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Adobe RGB (1998) profile is a working color space that provides a relatively large and balanced color gamut.

Dynamic range is the difference between the brightest and the darkest values.

A grayscale image has no color hues but contains a range of gray levels between pure black or white. A…

HDR is short for High Dynamic Range. HDR (High Dynamic Range) Photography refers to capturing an entire image scene with…

A histogram is a graphical display representing the tones distribution within an image. The horizontal coordinate represents each pixel value…

Midtones are the middle-value tones in an image, halfway between the lightest and the darkest.

A monochrome image is made of a range of only one color or hue value.

A posterized image effect is created by having limited levels or gradient steps within an image.

ProPhoto RGB is a newer working color space with a much wider gamut than Adobe RGB. It is more in line…

Retouch refers to the process of digitally removing unwanted imperfections or objects in an image.