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Subjects or elements in an image or design that are close in relation.
Proximity
The use of an element repeatedly.
Repetition
The process of dividing up an image using two horizontal lines and two vertical lines to position the important elements in a scene along the lines or at the points where the lines meet.
Rule of Thirds
The visual or tactile surface of an object.
Texture
Also known as negative space, this is the area that exists around the elements of a composition.
White Space
An image created by a pattern of closely spaced rows of pixels.
Raster
Also known as scaling, this refers to the resizing of an image by reducing or increasing its number of pixels.
Resample
A two-dimensional collection of lines. Basic shapes include circle, square, rectangle, and triangle.
Shape
A panel in which all standard Photoshop tools can be found.
Tools Panel
An option that has preset and user-defined work areas that have customized panels.
Workspace
The conversion of an image from a vector to a raster format.
Rasterize
The amount of detail in an image defined by the pixels per unit of measurement.
Resolution
A collection of layers that contain image data from a raster or vector image.
Smart Object
The use of text in a visual communication.
Typography
An icon on the Option bar that allows the user to switch between workspaces quickly, as well as save, reset, and delete workspaces.
Workspace Switcher
The process of generating an image from a 2D or 3D model. This is also referred to as modifying an image, artistically, through shading, texturing, and other modification options.
Render
Red, green, blue (RGB) is a color mode for an image file and is the preferred mode for creating web and video content.
RGB
The physical space element of a photo that is comprised of foreground, background, and midground.
Space
An image created by mathematical statements that are translated to place lines and shapes in a two-dimensional or three-dimensional area.
Vector
A panel which hosts options to select, modify, and create a brush.
Brush Panel
A panel featuring a quick way to add a specific type of layer that adjusts features like brightness, contrast, color, curves, saturation, and more.
Adjustment Panel
The ratio of the width and height of an image.
Aspect Ratio
A Creative Commons license that allows others to download and share the artists work, provided that they give credit to the artist, do not alter the work, or use the work commercially.
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC
A bit number to indicate the color of a single pixel or the number of bits used for each color component of a single pixel.
Bit Depth
The collection of rules and guidelines for the use of color in art and design.
Color Theory