Comments on: Digital Photography Jargon? Easy!

By: Jack Fussell

Jack Fussell — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:25:13 +0000

thanks for the list

By: JohnB

JohnB — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:08:04 +0000

@pkson, the ‘key’ effectively “means” black, so you’re both right.

By: PKSon

PKSon — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:29:54 +0000

CMYK stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and “Key,” doesn’t it?

By: myke phillip

myke phillip — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:52:35 +0000

thanks for this useful and easy reference you provide me .. keep it up.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:09:36 +0000

Great start, though I would suggest links (or expansions) to more in-depth explanations, for at least a few of the topics.

By: Dennis Newman

Dennis Newman — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:20:57 +0000

This is probably simple, but I’d like to see a detailed explanation of “layers” as used in Photoshop.

By: katrina

katrina — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:19:55 +0000

question for all, i am having trouble learning the metering mode on my camera, what do they mean? and which mode is best for what type of photo? what is the difference between them all? I have a canon 40D

By: JohnB

JohnB — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:52:42 +0000

I think “tone mapping’ is another term worthy of inclusion.

It’s amazing how, if you’re in this any length of time, one can lose perspective on what terms with which “everyone” is, or is not really familiar. Try to recall how hard you had to dig in order to figure out what a particular word or acronym meant. If it wasn’t readily apparent to you, it probably won’t be to someone else, either.

By: Colin

Colin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:21:10 +0000

A generous effort, thanks. “Continuous tone image” is incorrect, though. You describe it as an image containing gradient tones from black to white. What about color? And the whole idea is that each dot or pixel can be any color rather than just a few (like CMYK) that are dithered or half-toned to simulate a color.

By: Frahat Al Harthy

Frahat Al Harthy — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:28:30 +0000

Thank you so much this is really useful stuff…

Thisngs to include:

Chromatic Aberration
Purple Fringing
DGN