Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Assignment 1, part 2 - brush drill Jessica Fultz

1. What is Photoshop?
a graphics editing program
2. List 10 things that you can do with photoshop.
1)paint with a brush
2)paint fill an area
3)draw with a pencil
4)erase
5)crop pictures
6)create layers
7)create text
8)create rectangles
9)create polygons
10)draw a straight line
3. Professions that would use photoshop to complete their work.
Graphic Design
4. Tool panel overview:
Name a type of selection tool
Path Selection Tool
What does the move tool do and what is it's hot key?
moves the image relative to the canvas - V
What is the hot key for the eyedropper tool and what does that tool do?
I - samples colors from an image to create a new foreground color
What does the eraser tool do?
erases selected areas of canvas 
What tool creates straight, angled, or radial gradients, what is it's hot key?
Gradient Tool - G
When might you use the brush tool?
for a softer look
What is the difference between vector and raster?
Vector Editing - the path selection tool displays anchor points along a vector path within a specified area, allowing you to edit the path
Raster Editing - uses vector methods for layout, but is comprised of pixels
What is the difference between aliased and anti aliased?
Aliased - jagged edges that appear when the resolution is low
Anti-Aliased - a method of drawing that smooths those edges

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