SLCC Art 1010

Mode Dial

Mechanical part of the Camera that allows you to change the settings of the camera to what you’d like best.

Preprogrammed modes

These modes are fit for different situations. Examples include sports, close up hots, portraits of people, and nature.

Manual modes

Allow you to choose and control the different aspects of the camera. Allows you to control and choose parts that would be pre set on other modes such as aperture, shutter speed and ISO.

Most control

Manual Modes

Least control

Pre-programmed modes

DSLR

Digital single lens reflex Camera

Action Camera

Camera that is designed for action shots and moving subjects.

Mirrorless Camera

does not have a mirror, and puts the lens against the sensor. Has an electronic viewfinder.

Cold Shoe

The Mount used for the tripod at the bottom of the Camera.

Hot Shoe

The Metal Bracket at the top of the camera is the hot shoe.

Memory Card Types

SD, SDHC, SDXC, SDUC, CF

drive mode

refers to the amount of shots taken when the button is pushed

Single take

one picture each time the button is pressed. Use for portraits or planned out shoots

Continuous takes

continuously takes pictures when the button is held down. Use for sports events, moving objects or things that aren’t necessarily planned.

Lense number

determines the mount of area that the camera lens covers.

Prime Lense

fixed focal length

Zoom lense

allows the camera to get close and enlarge the image without having to move.

Film

needs to be developed in a dark room

Digital

Can be uploaded by a compute and uses a memory card.

Autofocus and Meter

Press the shutter button halfway down

Focus lock

partially hold down on the button that takes the picture and allow it to focus on the subject.

Fast Shutter

Allows you to take pictures of faster moving objects. Less exposure, 1/1000th.

Slow Shutter

Allows more exposure, 1/10th

Aperture

Controls the amount of light let into the camera lens. Lower aperture is better for situations where there is low light.

Shutter Speed

controls the speed of the sutter within the camera. Faster is better for moving objects and does not let in as much light as the shorter shutter speed does.

ISO

controls the sensitivity of the Camera. High ISO increases the smoothness of the camera and makes the picture brighter.

History

 **Founder of Kodak was George Eastman who allowed normal people to have access to cameras.** 

Sample

sample colors from anywhere in an image and add them to your Swatches panel. Option+Clicking

Undo

Command+Z

Resize brush

\[ \]

Reshape hardness of brush

Shift \[\]

Change opacity

number keys

Change brush flow

Shift+number keys

Deselect

Command+D

Brush Tool

B (Allows you to draw a solid color on the document)

Move tool

V (allow you to move layers, items, etc)

Selection tool/marquee tool

M (Define the area that we work inside of, make selections in squares or circles)

Lasso tool

L (Free Hand selection tool)

Object Select

W (AI generated Selection)

Crop

C (Changes the parameters of the document)

Eyedropper

i

Healing Brush

J (Removing and healing objects,)

Patch Tool

J

Clone Stamp

S (Copies pixel for pixel the sample to wherever you brush)

Type tool

T (allows you to type on the document)

Healing

removing and healing objects (blemishes in skin)

Quick Mask

Looking for selections, overlays a mask

Patch

Free hand selection that removes the option selection by replacing it with a similar area selected

Hue

The color being displayed on an image

Saturation

the intensity of a color

Luminance

The amount of light that is emitted from, passed through, or reflected off an object

Layer Blending

An effect you can ad to a layer to change how the colors blend with colors on lower layers

opacity

The amount of transparency

Duplicated Layers

Command + J

Under Exposed

Too Dark

Over exposed

Overly bright

Pixelated

The image is enlarged so much that you can see the individual pixels

Resolutions

Pick the highest resolution, Size of the image

Leading lines

Lines that lead the eyes to the subject.

Perspective

Forced perspective, made without using photoshop

Rule of thirds

We have the area of interest designated in one third of the image

Framing

Use of external things such as a window to frame the object within the picture

Jpeg

Most universal file format, less information, smaller

Raw

Specific and proprietary to the manufacturer themself

3 steps of workflow

Capture, Edit, Output (CEO)

Histograms

a graphical representation of the tones on the image. Shows which colors have them most features within the image

Photographic element

Anytime you have an aspect you use to describe your image

Megapixel

Million pixels