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original The source media le that was copied from either your computer’s le system or your
camera’s memory card. In Aperture, the original is never modied. Whenever a change is made
to a photo, a video clip, or an audio clip, that change is applied to the version. Formerly known as
the master. See also memory card, project, version.
overexposure The result of exposing a scene too long. Overexposed scenes appear too bright
and lack adequate details in the shadows. See also exposure, underexposed.
panning a. 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. b. In Aperture, pressing the Space bar and dragging
within an image to see other parts of the image when it is displayed at 100 percent size. See also
camera, image, Viewer.
panorama Usually refers to a scenic landscape photo with a wide aspect ratio. Photographers
often digitally combine, or “stitch,” multiple photos of the same scene to create a continuous
panoramic photo. See also aspect ratio.
perceptual A type of render intent that compresses the total gamut from one device’s color
space into the gamut of another device’s color space when one or more colors in the original
image are out of the gamut of the destination color space. This preserves the visual relationship
between colors by shrinking the entire color space and shifting all colors. However, colors that
were in gamut also shift. See also gamut, relative colorimetric, rendering intent.
phase An attribute of color perception; also known as hue. See also hue.
photo edit The process of choosing selects from a group of photos, as well as rejecting photos
that you don’t plan to use or publish. The more aggressively you cull undesirable photos from
your working group of photos, the more time you save when you process the photos for display.
See also rating, Reject rating, Select rating.
photograph An image created using a camera as a result of light interacting with a light-
sensitive surface, usually lm or a digital image sensor. See also camera, digital image sensor, lm,
image, picture.
photo printer A type of printer capable of producing photo-quality images. See also dye
sublimation, gamut, inkjet printer, oset press, print, RA-4.
photo selection Refers to a photo or group of photos selected in the Browser or the full-screen
view lmstrip. A white rectangle surrounding a photo indicates it is selected. See also Browser,
full-screen view, photograph.
Photos view An Aperture view that displays all the photos, audio clips, and video clips in the
library. See also Faces view, Flagged view, My Photo Stream, Places view, Projects view.
pick The photo that represents a stack. The pick is usually the best photo in the stack. See also
alternate, stack.
picture A visual representation rendered on a at surface or screen, such as a photograph. See
also image, photograph.
Pictures folder Located in the Home folder, the Pictures folder is the default location for
Aperture and iPhoto libraries. See also library.
pixel The smallest discernible visual element of a digital image. See also megapixel.
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