midterm exam review

Digital Art
Midterm exam review_2018

An image is considered high resolution if it has horizontal or vertical pixel dimensions (ppi) of 1000 ppi or larger

Before you begin working on a Photoshop document, it is a good idea to go to Windows and place a check mark by Workspace>Essentials, Layers, Application Frame, Options, Tools

What should you do if you have resized an image and do not want to keep that size?

Click the cancel button in the options bar

To resize an image, go to 

Edit>Free Transform

In the layers palette, what are the visual clues that tell you a layer is visible  and active?

An eye is visible and the layer is highlighted blue

How do you make a layer invisible?

Click once on the eye on the layers palette

Compositing is another word for layering several images in Photoshop.

To scale an image using Edit>Free Transform and keep the exact proportions, press and hold the shift key while dragging from a corner. 

The best Photoshop tool for erasing solid color backgrounds surrounding an image is the Magic Eraser Tool

 

For the exam, know the following Photoshop information:
To create a new document in  Photoshop go to File>New

To move type or shapes on a layer you should select the desired layer and select the Move Tool on the Tools Palette 

To create the correct Photoshop workspace for this class, go to Window>Workspace>Essentials or 
Window>Workspace>Design.

To type words on a new Photoshop layer, select the Typing Tool and click once in the document window

To resize an image in Photoshop, go to Edit>Transform>Scale or Edit>Free Transform. If you do not see handles on the resize box, go to View>Fit on Screen. When the image is the size you want it, click on the check mark in the Options Bar to apply the transformation. If the transformation is not what you want, click on the cancel button. 

When you have resized type or a custom shape, click on the check mark in the Photoshop Options Bar to Apply the Transformation.

The best way to open a JPEG (JPG) file is drag the jpeg file icon to the Photoshop icon. Double clicking a JPEG file is not the best way to open this file to work on it in Photoshop.

In the layers palette, the two the visual clues that tell you a layer is visible and active are: 
1. you see an eye,  and 2. that the layer is highlighted blue. 

You make a layer invisible by clicking once on the eye on that layer. You can make it visible again by clicking on the blank space where the eye was originally. 

Artwork: A work of art, artwork, art piece, or art object is an aesthetic item or artistic creation. The term "a work of art" can apply to:
 an example of fine art, such as a painting or sculpture
 a fine work of architecture or landscape design
 a photograph, film or visual computer program
 a work of conceptual art or performance art
 a production of live performance, such as theater, ballet or opera
 an interactive game

Still life: A  work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural (food, flowers, plants, rocks, or shells) or man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, and so on).

Line: a line is a path left by a moving point

Shape: a two dimensional area with identifiable boundaries.
Geometric shapes: mechanically drawn lines, squares, rectangles, circles.
Organic shapes: shapes based on forms of nature, which are usually rounded, irregular and curving.

Emphasis is given to an area within the design because that area is meant to be seen or is more important to be noticed when compared to other places of the design. Emphasis creates a center of interest.

Composition: The act of organizing the elements of an artwork into a harmoniously unified whole.

Adjustment Layer

A layer that lets you apply color and tonal adjustments to your image without permanently changing pixel values

Background Layer

The bottom most layer in the Layers palette, the background layer is always locked, meaning you cannot change its staking order, blending mode, or opacity convert it into a regular layer

Filter

Automated ways to alter the look an image, for instance, to make it look like a mosaic add unique lighting, apply distortion, and so on

Gradient

Any of the several methods for achieving a smooth transition between two adjacent colors, including black an white

Layer

Layers are like stacked, transparent sheets of glass on which you can create images. You can see through the transparent areas of a layer to the layers below. You can work on each layer independently

Resize

To change the physical dimensions of an image, a canvas, of a window

Scale

To change the proportions of an image. To scale an image in proportion, press and hold the shift key as you drag the image up or down from a corner.

Selection

A part of an image selected for manipulation of any kind - duplication in a layer, color correction, deletion, rotation, and so on. The selection consists of all the pixels - fully or partially selected - contained within the selection boundary

Transform

To scale, shrink, enlarge, skew, distort, rotate, or change the perspective of a layer, selection, or shape

Zoom

To magnify or reduce the view of an image. Zooming does not affect image size

Collage

Compositing

Portfolio

AUP

Image resolution

geometric shapes

organic shapes

pattern

center of interest

Be usre these are checked when you begin Photoshop

Workspace>Essentials
Layers 
Application Frame (and/or Application Bar)
Options
Tools

composition

rule of thirds

organic shapes

geometric shapes

move tool

layer

filter

Be familiar with Photoshop Tools
http://stevecampbellhillwood.blogspot.com/2015/12/photoshop-tools-explained.html

Know how to make a new fine in Photoshop

Know how to save a Photoshop document

Know the "best" place to save a Photoshop document

How to make a layer invisible

Image resolution

Compositing

Transform

Move Tool

AUP

Magic Wand Tool