Photoshop Deck 4

Question 1

What do artboards operate like?

Answer 1

A group

Question 2

What does Select -> Subject do?

Answer 2

Attempts to automatically select the subject in an image.

Question 3

What does tolerance do?

Answer 3

It adjusts how far the selections spread before it stops.

Question 4

With the magic wand tool, what does adjusting the tolerance do?

Answer 4

Select more or less range of color.

Question 5

What is one way to refine a selection?

Answer 5

Select -> Select and Mask

Question 6

How do you add a solid color layer?

Answer 6

Click on the new layer in the layer panel -> Solid color

Question 7

How do you duplicate a layer?

Answer 7

Duplicate a layer by dragging to new layer icon.

Question 8

What needs to be rasterized before you can destructively edit?

Answer 8

Text and smart objects

Question 9

Define rasterize

Answer 9

Converts text, shapes, smart objects and groups into standard Photoshop pixel-based layers

Question 10

Define Pixels

Answer 10

Tiny dots that make up a raster or bitmap image

Question 11

Raster (aka bitmap) images

Answer 11

Made of grid or colored dots, like a mosaic

Question 12

Vector images

Answer 12

Images made by mathematical formulas creating lines and curves (like graphic an equation in Geometry class)

Question 13

What are 4 ways to rasterize a group, smart object or text?

Answer 13

1) Right click -> Merge group
2) Type -> Rasterize Type Layer
3) Right click Layer -> Rasterize Type
4) Right click Smart Object -> Rasterize Layer

Question 14

How do you flip an object?

Answer 14

Go to Edit -> Transform -> Flip

Question 15

What is the difference between horizontal flipping and vertical flipping?

Answer 15

Horizontal is like flipping a page.

Vertical is like flipping a page in a notepad.

Question 16

Define layer opacity

Answer 16

Changes the visibility of the layer contents and the effects.

Question 17

Define layer fille

Answer 17

Changes the visibility of the layer contents ONLY and leaves the effects visible

Question 18

How do you add bleed to an artboard?

Answer 18

Switch move tool to artboard tool

Question 19

Define adjustment layers

Answer 19

Allows you to make adjustments to images, but without permanent changes. They also allow more control with opacity, masks and re-editing the adjustment later.

Question 20

Define smart filters

Answer 20

Allows you to add filters to images, but without permanent changes. They also allow opacity, masks and re-editing the filter settings later.

Question 21

How do you save artboards?

Answer 21

File -> Export -> Artboards to files

Question 22

How do you save individual layers as files?

Answer 22

File -> Export -> Layers to files