This is a list of definitions of photo editing terms, with links to articles that include them.
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- Warmth (5)Warmth is an image characteristic that people often respond to. Landscape photographers like to shoot in the 'golden hour' when the sun is low in the sky, and people generally prefer portrait shots to have a little warmth to the colour rendition.
- White balance (14)White balance is a color adjustment made in software to correct any color shift in the ambient light to make it neutral – to 'balance' the light so that it's a pure, neutral white.
- White balance presets (4)If a camera is set to auto white balance then it will try to analyze and correct the colors in every scene, which can lead to unpredictable results. White balance presets lock the settings down to specific values for different conditions. You do need to select them manually according to your own judgement, but they do force the camera into a consistent color rendition.
- Working space (2)Color spaces describe the range of colors and device can display, and during photo editing it's common to use a larger 'working space' to incorporate the full range of colors you might need. Some working spaces are purely mathematical and not used by any actual devices.