Post-Processing & Retouching
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Added Grain
Synthetic texture introduced into a digital image to imitate film grain or to disguise other artefacts.
Post-Processing & RetouchingAdjustment Layer
A layer containing a tonal or colour adjustment that affects the layers beneath it without altering their pixels.
Post-Processing & RetouchingAI Denoise
Noise reduction driven by a trained neural network that distinguishes noise from real detail using learned image structure.
Post-Processing & RetouchingAI Subject Selection
Automatic masking that identifies a subject, sky, background or facial feature using a trained model.
Post-Processing & RetouchingBlack and White Conversion
Turning a colour image into monochrome by mapping each colour to a chosen grey value.
Post-Processing & RetouchingBlend If
A control that makes a layer's visibility depend on the brightness values of the layer itself or the layers below.
Post-Processing & RetouchingBlend Mode
A rule determining how a layer's pixels combine mathematically with those beneath it.
Post-Processing & RetouchingBrush Adjustment
A local edit painted onto specific areas of an image with an adjustable brush.
Post-Processing & RetouchingCapture Sharpening
A modest first stage of sharpening applied to compensate for softening introduced by the sensor, the low-pass filter and demosaicing.
Post-Processing & RetouchingChannel Mixer
An adjustment that builds each output channel from a weighted combination of the red, green and blue input channels.
Post-Processing & RetouchingChromatic Aberration Removal
Processing that eliminates coloured fringing along high-contrast edges by realigning or desaturating the offending channels.
Post-Processing & RetouchingClarity
A midtone local-contrast control that adds apparent punch and definition without affecting the extreme tones.
Post-Processing & RetouchingClipping Mask
A layer restricted so that it only affects the single layer directly beneath it, using that layer's shape as its boundary.
Post-Processing & RetouchingClone Stamp
A retouching tool that copies pixels from one part of an image directly onto another.
Post-Processing & RetouchingColour Noise Reduction
Processing that removes the random coloured speckles that appear in shadows and at high sensitivity.
Post-Processing & RetouchingCompositing
Combining elements from several photographs into a single image.
Post-Processing & RetouchingContent-aware Fill
A tool that removes a selected area and synthesises a replacement from surrounding image content.
Post-Processing & RetouchingContrast Adjustment
A control that increases or decreases the difference between light and dark tones across the whole image.
Post-Processing & RetouchingCurves
A tonal adjustment that maps input brightness values to output values along a freely shaped line.
Post-Processing & RetouchingDeconvolution Sharpening
A sharpening method that models how the image was blurred and mathematically reverses that blur.
Post-Processing & RetouchingDehaze
A control that removes or adds atmospheric haze by estimating and correcting for scattered light.
Post-Processing & RetouchingDigital Dodge and Burn
Selectively lightening and darkening small areas to sculpt form, usually on a neutral grey layer in overlay or soft light mode.
Post-Processing & RetouchingExposure Adjustment
A processing control that brightens or darkens the whole image in stops, mimicking a change in camera exposure.
Post-Processing & RetouchingExposure Fusion
Blending bracketed frames directly into a normal-range image by selecting the best-exposed pixels, without building an HDR file first.