- You can scan a photograph, transparency, negative, or graphic into the program;
capture a digital video image; or import artwork created in a drawing program. You
can also import digital photos.
Describe two types of images you can open in Photoshop.
- Choose File > Browse In Bridge in Photoshop to jump to Bridge. !en, locate the image
file you want to open, and double-click its thumbnail to open it in Photoshop.
How do you open image files using Adobe Bridge?
- Click a tool in the Tools panel, or press the tool's keyboard shortcut. A selected tool
remains active until you select a di$erent tool. To select a hidden tool, either use a
keyboard shortcut to toggle through the tools, or hold down the mouse button on the
tool in the Tools panel to open a pop-up menu of the hidden tools.
How do you select tools in Photoshop?
- Choose commands from the View menu to zoom in on or out from an image, or to "t it
onscreen, or use the zoom tools and click or drag over an image to enlarge or reduce the
view. You can also use keyboard shortcuts or the Navigator panel to control the display
of an image.
Describe two ways to change your view of an image.
- !e Photoshop Help system includes full information about Photoshop features plus
keyboard shortcuts, task-based topics, and illustrations. Photoshop also includes a link
to the Adobe Systems Photoshop web page for additional information on services,
products, and tips pertaining to Photoshop.
What are two ways to get more information about Photoshop?
- !e term resolution refers to the number of pixels that describe an image and establish
its detail. Image resolution and monitor resolution are measured in pixels per inch&(ppi).
Printer, or output, resolution is measured in ink dots per inch (dpi).
What does resolution mean?
- You can use the Crop tool to trim, scale, or straighten an image.
What does the Crop tool do?
- Use the White Balance tool to adjust the color temperature. Then fine-tune the color
and tone using sliders in the Basic panel.
How can you adjust the tone and color of an image in Camera Raw?
- !e Healing Brush, Spot Healing Brush, Patch tool, and Clone Stamp tools, as well as
content-aware "ll, let you replace unwanted portions of an image with other areas of
the image. !e Clone Stamp tool copies the source area exactly; the Healing Brush
and Spot Healing Brush tools blend the area with the surrounding pixels. !e Spot
Healing Brush tool doesn't require a source area at all; it "heals" areas to match the
surrounding pixels. !e Patch tool in Content-Aware mode, and content-aware "ll
replace a selection with content that matches the surrounding area.
What tools can you use to remove blemishes in an image?
- !e Unsharp Mask filter adjusts the contrast of the edge detail and creates the illusion
of a more focused image.
What effect does the Unsharp Mask filter have on an image?
- Only the area within an active selection can be edited.
Once you've made a selection, what area of the image can be edited?
- To add to a selection, click the Add To Selection button in the options bar, and then
click the area you want to add. To subtract from a selection, click the Subtract From
Selection button in the options bar, and then click the area you want to subtract. You
can also add to a selection by pressing Shift as you drag or click; to subtract, press Alt
(Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you drag or click.
How do you add to and subtract from a selection?
- To reposition a selection, without releasing the mouse button, hold down the spacebar
and drag.
How can you move a selection while you're drawing it?
- To make sure that the selection is the shape you want when you use the Lasso tool,
end the selection by dragging across the starting point of the selection. If you start and
stop the selection at di$erent points, Photoshop draws a straight line between the start
point of the selection and the end point of the selection.
When drawing a selection with the Lasso tool, how should you finish drawing the
selection to ensure it's the shape you want?
- !e Quick Selection tool expands outward from where you click to automatically "nd
and follow de"ned edges in the image.
What does the Quick Selection tool do?
- !e Magic Wand tool selects adjacent pixels based on their similarity in color. !e
Tolerance value determines how many color tones the Magic Wand tool will select.
!e higher the tolerance setting, the more tones are selected.
How does the Magic Wand tool determine which areas of an image to select? What is
tolerance, and how does it a$ect a selection?
- Layers let you move and edit di$erent parts of an image as discrete objects. You can
also hide individual layers as you work on other layers.
What is the advantage of using layers?
- A new layer always appears immediately above the active layer.
When you create a new layer, where does it appear in the Layers panel stack?
- You can make artwork on one layer appear in front of artwork on another layer by
dragging layers up or down the stacking order in the Layers panel, or by using the
Layer > Arrange subcommands—Bring To Front, Bring Forward, Send To Back, and
Send Backward. However, you can't change the layer position of a background layer.
How can you make artwork on one layer appear in front of artwork on another layer?
- To apply a layer style, select the layer, and then click the Add A Layer Style button
in the Layers panel, or choose Layer > Layer Style > [style].
How can you apply a layer style?
- To minimize file size, you can flatten the image, which merges all the layers onto a
single background. It's a good idea to duplicate image files with layers intact before you
flatten them, in case you have to make changes to a layer later.
When you've completed your artwork, what can you do to minimize the "le size
without changing the quality or dimensions?
- A camera raw "le contains unprocessed picture data from a digital camera's image
sensor. Camera raw "les give photographers control over interpreting the image data,
rather than letting the camera make the adjustments and conversions. When you edit
the image in Camera Raw, it preserves the original raw "le data. !is way, you can edit
the image as you desire, export it, and keep the original intact for future use or other
adjustments.
What happens to camera raw images when you edit them in Camera Raw?
- !e Adobe Digital Negative (DNG) "le format contains the raw image data from a
digital camera as well as metadata that de"nes what the image data means. DNG is an
industry-wide standard for camera raw image data that helps photographers manage
proprietary camera raw "le formats and provides a compatible archival format.
What is the advantage of the Adobe Digital Negative (DNG) "le format?
- Red eye occurs when the retinas of a subject's eyes are re%ected by the camera %ash.
To correct red eye in Adobe Photoshop, zoom in to the subject's eyes, select the Red
Eye tool, and then click the red eyes.
How do you correct red eye in Photoshop?
- !e Lens Correction "lter "xes common camera lens %aws, such as barrel and
pincushion distortion, in which straight lines bow out towards the edges of the image
(barrel) or bend inward (pincushion); chromatic aberration, where a color fringe
appears along the edges of image objects; and vignetting at the edges of an image,
especially corners, that are darker than the center. Defects can occur from incorrectly
setting the lens's focal length or f-stop, or by tilting the camera vertically
or horizontally.
Describe how to "x common camera lens %aws in Photoshop. What causes
these defects?
- Quick masks are helpful for creating quick, one-time selections. In addition, using a
quick mask is an easy way to edit a selection using the painting tools.
What is the bene"t of using a quick mask?
- !e quick mask disappears when you deselect it.
What happens to a quick mask when you deselect it?
- Masks are saved in channels, which can be thought of as storage areas for color and
selection information in an image.
When you save a selection as a mask, where is the mask stored?
- You can paint on a mask in a channel using black, white, and shades of gray.
How can you edit a mask in a channel once you've saved it?
- Channels are used as storage areas for saved selections. Unless you explicitly display a
channel, it does not appear in the image or print. Layers can be used to isolate various
parts of an image so that they can be edited as discrete objects with the painting or
editing tools or other e$ects.
How do channels differ from layers?
