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Final Flashcards

1
Q

What is Photoshop used for?

A 
Create original artwork
Manipulate color images
Retouch photographs
Repair damaged images
Create images for Web pages
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2
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What are photoshop images made of

A

Pixels

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3
Q

What are steps to create a new file

A

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

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4
Q

How should Save As be used

A

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)

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5
Q

How can you change windows you already arranged

A

Change to floating windows by clicking the
Arrange Documents button on the Menu bar, then
click Float All in Windows

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6
Q

What are the areas of the Photoshop window

A

Menu/Application Bar
Options Bar

Tools Panel

Status Bar

Document Window

Panels

Docks

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7
Q

A section within an image that can be

manipulated independently

A

Layers

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8
Q

How does the history panel record

A

The History panel contains a record of each task

completed in an image

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9
Q

What can be done with layers

A

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

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10
Q

Componetns of the layers panel

A

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

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11
Q

commonly used layers

A

Type,Image, Adjustment, Background

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12
Q

How can layers be added

A

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

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13
Q

How can layers be deleted

A

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

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14
Q

An area of an image surrounded by a marquee

A

Selection

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15
Q

Why use the crop tool

A

To remove a portion of an image

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16
Q

How is a leyer defringed

A

Application Bar -> Layers

Matting

Defringe

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17
Q

What tools can be used to organize layers?

A

Layer groups

Layer colors

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18
Q

What are two common selection methods?

A

Using a tool

Using a color

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19
Q

Slection methods using color

A

Tools:

Lasso tools

Marquee Tools

Quick Select Tool

Colors:

Color Range

Magic Wand

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20
Q

What are fastening points?

A

An anchor within a marquee

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21
Q

Which tools use them?

A

Polygonal Lasso Tool

Magnetic Lasso Tool

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22
Q

What can be done with selections?

A

Moved

Copied

Transformed

Adjustment

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23
Q

Non-printable horizontal and vertical lines, used To help position a selection

A

guides

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24
Q

How can a marquee be modified?

A

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

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25
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How can a selection be transformed?

A

By changing its size and other qualities

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26
Q

What does the healing brush fix

A

imperfections

27
Q

What does the healing brush match

A

texture, lighting, shade of sample

28
Q

What color mode is used for visual output?

A

RGB

29
Q

Printed output color

A

CMYK

30
Q

What is the default foreground/

background color?

A

Black and White

31
Q

How can you change the foreground color?

A

Colors panel

Swatches panel

Color Picker

Eyedropper tool (sampling)

32
Q

Why use the color picker dialog box?

A

Choose a color from a color spectrum

Numerically define a custom color

33
Q

Border around a layer

A

stroke

34
Q

What is the gradient tool used to do?

A

Create dynamic effects by blending colors

35
Q

What are the 5 gradient options?

A

Linear

Diamond

Radial

Angle

Reflected

36
Q

Why are filters used

A

To significantly alter the appearance of an image

37
Q

How is the Match Color command accessed?

A

Application Menu -> Image

Adjustments

Match Color

38
Q

Text in photoshop is called

A

text

39
Q

Can be scaled to any size
without losing clarity

Type created in
Photoshop is initially
this type

A

outline

40
Q

Composed of pixels

Type is converted to
this type when you
apply special filters

A

bitmap

41
Q

Where can type be modified?

A

Options bar

Character panel

Paragraph panel

42
Q

3 categories of text

A

Serif

Sans Serif

Symbol

43
Q

foyr types of character spacing

A

Kerning

Tracking

Leading

Baseline Shift

44
Q

How to add a style

A

Click Layer on the Application bar

Point to Layer Style or

Click on Add Layer Style on Layer Panel

Click a style

45
Q

two popular styles of type

A

Drop shadow, bevel and emboss

46
Q

What are painting tools used for

A

modify color in an image

47
Q

Painting tools refer to any tool that uses a

_____ to apply.

A

brush tip

48
Q

6 painting tools

A

Smudge

Sharpen

Blur

Dodge

Burn

Sponge

49
Q

controls fade option

A

jitter

50
Q

used to work on unwanted or damaged imagery

A

patch tool

51
Q

What do painting tools match

A

texture, lighting, shading

52
Q

number of brush tip libraries

A

12

53
Q

used to restore pixel data

A

History brush tool

54
Q

What can a layer mask cover

A

An entire layer or specific areas within a layer

55
Q

How many masks per layer

A

one

56
Q

What is the difference between black and

white when painting a Layer Mask?

A

black - increase

white - decrease

57
Q

Changes that can be reversed even after the

image has been closed

A

non-destructive changes

58
Q

where layer mask thumbnail is displayed

A

In the Layers panel to the right of the image

thumbnail

59
Q

how can multiple layers be selected

A

Contiguous Layers - Press and hold Shift while
clicking additional layers on Layer Panel

Non-Contiguous Layers - Press and hold Ctrl while
clicking additional layers on Layer Panel

60
Q

What is the difference between aligning and

distributing layers?

A

Aligning layers to each other

Distributing layers to evenly space content

61
Q

What does blending pixels control?

A

The colors and form of an image by blending

pixels on one layer with pixels on another layer

62
Q

A special layer that acts as a color filter for a single

layer or all the layers beneath

A

adjustment mask

63
Q

How can it be clipped to create a Clipping

Mask?

A

Press Alt + Click on line separating the layers on

the Layers Panel

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