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CMYK Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black. The four colors in the inksets of
many photo-quality printers. Some printers use six ink colors to
achieve smoother, more photographic prints. The two additional
colors are often lighter shades of cyan and magenta.
CompactFlash™ A common type of digital camera memory card, about the size of
a matchbook. There are two types of cards, Type I and Type II.
They vary only in their thickness, with Type I being slightly
thinner. A CompactFlash memory card can contain either flash
memory or a miniature hard drive. The flash memory type is more
prevalent.
Contrast The difference between the darkest and lightest areas in a photo.
The greater the difference, the higher the contrast.
Digital camera A camera that captures the photo not on film, but in an electronic
imaging sensor that takes the place of film.
Dodging Selectively lightening part of a photo with an image editing
program.
Downloading The process of moving computer data from one location to
another. Though the term is normally used to describe the
transfer, or downloading, of data from the Internet, it is also used
to describe the transfer of photos from a camera memory card to
the computer. Example: I downloaded photos to my PC.
DPI Dots per inch: A measurement of the resolution of a digital photo
or digital device, including digital cameras and printers. The
higher the number, the greater the resolution.
EXIF Exchangeable Image File: the file format used by most digital
cameras. For example, when a typical camera is set to record a
JPEG, it's actually recording an EXIF file that uses JPEG
compression to compress the photo data within the file.
External flash A supplementary flash unit that connects to the camera with a
cable, or is triggered by the light from the camera's internal flash.
Many fun and creative effects can be created with external flash.
File A computer document.
Fill flash A flash technique used to brighten deep shadow areas, typically
outdoors on sunny days. Some digital cameras include a fill flash
mode that forces the flash to fire, even in bright light.
Fire Slang for shooting a picture. Example: I pressed the shutter
button to fire.
FireWire A type of cabling technology for transferring data to and from
digital devices at high speed. Some professional digital cameras
and memory card readers connect to the computer over FireWire.
FireWire card readers are typically faster than those that connect
via USB. Also known as IEEE 1394, FireWire was invented by
Apple Computer but is now commonly used with Windows-based
PCs as well.
Grayscale A photo made up of varying tones of black and white. Grayscale is
