Photo editing
Photo editing The programs, applications and data in a computer system. Any parts of a computer system that aren't physical. allows the user to edit and adjust photographs. Usually these photos come from a digital camera, but they could also be scanned from existing photos. Information stored as discrete values usually represented as numbers. This contrasts with analogue data which is represented by continuous data, usually in waves. photos are An image made up of pixels. This type of image loses quality if its width and/or height are increased. images.
There is a large range of photo editing software available, eg Adobe Photoshop, Corel Paint Shop Pro and GIMP.
Features
- Crop – cut off sides of an image to make it a suitable size or remove unwanted areas.
- Adjust contrast and brightness.
- Remove red-eye.
- Layers - you can have several different elements of the graphic as separate layers. These layers can be made invisible or even deleted at any time.
- Clone tool – allows the user to clone one part of the picture to another to remove an unwanted element.
- Special effects – the effects vary from one piece of software to another but usually include:
- Artistic effects - for example, making a picture look like an oil painting.
- Geometric effects - for example, making an image appear to be on the surface of a ball.
- Colour adjustments - for example, turning a photo into greyscale or brightening certain colours.
