Unit F: Working with Brushes and Color Effects

Activity 1

Page 136: Creating Custom Brushes

____ 1. Which of the following is a common reason for manipulating color in a Photoshop image?

a. / improving realistic color to make a better image
b. / creating special effects with color
c. / converting the image into abstract art
d. / both a. and b.

____ 2. Where can Photoshop’s hundreds of brushes be found?

a. / Brush dialog box / c. / Effects menu
b. / Brush panel / d. / Brush menu

____ 3. The ____ option, when activated, offers you greater control for painting, such as using a brush that fades or a brush that responds to the pressure you apply when painting.

a. / Shape Dynamics / c. / Soft Edge Brush
b. / Special Brushes / d. / Dynamic Edges

Page 138: Painting with Automatic Brush Stokes

____ 1. A brush’s diameter is measured in ____.

a. / millimeters / c. / pixels
b. / points / d. / centimeters

____ 2. What option paints a connecting stroke between two points when those points are chosen while holding the [Shift] key?

a. / automatic brush strokes / c. / brush strokes
b. / immediate strokes / d. / speed strokes

____ 3. What key can be pressed to increase the diameter of your brush?

a. / [ / c. / {
b. / ] / d. / }

Page 140: Painting a Complex Mask

____ 1. Use the ____ to access the Hand tool to scroll as you paint.

a. / [Shift] key / c. / [option] key
b. / [Spacebar] / d. / [Tab] key

____ 2. Because masking is so essential, it’s important that you develop skills for using the ____ tool effectively.

a. / Masking / c. / Drawing
b. / Brush / d. / Effects

__F__ 3. When painting a mask, your choice for the hardness of the brush will not have much impact. (True or False)

Page 142: Understanding the color Picker

____ 1. Which of the following refers to the intensity of a color?

a. / hue / c. / brightness
b. / saturation / d. / flow

____ 2. Which of the following represents the actual name of a color?

a. / hue / c. / brightness
b. / saturation / d. / face

____ 3. The ____ slider is the set of triangles pointing to the rainbow bar in the dialog box.

a. / Brightness / c. / Hue
b. / Saturation / d. / Color

__T__ 4. The Hue slider is the set of triangles pointing to the rainbow bar in the dialog box, and dragging one triangle moves both of them.

__F__ 5. In the Color Picker, Photoshop offers 255 hues to work with.

Critical Thinking: Painting with Automatic Brush Strokes

Michelle is working hard to meet a deadline, and she needs a quick, effective way to paint some masks. She turns to the automatic brush technique.

____ 1. Which key does Michelle need to click and hold when choosing the location of the second point in her stroke?

a. / [spacebar] / c. / [option]
b. / [Shift] / d. / [Ctrl]

____ 2. When she first started creating her most recent mask using automatic brush strokes, Michelle got some strange results. Which of the following was the reason behind these errors?

a. / The Shape Dynamic option was activated for the brush she was using.
b. / The mask was saved to the wrong library.
c. / The diameter of her brush did not match the shape.
d. / The Fuzziness of the strokes was set too low.

____ 3. Michelle wants to increase the diameter of her brush. She wants to increase it from 20 pixels to 90 pixels, so how many times should she press the ] key?

a. / 4 / c. / 14
b. / 7 / d. / 21