Semester 1 Final Review
Label the following Tool Box buttons from Photoshop CS:
1. Burn Tool 15. Path Selection Tool
2. Patch Tool 16. Horizontal Type Mask Tool
3. Polygonal Lasso Tool 17. Vertical Type Tool
4. Crop Tool 18. Add Anchor Point Tool
5. Lasso Tool 19. Hand Tool
6. Elliptical Marquee Tool 20. Ellipse Tool
7. Eraser Tool 21. Custom Shape Tool
8. Brush Tool 22. Smudge Tool
9. Move Tool 23. Dodge Tool
10. Magic Wand Tool 24. Horizontal Type Tool
11. Paint Bucket Tool 25. Gradient Tool
12. Eyedropper Tool 26. Clone Stamp Tool
13. Rectangle Tool 27. Healing Brush Tool
14. Pen Tool 28. Rectangular Marquee Tool
What are the ways to open a new file in Photoshop?
File > New, Ctrl N
What happens when you resize a document by going to Image > Document Size?
Resizing the document by removing part of it
What does the Zoom Slider do in Photoshop?
adjust the size and area of the document that is displayed, “zoom in” on your document, look at your document on a pixel by pixel basis
Explain each of the following tools: Patch Tool, Healing Brush, Clone Stamp, Smudge, and Sponge.
Patch—allows you to use portions of the image to replace a flawed portion
Healing Brush—takes colors close to the flaw to fix it giving a more natural looking repair.
Clone Stamp—allows you to clone part of the image on to another part of the image.
Smudge—smoothes the pixels to give a softer finish
Sponge—used to saturate and desaturate color in a photo
What does the File Browser option do in Photoshop?
Gives you a good overview and detailed information about individual files that are in your folder before you bring them into Photoshop
Explain the following tools: Eye Dropper Tool, Lasso Tool, Magic Wand Tool, Polygonal Lasso Tool, Magnetic Lasso Tool, Dodge Tool, and Burn Tool.
Eyedropper—allows you to choose and match colors exactly
Lasso—selects a section of the image based upon the steady hand of the drawer
Magic Wand—with one click of the mouse, will select an entire area of a continuous color
Polygonal Lasso—selects an area by using a series of clicks, connecting a series of straight lines to enclose an area
Magnetic Lasso—selects an area by automatically matching color pixels
Dodge—brightens the selected area
Burn—darkens a selected area
What does the feather option do in Photoshop?
Makes the edges of selected area blurry depending upon the setting
Explain what the following do in the Character Palette: Font, Tracking, Baseline Shift, Kerning, Superscript, Leading, Vertically Scaled, and Horizontally Scaled.
Font—typeface of the text
Tracking—places space between characters
Baseline Shift—the distance the type sits from its baseline
Kerning—changes the amount of space between letters
Superscript—shrinks the character and moves it above the line
Leading—changes the amount of space between lines of text
Vertically Scaled—changes the character height
Horizontally Scaled—changes the character width
What does Ctrl T do?
Allows you to “free transform”
Where do you choose brush size and type?
Tool options bar
How did you create grass in your landscape drawing in Photoshop?
Using the Brush Tool
What company makes Photoshop?
Adobe
When you save a Photoshop file what is its native file extension?
.psd
What does the Crop tool do?
Resizes the image by removing part of it
Which tool did you use to draw and fill your Christmas tree on the business card?
Pen Tool
How did you bend the Christmas tree branches after it was drawn?
Direct Selection Tool
What does Ctrl R do?
Activates the rulers view
Can you adjust the color levels of individual layers in Photoshop?
Yes
How do you create a new layer using the menu bar?
Choose Layer > New
Do you have to have the layer selected to make a change to that layer?
Yes
What is the best tool to use to draw a smooth curved line?
Pen Tool
What does the Opacity control do?
It adjusts the transparency of the layer.
What does the Vertical Type Tool do?
Types text from top to bottom
How do you outline text?
Add a stroke to it
What’s the keyboard shortcut to save your file?
Ctrl S