Tool Time
Know Your Workspace
Shortcut Showdown
Client Says
Wildcard
100

This tool is used to move selections, layers, and guides around the canvas.

A. Hand Tool

B. Move Tool

C. Zoom Tool

D. Rectangular Marquee Tool

What is the Move Tool?

100

This panel shows all the ______ in your document and allows you to reorder, hide, or edit them.

A) Channels Panel

B) Layers Panel 

C) History Panel

D) Paths Pane

What is the (B) layers panel?

100

This shortcut copies the selected area

What is Ctrl+C

100

Your client says "We want this placed on a transparent background." What file format should you export/save as?

  • A) JPG

  • B) AVIF

  • C) PNG

  • D) PDF

What is (C) PNG

100

This tool lets you remove a background automatically

What is select subject/ remove background or Quick selection tool with select and mask

200

This tool erases pixels on a layer

A. Brush Tool

B. Eraser Tool

C. Clone Stamp Tool

D. Slice Tool


What is the Eraser Tool?

200

This areas on the right side displays squares you can click to quickly apply preset colors

A) Swatches Panel

B) Color Picker

C) Gradient Panel

D) Tool Options Bar

What is the (A) Swatches panel?

200

This shortcut pastes what you copied

What is Ctrl+V

200

Your client says "We want the subject to stand out more from the background." What adjustment could you add?

  • A) Decrease canvas resolution

  • B) Increase contrast or blur the background

  • C) Desaturate the subject

  • D) Flatten the image

What is: (B)

Brightness/Contrast

Levels

Selective Color Adjustment

200

This feature allows you to save your image for submission.

What is Save As/ Export As

300

This tool allows you to make rectangular or square selections

A. Lasso Tool

B. Magic Wand Tool

C. Crop Tool

D. Rectangular Marquee Tool

What is the rectangular marquee tool?

300

This panel stores multiple versions of your document and records actions so you can jump backward in time.

A) Actions Panel

B) History Panel

C) Properties Panel

D) Info Panel

What is the (B) history panel?

300

This shortcut undoes your last action.

  • A) Ctrl + Y 

  • B) Ctrl + Shift + Z

  • C) Ctrl +Z

  • D) Ctrl + D 

What is (C) Ctrl+Z

300

The client says "Our product is for teenagers. Make it feel fun and modern.." What should you add in the design?

  • A) Monochromatic gray tones and formal serif text

  • B) Vibrant colors and dynamic, modern typography

  • C) Low-contrast dark grays and complex data tables

  • D) Vintage cursive scripts with muted earth tones

What is:

(B) Bright Colors, Bold Fonts, and Imagery

300

This feature changes the transparency of your object

  • A) Fill

  • B) Opacity 

  • C) Blending Mode

  • D) Feather

What is (B) opacity

400

This tool lets you blur or soften areas of an image.

A. Sharpen Tool

B. Blur Tool

C. Smudge Tool

D. Dodge Tool

What is the blur tool?

400

This feature arranges panels, tools, and menus into preset layouts like "Essentials"

A) Workspace Switcher

B) Canvas Preset

C) Artboard Layout

D) View Menu

What is a (A)Workspace?

400

This shortcut deselects an active selection.

  • A) Ctrl + D (Cmd + D) 

  • B) Ctrl + Shift + D

  • C) Ctrl + E (Cmd + E)

  • D) Ctrl + U (Cmd + U)

What is (A) Ctrl+D

400

The client says: "This product is for senior citizens." What should be considered in your design?

  • A) Small, fine print with low color contrast

  • B) Neon colors with fast-moving text 

  • C) Black and white images & text

  • D) Large, clear typography and high visual contrast

What is (D) larger, easy-to read fonts and high contrast colors

400

This tool lets your sample colors from an image to fill, paint, or clone

  • A) Color Replacement Tool

  • B) Gradient Tool 

  • C) Sponge Tool

  • D) Eyedropper Too 

What is the (D) Eyedropper tool?

500

This tool allows you to add text to your image.

A. Pen Tool

B. Type Tool

C. Shape Tool

D. Direct Selection Tool

What is the Type Tool?

500

This panel shows your open files as tabs across the top of the workspace

A) Options Bar

B) Document Bar / Application Tabs 

C) Status Bar

D) Menu Bar

What is the (B) Document Tab Bar?

500

This shortcut switches to the Move Tool.

  • A) M

  • B) V 

  • C) T

  • D) B

What is (B) V?

500

Your client says: "Our brand is luxury and high end." What design style should you choose?

  • A) Elegant typography, minimalist layouts, and a sophisticated color palette 

  • B) Bright primary colors and cartoon illustration  

  • C) Distressed grunge textures and heavy drop shadows

  • D) Cluttered multi-colored collage graphics

What is (A) Minimalist layouts, elegant fonts, black/gold tones, and clean photography

500

This command flattens all visible layers into a single layer for export

Hint: Under layer menu

  • A) Merge Down

  • B) Group Layers 

  • C) Flatten Image 

  • D) Convert to Smart Object

What is (C) flatten image?

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