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brightness
The balance of light (highlights) and dark (shadows) in an image. In
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click
To press and release the mouse button once.
clipped pixels
CMYK
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black. The color model in which all colors are composed of Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow, the primary colors of pigments like ink, plus Black. Printers use CMYK to print in color.
converted text
Text that has been rendered into digital format by an OCR program.
color balance
The preservation of balance between colors throughout the tonal range. Color balance is particularly important when scanning objects that include neutral tones (grays) or large areas of consistent color.
color channel
The red, green, and blue components from which colors are created.
color correction
color depth
The number of colors that a monitor can display at once. Most Macintosh monitors can display in 256 grays, 256 colors, thousands of colors, and millions of colors. The higher the color depth, the more lifelike images look on screen.
color wheel
A tool used to adjust the color balance and hue.
configure
contrast
The range between the lightest and darkest shades in an image. An image with high contrast has few gray shades between black and white and appears to be dominated by stark light and dark tones. An image