Photo 11: Introduction to Digital Imaging
Instructor: Sue Leith
Exam Review
On your camera, what are the following and what are they used for?
WB
ISO
Histogram
Where, in Photoshop or Bridge would you go to make a contact sheet?
Where would you look to find the shortcut for a command?
Where is the measure tool located? What is this tool used for?
If your layers, or any other palette is not visible, how can you find it to make it visible?
You can easily see the contents of a folder as a slide show in _____________?
You can easily change the thumbnail size of the images in ____________?
Feathering is better done before or after making a selection? Explain.
You should always or never check the anti-alias box in the options bar? Explain.
Name 2 ways to modify a selection after it has been made.
How do you save a selection? What is it saved as and where (in what palette)? If you save and close the document will your selection still be there when the document is re-opened?
Where can you take a snapshot of a particular time in the life of your image? If you save and close the document will it be there when the document is re-opened?
What is Quick Mask used for?
If you want your selection to remain active, but don’t want to see the marching ants, what shortcut could you use to hide them?
What do the magic wand and magic eraser have in common?
How do they (magic wand and magic eraser) differ?
Name 3 differences between a background layer and a regular layer (things that can be done or not done on one or the other).
By default, adjustment layers affect all layers below them. Can you change this and make them affect just one layer below them or one layer above them? If so, how?
Name 2 tools used to correct perspective in an image.
Can you drag two layers from one document to another at the same time? If so, how?
What is the difference between the command, Edit > Free Transform and the command, Select > Transform? Be specific.
If you want to “poke a hole” in a layer to allow parts of the layer below to be visible, without erasing any pixels you would need to ___________ with ______________ on a layer mask.
What adjustment layer can be used to make a custom black and white image from a color image?
Painting with gray on a mask allows you to see what?
When hand-coloring a grayscale image, first change the mode from grayscale to ___________, then paint with any color you want on a/an ______________ layer set to color, overlay, or multiply as a blend mode.
In what palette can you change the blend mode of a regular layer? In what palette4 can you change the blend mode of a background layer?
What can you do to change your background layer and make it behave like a regular layer?
Which adjustment layer should you use to make your image look sepia toned?
To use the healing brush, you must first target an area to sample from. What key on your keyboard must you hold to target this sample?
When retouching, it is best to use a different layer (than the background) for things you are going to fade. Why?
To copy a selection to a new layer, use the shortcut, Command _________?
You want to change the size of your document, literally throw away some pixels to make it smaller and email a copy to someone, is it better to check or uncheck the resample box in the image size dialog box? Explain.
When resampling a photograph the best method is Bicubic or Bilinear or Nearest Neighbor?
Name the 5 things that affect file size.
What does lossy mean when relating to file format, and which of the following is considered a lossy file format, .jpg, .tif, and/or .psd?
Are there any advantages to saving your photograph using a lossy file format?
Why is it sometimes better to use a gradient, rather than paint, on a mask?
Can you use a colorful gradient on a mask? Explain.
You can edit your type after rasterizing and liquifying it? Explain.
Tolerance is important with both the magic eraser and magic wand. What does it control?
To dodge and burn large areas, when the dodge and burn tools don’t do a good job, use a blank layer set to what blend mode? Then, to burn paint with _________ and to dodge, paint with ______________.
You are working on an empty layer set to the saturation blend mode. To saturate areas of your photograph, paint with ___________________, Instead, to de-saturate paint with ______________.
The shortcut for scrolling through blend modes works if you choose the move or a selection tool and hold down the _________________ key while hitting the ____________ key.
You are going to composite two images together, but first need to check how the size relationship between the two will look. How can you do this?
In the above example, if the size of one image is much too large and you want to make it smaller, go to Image > Image Size and Check or Uncheck the resample box before changing dimensions.