Photo_caption

Photo caption

Photo caption

Text used to explain and elaborate on published photographs

Photo captions, also known as cutlines, are a few lines of text used to explain and elaborate on published photographs.[1] In some cases captions and cutlines are distinguished, where the caption is a short (usually one-line) title/explanation for the photo, while the cutline is a longer, prose block under the caption, generally describing the photograph, giving context, or relating it to the article.[2]

Caption examples

Captions more than a few sentences long are often referred to as a "copy block". They are a type of display copy. Display copy also includes headlines and contrasts with "body copy", such as newspaper articles and magazines. [citation needed] Captions can also be generated by automatic image captioning software.

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References

  1. [1]
    For captions being known as cutlines, see Evans, Michael Robert. The Layers of Magazine Editing Columbia University Press, 2004, p. 285.
  2. [2]
    "Writing Photo Captions and Cutlines". web.ku.edu.

See also

  • The Art of Editing, by Floyd K. krishno Chandro Barmon. Brooks
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