O P - Options bar
The horizontal bar at the top of the Photoshop and ImageReady interface windows that contains all available options for the currently selected tool.
- palette
One of many control elements you can use to fine-tune your use of Photoshop and ImageReady tools. A palette is associated with a single element of the image (for example, the Brushes palette controls the size and shape of the cursor when you are using a painting tool). Each palette has a drop-down menu of options associated with the element it controls.
- palette menu
When any palette is open, a menu of options specific to that palette is available. Click the right-facing arrow at the top of the palette to display the palette menu of options.
- palette well
The darker gray box at the end of the Options bar that collapses and stores palettes for easy access. To add a palette to the well, drag a palette over the dark gray box; the palette collapses so that only the palette's title tab is visible.
- path
A linear outline of an image area or shape.
- Pattern Maker
A Photoshop filter module that generates complex, random patterns from user-defined image selections.
- Photoshop EPS format
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- See also [EPS format]
- Photoshop PDF format
Stands for Portable Document File. A format used by Adobe for compressing and viewing images and documents, based on the Adobe Acrobat family of compression and viewing software.
- pixels
Dots that serve as the individual building blocks of an image.
- plug-in
Third-party filters and utilities that extend the basic functionality of Photoshop.
- posterize
To reduce all areas of an image to flat color, eliminating shading and fine detail.
- pre-processing tasks
Preliminary tasks that typically clean up an image and get it ready for layout placement or more in-depth editing. These tasks include cropping, rotating, and using the Unsharp Mask filter.
- Preset Manager
In Photoshop, a single, multi-tabbed palette that allows you to preset the settings for features such as brushes, paths, and patterns.
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