Post-Processing & Retouching — 60 Terms Defined

Raw Conversion Post-Processing & Retouching The process of turning a camera's raw sensor data into a viewable image by applying demosaicing, white balance, colour profile and tone rendering.

Shadow Recovery Post-Processing & Retouching stops The brightening of dark areas to reveal detail recorded but not visible in the default rendering.

Sharpening Post-Processing & Retouching % Processing that increases edge contrast to make an image appear crisper, without adding any real detail.

Sky Replacement Post-Processing & Retouching Substituting the sky in a photograph with one from another image, with automatic masking and colour matching.

Smart Object Post-Processing & Retouching A container layer that preserves its source data, so transformations and filters applied to it remain editable.

Spot Removal Post-Processing & Retouching px A raw-processing tool for eliminating sensor dust marks and small blemishes non-destructively.

Texture Slider Post-Processing & Retouching % A control that increases or decreases medium-scale detail while deliberately leaving very fine detail and broad tones alone.

Tone Mapping Post-Processing & Retouching Compressing a high dynamic range image into the limited range a screen or print can show, while preserving apparent detail.

Unsharp Mask Post-Processing & Retouching amount, radius, threshold A sharpening method that subtracts a blurred copy of the image from the original to find and enhance edges. Sharpened = Original + Amount × (Original − Blurred)

Upscaling Post-Processing & Retouching × or MP Increasing an image's pixel dimensions beyond those captured, either by interpolation or by machine-learning reconstruction.

Virtual Copy Post-Processing & Retouching count An additional set of processing instructions attached to one source file, allowing several interpretations without duplicating data.

Whites and Blacks Post-Processing & Retouching stops Raw processing sliders that set the extreme ends of the tonal range, independently of the highlight and shadow controls.