Glossary
Photo Lab Technician Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential photo lab technician terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key photo lab technician vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in photo lab technician training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Archival
- Long-lasting.
- C-41
- Color film process.
- Calibration
- Accurate color setup.
- Color correction
- Adjusting colors.
- Contact sheet
- Thumbnail print.
- DPI
- Dots per inch.
- Dust removal
- Cleaning scans.
- E-6
- Slide film process.
- Giclée
- Fine art inkjet print.
- ICC profile
- Color profile.
- Mounting
- Attaching prints to boards.
- Negative
- Developed film image.
- Paper type
- Print surface.
- Proof print
- Test print.
- Restoration
- Repairing old photos.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Photo Lab Technician practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Photo Lab Technician training.
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