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Which is the most powerful image editing software and creation software ? a) Word b) Flash c) Photoshop d) Excel 2. The tool that lets you select a colour for setting the foreground and the background colours is a) Gradient tool b) Color Picker tool c) Magic Wand d) None of these 3. Which one of the following tools lets you fill selected areas of an image with a blend of multiple colors ? a) Custom shape tool b) Gradient tool c) Color Replacement tool d) Magic wand tool 4. Which of the following is not a type of Selection tool ? a) Magic wand tool b) Polygonal Lasso tool c) Elliptical Marquee tool d) Custom shape tool 5. Which of the following tools can be used for making selections around the edges of an image ? a) Rectangular Marquee b) Move tool c) Magnetic Lasso tool d) Crop tool 6. The tools that allow you to select a portion or a subset of an image to work on is a) Selection tools b) Marquee c) Lasso d) None of these 7. This option lets you define a smooth edge for the selection. a) Tolerance b) Anti-aliased c) Zoom d) Move 8. The tool used to discard the portions of an image that are not required is a) Crop tool b) Lasso tool c) Marquee tool d) None of these 9. The tool used to drag a selected part of an image to a new location in the image is a) Lasso tool b) Move tool c) Zoom d) Gradient 10. The tool that lets you draw a variety of preset shapes like flowers and grids is a) Selection tool b) Lasso tool c) Custom shape tool d) None of these 11. This tool can be used to create soft strokes of colours in your images. a) Lasso tool b) Brush tool c) Selection d) Crop tool 12. This allows you to set the level of transparency when applying brush strokes. a) Opacity b) Flow c) Mode d) Brush preset
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The default Photoshop file format is .psd
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Resolution determines the sharpness and clarity of an image.
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You can use the foreground and the background colours using the Color Picker.
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The Magic wand tool lets you select those areas of an image which share a similar colour.
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The Layer menu provides options for working with Layers.
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Document window is the area that displays the image file that you will work on. Color mode determines the number of colours and the file size of an image. Tolerance determines how closely the colours should be matched. Brush Preset Picker lets you change the master diameter of the brush.
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What is the use of Adobe Photoshop CS6 ? Adobe Photoshop CS6 is one of the most powerful image editing and creation software. It is used to correct errors in photographs, to add effects to images or to build complex images from scratch. How do you save a file in Photoshop ? You can save the new Photoshop file using the File → Save or File →Save As menu option. Photoshop supports various types of file formats such as PSD, TIFF, GIF, JPEG and PDF. The Photoshop file format is .PSD What is the use of color picker tool ? The color picker tool lets you select a colour for setting the foreground and the background colours. The currently selected foreground colour gets displayed in the upper box and currently selected background colour is displayed in the lower box. Write a short note on Selection tools. The selection tools allow you to select a portion or a subset of an image to work on. This helps you in editing and applying effects only to the selected portions of an image while leaving the unselected areas affected. The selected portions are highlighted using a dashed border. Differentiate between Rectangular and Elliptical Marquee tools. Rectangular Marquee Tool It allows you to make a selection in a rectangular shape.
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Elliptical Marquee Tool It allows you to make a selection in an elliptical or a circular shape.
Differentiate between Polygonal and Magnetic Lasso tools. Polygonal Lasso Tool
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Polygonal Lasso Tool allows you to make Magnetic Lasso Tool allows you to select objects selections by clicking specific points around an by sticking the selection border to the edges of image. an object. 7.
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What is Magic wand tool ? The Magic Wand tool lets you select those areas of an image which share a similar colour. When using this tool, you can also set various options for specifying the exact selection in the options bar. List down the steps to use the Quick selection tool. Click on the Quick Selection tool. Drag and click the mouse over the part of the image to be selected. How do you use Move tool in Photoshop ? The Move tool is used to drag a selected part of an image to a new location in the image. Select the portion of the image to be moved using one of the selected tools. Select the Move tool. Place the mouse pointer inside the selection area and drag the selection to a new location. List out the steps to draw shapes in Photoshop. Select an appropriate Shape Tool from the Tools Panel. Choose the desired fill colour and stroke colour, stroke width and stroke type in the Options bar. Click and drag the mouse to draw the required shape. List out the steps to use the custom shape tool. Select the Custom Shape Tool from the Tools Panel. Select a shape from the Shape pop-up panel in the Options bar. Click and drag the mouse to draw the selected custom shape.
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What is the use of Tolerance option ? Tolerance determines how closely the colours should be matched for sampling. Specifying a lower value selects colours that are very similar to the pixel where you clicked. Specifying a higher value selects a wide range of colours. What is the purpose of the following in the Photoshop workspace ? a) options bar: Options bar provides options related to the tool currently selected in the Tools panel. For example, to choose the thickness of the Brush Tool selected in the Tools panel, you use the Options bar. b) Tools Panel : Tools panel offers various tools that let you select, edit, draw, paint and view images. To use any tool, you click its icon in the Tools panel Most of the tools in the Tools panel show a small triangle at the lower-right corner.
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Explain the components of the Photoshop workspace. Explain the properties of the New Dialog Box. List out the steps to use the Gradient tool. Explain the options available in the Brush tool options bar. Explain Crop tool in Photoshop. ********************************
