Name ______Section ______
A trial version of Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 can be downloaded from this site:
Look at links on the left for the download option.
Section 1: Define each term and provide the steps needed to use each tool. Use the information provided in the packet.
- Red Eye Removal Tool
Purpose – To reduce or eliminate glowing ______from people or animals in your photos.
How to – Zoom in, click the Red Eye Removal Button, and ______the crosshair on the red in the eye
- Move Tool
- Zoom Tool
Purpose – To do ______work and to also reduce the view to get the big picture
How to – Click the ______glass and then click the photo or use the ______Palette in the Palette Bin
- Magnetic Lasso Tool
Purpose – To select objects with ______edges
How to – Zoom in, click the Lasso tool, click on an outside edge, and ______around the edge of the photo until returning to beginning, click again to get the “______ants”
- Magic Wand Tool
Purpose – Author’s personal favorite, selects ______of similar color
How to – Click the area you’d like to select, hold ______, and click again on an area you’d like to add to your selection
- Rectangular Marquee Tool/Elliptical Marquee Tool
Purpose – To ______an area of a photo with a rectangle or ellipse to make additional changes to your photo
How To - Click the button, ______a box/ellipse around an area of the photo you’d like to select
- Spot Healing Brush Tool
Purpose – To fix a ______, ______or blemish
How to – Select the tool and ______over the area you’d like to fix
- Selection Brush Tool
Purpose – To ______a selection
How to – Selection Mode will allow you to ______to selection. Mask mode will ______from your selection
- Clone Stamp Tool
Purpose – To ______an area of a photo or to get rid of ______elements of a photo
How to - Zoom in, select the tool, hold the ______, and select your ______(area you’d like to clone), move to the area you’d like to add to and begin “drawing” by holdingdown your mouse button
Section 2: User Interface Screenshot - Create a drawing of the user interface and label each component.
- Create a drawing of the user interface and label each of these: 1. Menus;
2. Options Bar; 3. Close Bar; 4. Help; 5. Expand Triangles; 6. Palette Bin;
7. Tool Box; 8. Photo Bin
Section 3: Provide a detailed description for each question listed below.
- When would it be advantageous to use the Quick Fix Mode?
It would be advantageous to use Quick Fix Mode when you have a large amount of photos that you need to tweak in a ______. It can fix many ______problems.
- List and describe the five default palettes located in the Palette Bin.
The ______palette – provides step-by-step recipes for some imaging techniques
The ______palette – actually three palettes: Effects, Filters, and Layer Styles. Various tools for applying special effects
The ______palette – allows you to step back through multiple changes
The ______palette – lets you quickly zoom in and out while viewing an image
The ______palette – allows you to isolate separate parts of your image
- What is the purpose of the Photo Bin?
You can always see ______of all open images and instantly switch between them. You can also ______something from one image and ______it to another image via the Photo Bin.
- What is the best way to save a file in Photoshop Elements?
Use File, ______to make a new copy of the file with changes. This allows you to save the ______image.
- What is a layer?
Layers allow you to apply effects to just ______of your image and to experiment with filters without wrecking your final image. They allow you to ______an image into layers.
- Describe at least three ways layers can be helpful.
a.
b.
c.
- Why do you want to duplicate the background before editing an image?
If things go really ______when editing, you still have the original ______intact.
- What mode have we used in class to edit images?
______edit mode is the mode we have been using in class to edit images. The other mode is ______Mode which allows to tweak photos in a hurry.
- What does feathering an image do to the image?
Feathering an image means you ______and extend the ______of the area you have selected. It eliminates the sharp edges.
- What are two uses of the clone stamp?
The clone stamp allows you to ______areas of an image, or it allows you to get rid of ______elements in a photo.
- What are two uses of filters?
a.
b.
- What is a disadvantage to using a filter?
- How do you merge a photo? List the steps in your own words.