Final Flashcards
What is Photoshop used for?
Create original artwork Manipulate color images Retouch photographs Repair damaged images Create images for Web pages
What are photoshop images made of
Pixels
What are steps to create a new file
Click File on the Menu bar
Click New
Enter the required width in the Width text box
Enter the required height in the Height text box
Click Ok
How should Save As be used
Save a file under a new name and to preserve a
copy of the original file
Open a file in one file format (e.g., .BMP) and save
it in another file format (e.g., .JPG)
How can you change windows you already arranged
Change to floating windows by clicking the
Arrange Documents button on the Menu bar, then
click Float All in Windows
What are the areas of the Photoshop window
Menu/Application Bar
Options Bar
Tools Panel
Status Bar
Document Window
Panels
Docks
A section within an image that can be
manipulated independently
Layers
How does the history panel record
The History panel contains a record of each task
completed in an image
What can be done with layers
Add, delete, and move layers
Drag a portion of an image (a selection) to
another Photoshop image
Hide and display layers
Change the opacity of a layer
Change the order of layers
Componetns of the layers panel
opacity slider
image layer
type layer
background layer
adjustment layer
layer style
clipping mask
layer mask
layer style button
new layer button
delete button
new layer group
commonly used layers
Type,Image, Adjustment, Background
How can layers be added
New command on the
Layer menu
New Layer command on
the Layers panel menu
Click the Create a new
layer button on the layers panel
How can layers be deleted
Layers panel list arrow next to
the layer name
Delete layer button
Drag the layer name to the
Delete layer button
[Alt] buttons with the Delete layers button
An area of an image surrounded by a marquee
Selection
Why use the crop tool
To remove a portion of an image
How is a leyer defringed
Application Bar -> Layers
Matting
Defringe
What tools can be used to organize layers?
Layer groups
Layer colors
What are two common selection methods?
Using a tool
Using a color
Slection methods using color
Tools:
Lasso tools
Marquee Tools
Quick Select Tool
Colors:
Color Range
Magic Wand
What are fastening points?
An anchor within a marquee
Which tools use them?
Polygonal Lasso Tool
Magnetic Lasso Tool
What can be done with selections?
Moved
Copied
Transformed
Adjustment
Non-printable horizontal and vertical lines, used To help position a selection
guides
How can a marquee be modified?
Add to
Subtract from
Intersect with a selection
Expand a marquee
Contract a marquee
Smooth out the edges of a marquee
Enlarge a marquee and add a border
Refine an edge
How can a selection be transformed?
By changing its size and other qualities