I tried search and only found bits and pieces.
Does anybody know a good site for editing and processing terminology? Maybe even with pictures to help explain?
This is a list of terms and definitions. They are alphabetically listed so if you have a name but don't know what it is, then you can find it. However if you know a definition or a part of the term but not the "proper" name, it might be a little harder.
just be warned, it can also change based on the area you are in. an example... "I need a 5R and 2-8R's of this" handing a disc to the clerk - they either start printing or look with a blank stare.
@cchambers I would be giving you a blank stare. Mostly, at this point, I was trying to understand what people on 365 are saying about how they got such wonderful work.
@pocketmouse@beautifulthing I will ask thank you.
Part of the problem is I don't understand the answer,because of the specialized vocabulary. For instance, HDR?, I read it was something like high density resolution, but don't know what that means on the pic. I think another one was lomo?
But it appears there isn't a good site that anyone knows about. @shadesofgrey Thank you. That site seems to be talking more about film style cameras, but as I get specific terms I will check it again.
Basically, you set your DSLR up on a tripod. You change some settings on the camera so that it shoots 3 photos, not one. The 3 photos differ in their exposure comp such that one is underexposed, one is exposed properly and one is overexposed.
Then, with those 3 photos (identical except for their brightness), you open a program (e.g. Photoshop) that lets you merge/stack them into a HDR image.
Why is it called HDR? Because, literally, there is a wider range of exposure levels taking the photo this way compared to the traditional way. The merging program makes the light bits lighter and the dark bits darker, or something - it gets information from all 3 images to create the one HDR image.
and Lomo comes from a type of camera the LOMO LC-A (from the Leningrad Optical Mechanical Amalgamation (Ленинградское Oптико-Mеханическое Oбъединение) the optics of the camera tend to give images a stylistically poor quality look as you would get from a toy camera or pinhole camera this is called Lo-fi. Lomo photos are often highly saturated with a dark faded out edge called a vignette, other types of Lo-fi you may come across are Diana and Holga these too are named after the cameras that originally produced the image
@pocketmouse@asrai Wonderfully well explained. Thank You! This is exactly the kind of information I was looking for.
Now for the 10, 000 other terms I don't know. :)
@pocketmouse@asrai wow thank you both! And karen thank you for asking.....I've learned these things while I've been going along but sometimes one feels a little stupid asking questions about things maybe we should know about. Maybe a thread called 50 things you were afraid to ask?!! LOL
@Cherrill I was thinking we have a wonderful start here and noticed in several other threads people had terminology issues. Maybe the more experienced among the site would each explain one term: when and how you might use it, what it does to the pic, things like that, maybe even add a pic with just that done to show how it changes things.
@tigerdreamer I think its a good idea.....I guess really one could follow up by googling a term we are not familiar with. I'm on my 3rd year now here and still learning of course! I use picnic to do some processing and i learn by trialing out differnt features to see what effect it has on a picture. If you see a photo you really like the look of, don't be afraid to ask the person how did they achieve it. 9/10 they will happily explain...this is a very supportive and helpful place. Good luck with your project.
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This is a list of terms and definitions. They are alphabetically listed so if you have a name but don't know what it is, then you can find it. However if you know a definition or a part of the term but not the "proper" name, it might be a little harder.
Part of the problem is I don't understand the answer,because of the specialized vocabulary. For instance, HDR?, I read it was something like high density resolution, but don't know what that means on the pic. I think another one was lomo?
But it appears there isn't a good site that anyone knows about.
@shadesofgrey Thank you. That site seems to be talking more about film style cameras, but as I get specific terms I will check it again.
Basically, you set your DSLR up on a tripod. You change some settings on the camera so that it shoots 3 photos, not one. The 3 photos differ in their exposure comp such that one is underexposed, one is exposed properly and one is overexposed.
Then, with those 3 photos (identical except for their brightness), you open a program (e.g. Photoshop) that lets you merge/stack them into a HDR image.
Why is it called HDR? Because, literally, there is a wider range of exposure levels taking the photo this way compared to the traditional way. The merging program makes the light bits lighter and the dark bits darker, or something - it gets information from all 3 images to create the one HDR image.
Now for the 10, 000 other terms I don't know. :)