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CG Midterm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name the 4 windows you should have open while working | Layers, Color Swatches, History, Navigator |
| Describe the Eyedropper | Picks Colors |
| Describe the Lasso | Allows you to create a freehand selection of your image |
| Describe the Magic Wand and Quick Selection Tool | Quickly selects large areas of the |
| Describe the Zoom Tool | Zooms in and out |
| Describe the Foreground and Background Color | Select Foreground and Background Color |
| Describe the Crop Tool | Crop the Document |
| Describe the Paint Bucket/Gradient Tool | Fill with the foreground color or a gradient between the foreground and background color |
| Describe the Brush Tool | Draw and Paint |
| Describe the Dodge Tool | Lighten the image |
| Describe the Burn Tool | Darken the image |
| Describe the Eraser | Fills the erased area with background color |
| Describe the Marquee Tool | Makes selections with various predefined shapes |
| Describe the Move Tool | Moves objects |
| How do you save in Photoshop? | File>Save as.. |
| How do you create a layer? | Click the "New Layer" button in the layer window |
| How do you remove a layer? | Drag the layer into the trash can in the layer window |
| Why are layers useful? | Allows one to change specific parts of image without affecting the whole project |
| What does RGB stand for? | Red Green Blue |
| What is RGB color used for? | Web documents |
| What does CMYK stand for? | Cyan Magenta Yellow Black |
| What are the Brush Presets for? | To tweak settings for brushes |
| How do you save new brushes? | Edit > Define > Brush Presets > Save |
| Describe the Stroke | The outline of and object |
| Describe the Fill | the fill of the object |
| Describe Clear | Makes the object clear |
| Describe the Blob Brush | Blobs things together |
| Describe the Line Tool | Creates Lines |
| Describe the Shape Tool | Creates Various shapes |
| Describe the Selection Tool | Selects an object, resize and move it around |
| Describe the Polygonal Lasso Tool | Choose specific points of your image |
| Describe the Magnetic Lasso Tool | Sticks to points |
| Describe the Direct Selection Tool | Can select specific points |
| Describe the Artboard Tool | Can create and edit artboards |
| How do you make guides? | View > Hide/Lock Guides |
| How do you align objects? | Select the object and use the Alignment Tools |
| Why do objects have different colored outlines? | They are on a different layer |
| What is a vector? | A Mathematical equation that keeps the object smooth and un-pixelated |
| How do you create and edit Artboards? | Document Setup > Art Boards OR the Artboard tool |
| How do you color and object? | with the Paintbrush, Blob Brush or Paint Bucket tool |
| What is the Core Shadow? | Darkest part of an object |
| What is the Cast Shadow? | The shadow cast by the object |
| What is the Highlight? | Lightest part of the object |
| What is the Light Source? | Source of Illumination |
| What is Reflective Light? | Light reflected off an object onto another |
| What is a Line? | It defines an edge and does not exist in reality |
| What is line weight? | Changes in the thickness or the darkness of a line |
| Name six different types of lines with personalities | Curved, Jagged, Curved, Straight, Thick, Thin |
| What is an Implied Line? | Suggested but not actually there |
| What is a Gestural Line? | Quickly drawn and emphasizes movement fluidity |
| What is an Outline? | Outer edge of and object |
| What are Contour Lines? | Describes the shape of an object including interior detail |