Photo edit, Metadata, Mirroring – Apple Aperture User Manual
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metadata Data about data; metadata describes how data was collected and formatted.
Databases use metadata to track specific forms of data. Aperture supports both EXIF
and IPTC metadata. See also
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meter The process of using a light meter to calculate the appropriate exposure. See
also
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midtones The color values in an image between the highlights and shadows. See also
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mirroring The process of showing the same image on two or more displays. See also
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monitor See
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negative Developed film with a reverse tone image of the subject or scene. See also
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noise See
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offset press A type of professional printer used for high-volume printing for items such
as magazines and brochures. Offset printing presses deposit ink in lines of halftone
dots to produce images on the page. See also
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opacity The level of an image’s transparency.
optical zoom lens See
overexposure The result of exposing a scene too long. Overexposed scenes appear
too bright and lack adequate details in the shadows. See also
panning Moving the camera along with a moving subject in order to keep the subject
in the frame. Panning a fast-moving subject with a slow shutter speed usually causes
the subject to remain relatively in focus, while the remaining areas of the scene are
blurred or stretched in the direction of the camera movement. See also
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panorama Usually refers to a scenic landscape image with a wide aspect ratio.
Photographers often digitally combine or “stitch” multiple images of the same scene to
create a continuous panoramic image. See also
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phase An attribute of color perception; also known as hue. See also
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photo edit The process of choosing selects, as well as sorting out images from a group
that you don’t plan to use or publish, also known as rejects. The more aggressively you
cull undesirable images from your working group of images, the more time you save
when you process the images for display. See also