Chapter 2

Question 1

How can you ensure that transparent areas of your project will appear black?

Answer 1

Choose Edit > Project Properties and set Background to Solid

Question 2

You are using the HUD to change the brightness of a filter, but even at the maximum setting, it’s not bright enough. Where can you enter a higher value?

Answer 2

In the Inspector

Question 3

Name two blend modes that will generally result in a lighter image.

Answer 3

Add, Lighten, Screen, Color Dodge, or Linear Dodge

Question 4

Identify two ways to modify the impact of a blend mode?

Answer 4

Lower the opacity of the layer, duplicate the layer, or add a colorize filter.

Question 5

When you want to make a copy of a layer or group, what is an alternative to duplicating?

Answer 5

Use Make Clone Layer, which is similar to duplicating, but uses less memory, and the clone layer inherits certain properties of the original.

Question 6

Identify the three options for importing a multilayered Photoshop file.

Answer 6

As merged layers, as all layers, or by selecting an individual layer

Question 7

A client gives you 50 digital photos to use in a Motion project. You put them in a folder on your desktop, but when you look in the folder using the File Browser in Motion, all you see is a single icon. What’s going on, and what can you do to see all the photos?

Answer 7

The photos are numbered sequentially and appear by default in the File Browser as a collapsed image sequence. Click the “Show image sequences as collapsed” button to see the individual files.

Question 8

Name three types of edits you can perform in Motion.

Answer 8

Composite, overwrite, insert, sequential