This is a list of definitions of photo editing terms, with links to articles that include them.
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- Temperature (white balance) (3)Temperature, or 'color temperature', is one of the key settings in white balance adjustments. Different light sources have different color temperatures, from yellow/orange for incandescent indoor lighting to blue for open shade under blue skies or twilight.
- Texture (Lightroom) (1)A relatively new adjustment in Adobe Lightroom which is somewhere between Sharpening and Clarity. It adds definition and the appearance of crisper detail to objects, though it can increase the appearance of noise, too.
- Textures (8)Textures are a great way to add an 'analog' feel to a digital image. They can be relatively subtle, such as adding a 'paper' texture that simulates the fine pattern or fibres of art paper, or more dramatic, simulating the look of an old photographic 'wet plate' or unusual printing materials like tin or wood. Textures can also replicate the appearance of a scratched, stained or faded print.
- Thumbnail (1)A small rendition of an image designed for easy identification amongst lots of others. Image cataloguing software will show the contents of a folder, album or search results using a grid of smal 'thumbnail' images.
- TIFF (3)An image file format that uses ‘lossless’ compression but produces much larger files than JPEGs. It’s sometimes offered as a file format on more advanced cameras but it’s more useful later on as an image file format for image editing and manipulation on a computer.
- Tilt shift (2)Tilt shift lenses, or 'perspective control' lenses, have built-in lens movements which let you shift the lens up, down or sideways relative to the camera, or tilt it at an angle. The shift movement is good for correcting converging verticals in architectural shots, while the tilt movement has traditionally been used for depth of field control in studio photography.
- Tint (white balance) (4)A secondary white balance adjustment used alongside colour temperature for more complex light sources like fluorescent lighting. Colour temperature works across an amber-blue spectrum, while tint adds a green-magenta axis.
- Tone Curve (Lightroom) (1)This is just another name for the Curves tool found in most photo editing applications. 'Tone Curve' is probably a better description of what this tool does and it's how it's described in Adobe Lightroom.
- Tone mapping (1)A technique used by HDR software to ‘map’ the extremely wide brightness range of a high dynamic range image into an editable form where the extremes of shadow and highlight detail are preserved. It’s usually the first and sometimes the only step in making an HDR image.
- Toning (8)Toning is a popular technique in black and white photography where a chemical tint is added as the print is being developed. Sepia toning is popular for creating a vintage look, but selenium toning can add a richer, colder tone, while cyanotypes – strictly speaking, a different chemical process – have a much stronger blue tone.
- Topaz Labs (1)Company that makes standalone noise reduction, image upsizing and sharpening tools that are also built into an AI Photo app in a simplified form, which chooses and applies optimum enhancements via AI.