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 imageb. / 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 menub. / 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 Brushb. / Special Brushes / d. / Dynamic Edges
Page 138: Painting with Automatic Brush Stokes
____ 1. A brush’s diameter is measured in ____.
a. / millimeters / c. / pixelsb. / 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 strokesb. / 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] keyb. / [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. / Drawingb. / 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. / brightnessb. / saturation / d. / flow
____ 2. Which of the following represents the actual name of a color?
a. / hue / c. / brightnessb. / saturation / d. / face
____ 3. The ____ slider is the set of triangles pointing to the rainbow bar in the dialog box.
a. / Brightness / c. / Hueb. / 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. / 14b. / 7 / d. / 21