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See also transparency.
overlay
A red-tinted, transparent sheet that you can superimpose on the protected areas in an image. The mask overlay makes it easy to distinguish
between the editable and the masked (protected) regions in an image. When the overlay is applied, the masked areas are displayed in
varying degrees of red (according to their transparency). The deeper the saturation of the red tint, the greater the degree of protection.
See also editable area and protected area.
overprinting
Overprinting is achieved by printing one color over another. Depending on the colors you choose, the overprinted colors mix to create a new
color, or the top color covers the bottom color. Overprinting a dark color on a light color is often used to avoid registration problems that
occur when color separations are not precisely aligned.
See also color trapping, choke, and spread.
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PAL
A video color filter that is commonly used to define the gamut of colors supported by television monitors in Europe and Asia.
paletted color mode
An 8-bit color mode that displays images of up to 256 colors. You can convert a complex image to the paletted color mode to reduce file
size and to achieve more precise control of the colors used throughout the conversion process.
pan (Corel PHOTO-PAINT)
To move the image around in the image window, usually when the image is larger than its window. Panning changes the image view in the
same way that scrolling moves the image up, down, to the left, or to the right in the image window. When working at high magnification
levels where not all of the image is displayed, you can quickly pan to see parts of the image that were previously hidden.
PANOSE font matching
A feature that lets you choose a substitute font if you open a file that contains a font not installed on your computer. You can make a
substitution for the current working session only, or you can make a permanent substitution, so that the new font is automatically displayed
when you save and reopen the file.
PANTONE process colors
The colors that are available through the PANTONE Process Color System, which is based on the CMYK color model.
parent object
An object whose shape is combined with the image elements of another object, called a child object. The child object and parent object are
called a clipping group. The parent object must be on an object layer below the child object.
path
A series of line or curve segments connected by square endpoints called nodes.
pattern fill
A fill consisting of a series of repeating vector objects or images.
perspective handles
The hollow circles in the corners of the highlighting box.
pixel
A colored dot that is the smallest part of a bitmap.
See also resolution.
pixelation
A type of image distortion in which individual pixels are discernible to the naked eye, or groups of pixels appear as blocks of colors.
Pixelation is caused by incorrect resolution or incorrect image dimensions, or it can be created intentionally for a special effect.
