Common Knowledge
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Vocab
100

Paste

pastes the selection (from Cut or Copy) into another part of the image or into a new image as a new layer

100

K

the symbol for black

100

Old Name Of Photoshop was _____

Display

100

Brush tool

allows you to select a brush, choose its characteristics, including size, shape, spacing, roundness, hardness, angle, diameter, mode, opacity, and more, and then use the brush for various types of artwork

100

Gigabyte

A term applied to the size of an image, hard drive, or storage unit; 1,000 megabytes of data

200

Undo

moves back one step and reverses the last action taken

200

Menu bar

the bar at the top of the Photoshop interface that contains several headings: File, Edit, Image, Layer, Select, Filter, View, Window, and Help

200

T/F Adobe Founded Photoshop

False.  It wasn’t developed by Adobe. It was bought by Adobe just after 2 years of its release. At that time it cost adobe around $300 only. Not that easy, It was considered a handsome amount back then. Adobe bought it to expand its designing progs. 

200

Burn tool

tool that is used to darken areas of an image or print

200

CMYK mode

color mode that uses cyan, magenta, yellow, and black to create its colors

300

Rotate

transform tool that allows you to rotate an object around its center point

300

Scale

transform tool that allows you to enlarge or reduce an image’s size horizontally, vertically, or both

300

What was the First Photoshopped Image?

Thomas Knoll’s wife’s photo which was first photoshopped on photoshop. The photo was Creators wife on the beach. The photo is often known as Jeniffer In Paradise.

300

Dodge tool

Used to lighten areas of an image or print

300

BMP Files

files which are pixel-based files usually considered standard Microsoft Windows files.

400

Scale

transform tool that allows you to enlarge or reduce an image’s size horizontally, vertically, or both

400

Options bar

located at the top of the interface underneath the menu bar and changes each time a new tool is selected

400

Age Of Photoshop

more than 32 years old

400

Direct Selection tool

Use this tool when you want to edit the paths that you’ve created.

400

Handle

Small squares that appear around an object when transforming it that allow you to move, resize, reshape, or distort the image

500

Opacity

used to specify how transparent a layer should be, either on its own or in regard to other layers

500

Bounding Box    

available from the options bar when you choose the Move tool or the Path Selection tool. Checking this box allows you to see the area that surrounds a selected object, which in turn makes it easier to move, resize, and rotate a selection

500

Photoshop can now be used in more than ____ main languages all over the world.

24

500

Hand tool

Allows you to scroll through an image that doesn’t fit completely in the viewing window

500

History Palette

shows the list of steps taken to create the image that you are currently working on. The History palette helps you correct errors (by storing what you’ve done to a file previously) and allows you to “go back” to a point before a particular edit was made simply by clicking on the appropriate step