Photoshop
What application is commonly used to edit and manipulate digital images?
Which tool removes unwanted parts from an image?
Crop Tool
What do we call the separate levels where objects, text, or effects can be placed in Photoshop?
Which design principle distributes visual elements to create stability?
Balance
A student accidentally makes a change to an image and wants to reverse it. What function should be used?
Undo
Which tool selects an area based mainly on similar colors?
Magic Wand Tool
Which Photoshop interface area contains menus such as File, Edit, Image, Layer, and Filter?
Menu Bar
Which principle makes one element stand out more than the others?
Emphasis
Which Layers Panel icon is used to show or hide a layer?
Visibility Icon
A picture is sideways. Which Photoshop function can be used to turn it 90°?
Rotate/Image Rotation
Which interface area displays settings that change depending on the tool currently selected?
Options Bar
A student wants to select a person by manually drawing around the person's irregular outline. Which tool would be appropriate?
Lasso Tool
A designer wants two separate layers to move together whenever one is moved. Which layer action should be used?
Link Layers
A poster uses a very large title, a medium-sized subtitle, and small body text. Which design principle is being applied?
Hierarchy
A designer wants to make an image physically smaller without removing any part of it. Should the designer crop or resize the image?
Resize
A photo is too dark, but the objects and composition are already correct. Should the student crop, resize, or adjust brightness?
Adjust Brightness
A student wants to see the image being edited and observe changes as they work. Which part of the Photoshop interface should they use?
Document Window
A designer places a phone number and email address close together because they are related information, while placing unrelated information farther away. Which principle is being used?
Proximity
A designer wants to hide part of a person's image without permanently deleting that part. Which layer action should be used?
Add Layer Mask
A poster's title is the same size and style as every other piece of text, so viewers don't know what to read first. Which principle should be improved?
Hierarchy
A student says, “The Tool Box and Options Bar do the same thing because both are used when editing.” Is the statement correct? Explain the difference.
No. The Tool Box provides access to different tools, while the Options Bar provides settings for the currently selected tool.
A photo has very little difference between its light and dark areas and looks flat and dull. What adjustment should the student make, and what should happen to the image?
Increase contrast. This strengthens the difference between light and dark areas and can make the image appear sharper and more detailed.
A Photoshop project contains 20 layers, making it difficult to organize. The designer wants to place related layers together without merging them. What should the designer use, and why?
New Group. It places multiple layers into a folder, making the project easier to organize while keeping the layers separate.
A poster has several unrelated fonts, colors, and shapes. Each element looks fine individually, but the entire poster feels disconnected. Which design principle is lacking, and what should the designer do?
Unity
A student is editing a poster with a background, a person, and text. The student wants to change the text without accidentally changing the person or background. How should the student organize the project?