Non Destructive Editing Questions Two

What is a rendering engine?

The Rendering engine is the software that converts raw data into a visual image. The software is either in camera or on your computer.

What three things determine the final colour of an image pixel?

a) Original image data

b) Rendering engines mathematical formula

c) The user settings applied

What are the three main components of a RAW file?

a) JPEG Preview

b) Metadata

c) Mosaiced RAW Image

Can PIE Software be used only on RAW files?

Yes

What is a live rendering?

A view of the image that is only available when the source image is loaded into the software. A temporary preview that is created from the source data when it is requested by the user.

Where can the Rendering Metadata be stored?

a) Inside the file

b) In a sidecare file - the eXtensible Metadata Platform. file

c) In database or catalogue 

Give two examples of fixed rendering

a) Derivatives

b) Prints

Is a Preview a Live or Fixed Rendering of the Image?

Fixed Rendering

Where can Previews be stored?

a) In the image

b) Alone with the image

c) In a catalogue

Why do File Browsers and Cataloguing software create Previews?

To speed up the display of the image