- Adjustment—an effect which can be applied to your design as a new layer for creative or corrective purposes.
- Alignment—positioning layer content to the left, right, centre, top or bottom.
- Asset—a stored design element which can be accessed from any document you have open.
- Batch job—a feature that allows automatic processing of a number of image files.
- Bleed—the area of the page that goes beyond the page edge to be trimmed off in the event of paper movement or design inconsistencies.
- Blend mode—a mode applied to your layer which changes how the applied pixels interact with existing pixels on the layer below.
- Blend range—the specified range of colours on a current layer which are blended with the underlying layer(s).
- Colour picker—a tool used to select and sample colours.
- Colour space—the colour model used to display and print colours in your file.
- Clipboard—a system used for short-term storage and transfer of content during cut, copy and paste operations.
- Clipping—the act of positioning one object inside another.
- CMYK—a colour model that is often used for printing.
- Document preset—a blank file containing a group of recommended document setup options according to how you plan to work.
- Document template—a file containing reusable pre-formatted text styles, graphics, and layouts which you can use to form the basis of another document.
- Filter—an effect which can be applied to layers within your document for corrective or creative purposes.
- Global colour—a colour that can be created, applied, and updated for different objects across your design from a single place.
- Gradient—a gradual blend from one colour to another.
- Grid—a pattern of horizontal and vertical lines which is overlaid over your page to help you align objects.
- Guide—non-printing, non-exporting lines that float over page objects and assist with their positioning.
- HSL—an alternative representation of the RGB model that more closely aligns with the way human vision perceives colours mixing together.
- HSV—an alternative representation of the RGB model that more closely aligns with the way human vision perceives colours appearing under light.
- LAB—a colour model that is designed to approximate human vision.
- Layer effect—an effect that can be applied to either selected objects or the entire layer, changing its appearance.
- Layer mask—used to reveal a portion of a layer while the rest of the layer remains hidden.
- Linking layers—a way of linking layer attributes (such as blend mode and opacity) between layers.
- Liquify—the process of accurately warping an image.
- Live filter—a filter that can be applied non-destructively.
- Macro—a recorded operation that can be applied with a single click.
- Margin—the area between the main content of the page and the page edges.
- Marquee—a shape drawn around an object in order to make a selection.
- Palette—a selection of colours.
- Pasteboard—the area around the document.
- Raster—a type of graphic made up of a grid of pixels.
- Raw image—an image format produced by a digital camera that contains minimal processed data.
- RGB—a colour model that is often used for digital work.
- Spot colour—a colour that can be used when your artwork contains a very limited colour set, reducing print costs significantly and allowing you to accurately reproduce colours otherwise impossible with process colours.
- Stack—a blended series of images based on the same scene or almost identical subject matter.
- Text frame—a frame containing paragraph text which uses a formalised structure and layout.
- Text style—a set of text attributes and properties which can be applied to text.
- Vector—a type of graphic made up of mathematical paths.
- White space—areas of the design that contain no images or text.