Photoshop Exam Flashcards
1
Q
Fit on Screen
A
Cmd + 0
2
Q
Show/Hide Guides
A
Cmd + ;
3
Q
Switch to Hand Tool
A
Spacebar
4
Q
Deselect
A
Cmd + D
5
Q
Add to a selection
A
Shift-drag
6
Q
Subtract from selection
A
Option-drag
7
Q
Free Transform
A
Cmd + T
8
Q
Invert
A
Cmd + I
9
Q
Move tool
A
V
10
Q
Rectangular Marquee Tools
A
M
11
Q
Lasso tools
A
L
12
Q
Quick selection/magic wand
A
W
13
Q
Crop tool
A
C
14
Q
Healing Brush tools
A
J
15
Q
Brush tools
A
B
16
Q
Decrease/Increase brush size
A
[ or ]
17
Q
Clone Stamp tools
A
S
18
Q
Zoom in and out
A
Cmd + and/or -
19
Q
Show/hide rulers
A
Cmd + R
20
Q
Fit artboard
A
Cmd + 0
21
Q
Toggle fill and stroke
A
X
22
Q
Draw from the center of a shape
A
option-drag
23
Q
selection tool
A
v
24
Q
direct selection tool
A
A
25
Pen tool
P
26
Rectangle tool
M
27
Ellipse tool
L
28
Gradient tool
G
29
Eyedropper tool
I
30
Paintbrush tool
B
31
Type tool
T
32
Pencil
N
33
RGB
Red, green, and blue is added to a black background to create white, called a additive process. Used in computer monitors, TV sets, projectors and mobile device screens, must be converted to CMYK for printing.
34
CMYK
4 color process, uses four ink colors to print a full color image. Each color absorbs or subtracts part of the white reflected from the surface, therefore a subtractive process.
35
Minimum resolution for commercial printing
300 ppi
36
Modifying masks
modify with paintbrush tool, black add, white subtract
37
PDF
Portable Document Format, exchange docs over dif. operating systems, can contain vector and/or rasterized data
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AI file
Adobe illustrator file
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EPS
Encapsulated PostScript Vector format, required for professional, high-quality image printing
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PSD
Photoshop Document
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TIFF
Tag Image File Format, lossless form file compression, large file, but no loss of image quality
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JPEG
One of the most common image fonts, uses compression so NOT lossless and not the highest image quality. Can display 16.8 mill colors
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GIF
Graphics Interchange Format, can contain 256 indexed colors, best to display graphics and logos for basic animation
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PNG
Portable Network Graphic, can handle graphics with transparent or semi-transparent backgrounds
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RAW
Uncompressed and unprocessed image data captured by a digital camera
