This is a list of definitions of photo editing terms, with links to articles that include them.
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- Velvia (1)A classic slide film made by Fujifilm and now reproduced as one of the many digital Film Simulations in modern Fujifilm cameras. It's characterized by its own specific color rendition and high saturation, though it's debatable how closely the 'digital' version replicates the original film.
- Versions (Lightroom) (2)This is one of the ways in which the web-based version of Lightroom differs from Lightroom Classic. In Lightroom Classic you can create 'Virtual Copies' of images to try out different treatments, and these are shown as separate images in your library. You can't do this in the web version of Lightroom. Instead, you create 'Versions' which are stored within the image file and now shown separately – you have to know they are there to find them and compare them.
- ViewPoint (DxO) (1)DxO Viewpoint is a software tool that corrects distortion using lens correction profiles, fixes volume deformation created by wideangle lenses and offers perspective correction tools for fixing converging verticals and more. It works as a standalone app or as a plug-in and also integrates with DxO PhotoLab.
- Vignette (20)Vignette effects can be very useful, both as an aid to composition and as a way of adding a vintage, 'analog' look. A vignette can help focus attention on the main subject and tone down a distracting background. It can also act as a kind of framing device so that the picture feels properly enclosed and your eyes don't drift out of the frame.
- Vintage effect (1)Any effect which gives the look of an old photo, including sepia toning, photo borders, paper patterns and textures and anything else which gives a distressed, ‘aged’ look.
- Virtual Copy (Lightroom) (6)Because Lightroom uses non-destructive editing, its adjustments are stored as metadata (processing instructions) rather than new image files. This means it can create any number of Virtual Copies of the same image for trying out different effects, without having to duplicate the image itself on your hard disk.
- Viveza (Nik Collection) (2)Viveza is a software plug in which offers localised adjustments for photos via ‘control’ points. It’s part of the Nik Collection. You can use it to apply dodging and burning effects to enhance color images in just the same way you would in black and white.
- Volumetric distortion (1)A special type of distortion correction once built into DxO Optics Pro but now built into the separate DxO ViewPoint application. It fixes the distortion usually seen with wideangle lenses where objects near the edge of the frame appear disproportionately wide – it’s most obvious with human figures.