Foundation

Question 1

In a layer mask, the black area is _____, and the white area is _____.

Answer 1

The black area is hidden(unselected area) and the white area is what the user can see of the mask(the selected mask).

Question 2

What is a mask?

Answer 2

A technique that allows you to make very specific portions of an image invisible while showing another object in its place.

Question 3

What is a Layer Mask?

Answer 3

It uses a single mask to apply a single image and allows you to hide portions of a layer while revealing other layers positioned underneath.

This is accomplished by adjusting the layer’s transparency and opacity through a mask.

Question 4

What is a Clipping Mask?

Answer 4

Allows you to hide portions of an image. Created with multiple layers. It’s a shape that masks other artwork and only reveals what lies within the shape. Not only can clipping masks be made from shapes but they can also be applied to text and vector objects.

Question 5

Layer masks are created with a _____ layer and clipping masks are created with _____ layers.

Answer 5

Layer mask = single layer

Clipping mask = multiple layers

Question 6

What does the asterisk next to the file name mean?

Answer 6

It means that you have unsaved files

Question 7

T or F, history only lasts as long as you’re working inside

an file in photoshop

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Luminance is another word for

Answer 8

brightness

Question 9

What is the histogram?

Answer 9

A column graph of luminance levels inside your image from black on the left to white on the right

Question 10

What is Camera RAW?

Answer 10

An image is an unprocessed photograph captured with a digital camera. It contains the raw image data captured by the camera’s sensor, saved in proprietary file format specific to the camera manufacturer.

Question 11

Hue

Answer 11

essential color

Question 12

Saturation

Answer 12

How colorful that color is

Question 13

Without any saturation the color becomes

Answer 13

gray scale

Question 14

What’s the difference between opacity and flow?

Answer 14

Opacity controls the opaqueness of the paint (the transparency). Flow controls the speed at which paint is laid down (much like painting with a spray paint can)

Question 15

Which tool can you use to whiten teeth?

Answer 15

The dodge and sponge tool

Question 16

Square units are known as

Answer 16

pixels

Question 17

pixels make up an

Answer 17

image

Question 18

The number of pixels inside an image is the

Answer 18

image size

Question 19

The number of pixels that are packed into a square inch when you print that image

Answer 19

the resolution

Question 20

What is camera raw?

Answer 20

It’s an independent utility that also runs in photoshop. It was designed to enhance photographic images. Camera raw is about making global modifications to entire images at once.

It also allows you to edit multiple photos at a time. It offers better controls for color balancing images, breathing life into overly dark shadows and dimming down overly bright highlights.

Even tho it lacks layers, everything it does is nondestructive.

Question 21

What is the difference between filters and adjustment layers?

Answer 21

Filters are destructive. You are permanently modifying the pixels inside the image. unless you add it on top of a smart object.. which will require additional overhead.

Question 22

Exposure is measured in what?

Answer 22

f-stops