Photoshop Review

Question One: What are the three types edits that we have learned and in what order did we complete these edits for the Frame within a Frame project? Why do we edit photographs in this order?

- Exposure (Levels & Curves), White Balance (photo filter & color balance), & Vignetting

We edit photos in this order because we cannot edit vignetting before we edit white balance and we cannot edit white balance before exposure

Question Two: What are the “quick keys” for: Move Tool, Crop Tool, Brush Tool, Text Tool, and Mask Mode. We did not go over the “quick keys” for Mask Mode in class, find the answer through your own research.

-Move Tool: (V)

-Crop Tool: (C)

-Brush Tool: (B)

-Text Tool: (T)

-Mask Mode: (Q)

Question Three: What are the “short-cuts” for Select-All, Inverse-Selection and Deselect-Selection. (Ctrl + ?, if you work on a PC, or Command + ?, if you work on a Mac.)

-On PC Shift+Ctrl+I for select inverse and Ctrl+D for deselect

-On Mac Command+Shift+I for select inverse and Command+D for deselect

Question Four: Write all the steps necessary to create vignetting. Do not forget to write what Brush Mode we use, and what percentage of opacity, hardness and flow we use to paint the mask.

-First: select Brush(B) and choose a master diameter that takes up most of the image without leaving it. Then, make hardness 0%, and Opacity and Flow 100%. then select mask mode(Q) and cover the center with red. then remove Mask Mode and enter curves and dim the outside rim of the image.

Question Five: When you open a JPEG in Photo Shop, how many layers do you start with, and what are they / is it called?

-You start with one & it's titled background

Question Six: Which of these buttons on your Layers palette do you press to make a new edit layer (curves, levels, color balance, etc.)? Which of these buttons do you use to delete a layer?

-The center button is used to make edits and the trashcan button is used to delete layers.

Question Seven: How do you “turn off” a layer / make it invisible?

-Simply click the eye icon left of each layer.

Question Eight (Extra Credit): Find a poorly Photoshopped image on the web a la the NYT article we read in class. Post it to your blog, and explain what went wrong.