Lesson 6 - Non Destructive Editing Cont. & Smart Objects

Lesson 6

Non Destructive Image Editing Cont. Smart Objects

- Rendering: What the data from a RAW file looks like eg "creating a picture"-
Benefits of non destructive editing: can apply some editing settings to lots of images.
- Live and fixed rendering
- Smart objects allows you to edit in photoshop but continue to make changes in camera raw.

Exercise 7

In this exercise you compile many images of rainforest animals to create a photo illustration that could be used for a travel advertisement.







Non Destructive Image Editing - 2

Part II – The Rendering Engine

1. What is a Rendering Engine ?
A program or software that is capable of rendering a RAW files


2. What three things determine the final colour of an image pixel ?
a. Original image data
b. Rendering engines mathematical formula
c. Settings applied by user

3. What are the three main components of a RAW file ?
a. JPG Preview
b. Metadata
c.

4. Can PIE software be used only on Raw files ? Yes / (No)
5. What is a Live Rendering ?
An unsaved rendering of the source image that only exists in when loaded into particular software


6. Where can the Rendering Metadata be stored ?
a. Inside the file
b. Sidecar file
c. In a database

7. Give two examples of a Fixed Rendering

a. Print
b. JPG Preview

8. Is a Preview a Live or a Fixed Rendering of the image ? Fixed

9. Where can Previews be stored ?
a. In an image file
b. along side image file
c. in acatalogue or chache

10. Why do File Browsers and Cataloguing software create Previews ?

To speed up display of image.