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.

  1. 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

  1. Move Tool
  1. 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

  1. 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”

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Spot Healing Brush Tool

Purpose – To fix a ______, ______or blemish

How to – Select the tool and ______over the area you’d like to fix

  1. Selection Brush Tool

Purpose – To ______a selection

How to – Selection Mode will allow you to ______to selection. Mask mode will ______from your selection

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. Describe at least three ways layers can be helpful.

a.

b.

c.

  1. Why do you want to duplicate the background before editing an image?

If things go really ______when editing, you still have the original ______intact.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. What are two uses of filters?

a.

b.

  1. What is a disadvantage to using a filter?
  1. How do you merge a photo? List the steps in your own words.