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fade-out rate
The rate at which the Photoshop Paintbrush and Airbrush tools fade out as you paint with them to simulate an actual brush stroke.
feather
A process that creates a gradual transition between the inside and the outside of image borders. When you apply an effect to a feathered selection, it diminishes and becomes more transparent, producing a softening or blurring effect. Feathering gradually blends colored pixels into each other and eliminates hard edges. Feathering differs from anti-aliasing in that you can determine the size of the soft edge in pixels.
feather edge
The area along the border of a selection that is partially affected by changes you make to the selection.
File Browser
The Photoshop File Browser lets you view, sort , and process image files.
fill
To paint a selected area with a gray shade , a color , or a pattern.
Fill layer
A Photoshop method for filling an area. Fill layers combine the action of the Fill command with the flexibility of layers. You can create Fill layers with colors, gradients, or patterns.
filter
A software method for applying effects to images. With filters, you can adjust focus, eliminate unwanted artifacts, alter or create complex selection masks, and apply a wide range of artistic effects.
Filter Gallery
A Photoshop CS feature that consolidates the 47 separate Photoshop 7 Effects filters into a single interface with filter effect previews and multiple filtering operations.
FireWire
A cable that allows the capture of DV (digital video) images and audio via an IEEE 1394 port.
Flag
A File Browser command to simplify the process of viewing only flagged or unflagged image assets.
Flash (SWF)
A Macromedia Flash application file format export option supported by ImageReady CS.
flatbed scanner
A type of scanner that reads a line of an image at a time, recording it as a series of samples, or pixels, by bouncing light off the area it needs to digitize. The scanner directs the bounced light to a series of detectors that convert color and intensity into digital levels.
floating selection
In Photoshop, a selection that has been moved or pasted on an image The selection floats above the pixels in the underlying image until it is deselected, and it can be moved without affecting the underlying image.
font
The style or appearance of a complete set of characters . The four main categories of fonts are serif, sans serif, cursive , and display or decorative .
font obliqueness
Refers to whether the characters in a font lean, as does italic-style type.
font weight
The thickness or heaviness of the characters in a font.
frame grabber
See digitizer board .
full-color image
An image that uses 24-bit color. A full-color image uses three 8-bit primary color channels ” for red, green, and blue ”each containing 256 colors. These three channels produce a potential of 16.7 million colors (256 3 = 16,777,216). Photo-realistic images that consist of smooth gradations and subtle tonal variations require full color to be properly displayed.



Photoshop CS Savvy
Photoshop CS Savvy
ISBN: 078214280X
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 355

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