Photoshop
Retouching and Editing
Review Questions
- What does the point of origin represent when rulers are displayed in an image document?
- What are guides?
- Describe two ways that guides can be added to an image.
- How are guides moved?
- What parts of an object can be snapped to a guide or grid line?
- What can guides be snapped to?
- After creating a diagonal measuring line using the Ruler tool, which measurement in the Info panel will give the actual distance between the start and end points: X, Y, W, H, D or A?
- How many rulers are displayed in an image?
- What is the purpose of creating a protractor with the Ruler tool?
- What advantage is there in using the Blur tool instead of a Blur filter?
- Which Blur tool option most significantly affects the amount of blurring that will be applied?
- What are the steps for painting with the Clone Stamp tool?
- Describe how enabling and disabling the Aligned option affects how the Clone Stamp tool operates.
- If you were using the Clone Stamp tool in an image with sharply defined detail, would you use a soft brush or a hard brush?
- How does the Pattern Stamp tool differ from the Clone Stamp tool?
- How is using the History Brush different from reverting to a snapshot or state in terms of the outcome?
- How is the Art History brush different from the History Brush?
- Explain how the Eraser works on a regular layer and on a Background layer.
- Describe the Eraser tool's Brush, Block, Pencil, and Airbrush modes.
- Which tool erases the background with a single click?
- If you had an element with detailed wispy edges that you needed to extract from its background, which Photoshop option would be best for the job?
- Describe what the Dodge, Burn and Sponge tools do.
- What does the Exposure tool option control?
- Which command would you use in the Edit menu if you wanted to copy selected pixels from all visible layers?
- What is the difference between the Cut and Clear commands?
- What are the keyboard shortcuts for the Copy, Cut, Paste and Clear commands?
- Which matting command is used to remove fringe pixels of any colour from an element on a transparent background?
- Which menu contains the Rotate command that will rotate the entire image: Edit menu or Image menu?
- When using the Free Transform or Transform command, how do you remove the bounding box and cancel any transformations you may have applied?
- When using the Free Transform or Transform command, how do you remove the bounding box and apply the transformations?
- How do you scale an object and retain its proportions when free transforming?
- What is the keyboard shortcut for the Free Transform command?
- Which Transform submenu command lets you drag any bounding box handle freely in any direction?
- What is the difference between the Image Size and Canvas Size commands?
- An image contains a Background layer and a regular layer that is completely filled. If the Canvas Size command is used, will the content of the layers be deleted or hidden?
- When using the Crop tool, how do you apply the crop to the image?
- Name at least two differences between using the Crop command and the Crop tool.
- The Trim command will trim based on one of three pixel options. What are they?
- When set to trim transparent pixels, will the Trim command consider all layers or only visible layers?
Bonus Questions
- Describe two ways that you can set up a vertical guide that will be positioned exactly in the horizontal centre of an image.
- If you wanted to increase the height of an element on a transparent layer but have its centre point remain in the same place, how could you do it?
- Will the Trim command work if there is a Background layer in an image?
- What is a quick way to open up the Grids, Guides & Slices Preferences?
- When using keyboard shortcuts to fill with the foreground or background colour, how can you also retain layer transparency?
Review Answers
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