Post-Processing & Retouching
8 terms
Layer
A stacked element in an image document that can hold pixels, adjustments or effects independently of the layers below it.
Post-Processing & RetouchingLayer Mask
A greyscale channel attached to a layer that controls where that layer is visible, with white revealing and black concealing.
Post-Processing & RetouchingLens Correction Profile
A stored description of a lens's distortion, vignetting and chromatic aberration, applied automatically during processing.
Post-Processing & RetouchingLevels
A tonal adjustment that sets the black point, white point and midtone gamma of an image or channel.
Post-Processing & RetouchingLiquify
A tool that pushes, pulls, expands or contracts image areas as though the pixels were fluid.
Post-Processing & RetouchingLocal Contrast
Contrast measured between neighbouring areas rather than across the whole tonal range, which strongly affects perceived depth and clarity.
Post-Processing & RetouchingLuminance Noise Reduction
Processing that smooths brightness variation between neighbouring pixels to reduce the appearance of grain.
Post-Processing & RetouchingLuminosity Mask
A mask generated from the image's own brightness values, restricting an adjustment to a specific tonal range.