment Layer list in the Layers palette. It’s always best to use an Adjustment Layer if you want to work non-destructively. There are 20 Photo Filter presets to choose from ...

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Interpolation

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Anonymous, 31 July 2009 11:18

Interpolation is another name given to the process of image resampling. There are five methods that can be used for calculating the best route for resizing an image – Nearest Neighbor, Bilinear, Bicubic, Bicubic Smoother and Bicubic Sharper. All the Interpolation options are found inside the Image Size Dialog box from the drop-down list. A close-up view of the options ...

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Bicubic Smoother

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Anonymous, 31 July 2009 11:12

The Bicubic smoother is an Interpolation option from the drop-down list inside the Image Size Dialog box and is a good choice if you’re looking to increase the size of your images and offers smoother interpolated enlargements as a result. It’s also worth adding a small amount of sharpening after Interpolating using the Bicubic Smoother option. A close-up view of ...

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Step Interpolation

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Anonymous, 31 July 2009 11:07

Step Interpolation is a completely different way of increasing the size of your images. Rather than using one of the five Interpolation options from inside the Image Size Dialog box, the step interpolation method involves gradually increasing image size by small percentages. The percentage that’s usually settled for is 10%. Step Interpolation isn’t always the best means of interpolation, as ...

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Pin-sharp

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Anonymous, 21 November 2008 12:58

Pin-sharp is an expression used by photographers to describe fantastic sharpness in a photograph. It’s possible to fine-tune sharpening in editing software with tools like Unsharp Mask, but it’s more important to have a sharp image to start with. You can increase your chances of creating pin sharp images by: Using auto focusUsing a fast shutter speedUsing a small aperture

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Mode Dial

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Anonymous, 21 November 2008 12:53

This is a rotational dial that can be swivelled around to change a camera’s mode setting. Found on both compacts and D-SLRs and placed on a camera’s top-plate. On compacts you’re likely to find the mode dial on the far right of the to-pplate, meaning you can change the mode quickly and easily with your thumb. On a D-SLR they’re ...

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D-Pad

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Anonymous, 21 November 2008 12:49

Also known as a directional pad or digital pad, the D-pad is used to describe one of the main buttons on a compact or D-SLR camera. It’s found on the back and lets you move through the camera’s menu system, change AF points and flick through your images in play mode. Although D-pads differ from camera to camera, most of ...

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Top-plate

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Anonymous, 21 November 2008 12:45

If you hold your camera in both hands and look vertically down on top of it you’ll be looking at the top-plate. On a standard D-SLR you’ll find a LCD screen, pop up flash and mode dial on the top-plate. Layout varies from camera to camera and manufacturers often place commonly used buttons like White Balance, ISO and AF, on ...

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Image Quality

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Anonymous, 21 November 2008 12:41

A general term regularly used in both Digital Photo and Practical Photography magazines to describe the quality of an image taken by any type of camera. You can test the image quality of a camera in a number of ways; the most common is by assessing the metering and ISO performance and by viewing a photograph at 100%, or by ...

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