<doc>
	<legacy_id>326</legacy_id>
	<term>channel</term>
	<definition><p>One of the sets of <glossary tag="value">values</glossary> that makes up an <keyword tag="image">image</keyword>. A channel includes one value for each <glossary tag="pixel">pixel</glossary> in the <keyword tag="image">image</keyword>.</p>
<p></p>
<p>For example, a standard color image has three channels--red, green, and blue--and each <glossary tag="pixel">pixel</glossary> has a number for the intensity of red (and one for the intensity of green and of blue--three in all). The set of red intensities for all the <property tag="pixels">pixels</property> makes up the <glossary tag="image">image's</glossary> red channel.</p></definition>
	<categories>
	 	<category>Appearance &amp; Positioning</category>
	</categories>
	<synonyms>
	 	<synonym>channel</synonym>
	 	<synonym>channels</synonym>
	 	<synonym>channel's</synonym>
	 	<synonym>channels'</synonym>
	 	<synonym>color channel</synonym>
	 	<synonym>color channels</synonym>
	 	<synonym>color channel's</synonym>
	 	<synonym>color channels'</synonym>
	</synonyms>
</doc>