Selection Tools
Other Media Arts Stuff
PS Layer Types
Layers Panel
Photoshop Shortcuts
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This tool selects areas based on color with a single click.
What is the Magic Wand tool?
200
When naming a file, you should include your last name, the project name, and this?
What is your first initial?
200
This type of PS layer involves text and is Vector based.
What is a Type Layer?
200
The symbol you click to add a layer.
What is Add New
200
You press this key to nudge the selected layer by one pixel.
What is the arrow key?
400
This tool makes selections using rectangles.
What is the Marquee Rectangle Tool?
400
This is the file extension for a Photoshop file.
What is .psd?
400
This type of layer is used to apply edits like Brightness, Contrast, Hue or Saturation, etc.
What is an Adjustment Layer?
400
You press this symbol to do things like copy a layer or duplicate a layer.
What is Layer Actions?
400
You press command+C to do this.
What is copy?
600
This tool selects areas based on color AND texture as you drag over the area you want to select.
What is the Quick Selection Tool?
600
Photoshop stores your files in here which allow you to access your documents across multiple devices.
What is the Cloud?
600
This can be applied to a layer and is used to "hide" and "reveal" parts of it.
What is a Layer Mask?
600
You press this symbol to view the different layers.
What is Layers List View?
600
You press use command+V to do this.
What is paste?
800
To use this selection tool, you simply drag a box around an object and Photoshop will try to select it.
What is object selection?
800
This is the tool you use as your mouse (to move things around or select things).
What is the move tool?
800
The default layer in documents.
What is the background layer?
800
You use this to do things like made a photo black and white.
What is Layers Properties?
800
You press command+Z to do this.
What is undo?
1000
This selection tool allows you to draw freeform selections around objects or areas of your image.
What is the Lasso Tools?
1000
These are tiny squares that make up digital images.
What are pixels?
1000
This is used when you want to “clip” the contents of one layer to a layer directly beneath it.
What is a Clipping Mask?
1000
You press this symbol to hide and show pixels on the layers.
What is Layer Mask?
1000
You press command+D to do this.
What is deselect?
1200
This Selection Tool creates a circle around a selection.
What is the Marquee Ellipse tool?
1200
The amount of pixels per inch of an image determines this.
What is Resolution?
1200
This type of layer is made up of Pixels.
What is a RASTER layer?
1200
You press this symbol to clip a layer into another layer.
What is Clipping Mask?
1200
You press command+shift+I to do this.
What is invert selection?