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If you add a drop shadow to an image, then you are adding a digitally produced “shadow” that mimics a natural shadow. Drop shadows are great for adding depth to your design.

DPI is the number of individual dots in square inch of a scanned image. PrintingCenterUSA’s recommended DPI is 300.

Density refers to the level of darkness in a photographic image.

To crop an image is to change the size and/or dimensions to cut out certain areas.

Blowout refers to when a photographic image is overexposed and has completely lost the detail of the highlights.

Blowup is the upscaling of an image.

Black and white are reproductions in one single color, as opposed to multi-tonal reproductions.

A bit is the smallest unit of data on a computer.

Aspect ratio refers to the proportional ratio of width to the height of an image or display that is usually presented in this format: 1:1

An artifact is an image distortion caused by image compression.