Photoshop Deck 3

Question 1

How do you open a new document?

Answer 1

• File -> New
• Ctrl + N

Question 2

What are the print presets in Photoshop?

Answer 2

Photo, Print, Art & Illustration

Question 3

What are the screen presets in Photoshop?

Answer 3

Web, Mobile, Film & Video

Question 4

What is web resolution?

Answer 4

Refers to the pixels on screens

Question 5

What is print resolution?

Answer 5

Refers to dots of ink for every inch when the printer prints the image

Question 6

What is a bleed?

Answer 6

A section of paper that gets discarded after printing so the image goes edge to edge

Question 7

What are two ways you can show the rulers?

Answer 7

1) View -> Rulers
2) Ctrl + R

Question 8

How can you change the ruler measurements?

Answer 8

Right click on the ruler to change the measurement

Question 9

How do you show the grid on your canvas?

Answer 9

View -> Show -> Grid

Question 10

What are guides?

Answer 10

Invisible lines on your project that allows you to line things up

Question 11

What are two ways to add guides to your canvas?

Answer 11

1) Drag it from the ruler
2) View -> New Guide

Question 12

How do you move guides around?

Answer 12

Move Tool

Question 13

How do you lock guides?

Answer 13

View -> Lock Guides

Question 14

Kerning

Answer 14

Space between specific letter pairs

Question 15

Tracking

Answer 15

Space between all letters on a line

Question 16

Leading

Answer 16

Space between lines

Question 17

Baseline

Answer 17

Lines of type are supposed to sit on an invisible line

Question 18

Where is kerning generally used?

Answer 18

Headlines, titles and other large text.

Question 19

What can you do to a title to give it more important, powerful feel?

Answer 19

Increase the leading

Question 20

What is recommended before rasterizing a type layer?

Answer 20

Duplicating the layer and hide it before rasterizing in case the words need to be changed.

Question 21

How do you invert a layer mask?

Answer 21

To invert mask go to Image -> Adjustments -> Invert (ctrl + i)

Question 22

How do you rasterize a layer?

Answer 22

Right click -> Rasterize layer

Question 23

What do you press on the keyboard to select multiple layers?

Answer 23

Control/Command or Shift

Question 24

Text tool selections

Answer 24

1) Double click to select a single word
2) Triple click to select a line

Question 25

Label these:

Answer 25

A) Lock transparent pixels
B) Lock pixels with info
C) Lock just movement or lock position
D) Lock everything
E) Group Layers Icon
F) Create new layer or used to duplicate layers/groups

Question 26

How do you make sure your print document is going to print at 100%?

Answer 26

Don’t check scale to fit

Question 27

How do you save a JPG file?

Answer 27

File -> Export -> Export As

Question 28

What is one important thing to click on when you are saving for print?

Answer 28

Embed color profile

Question 29

How do you view what your document will look like before offset printing?

Answer 29

View -> Proof colors

Question 30

What is soft proofing?

Answer 30

Soft proofing attempts to to simulate the printed colors when you send to professional offset priting. It’s not ritical unless your color accuracy is important and you have wide-gamut monitors and printers.

Question 31

How do you convert your image from RGB to CYMK?

Answer 31

Image -> Mode -> CMYK