Evison.Kamau.Assignment 01

1. What is Photoshop?
Digital software that allows for editing of visual images.

2. List 10 things that you can do with photoshop.
View Images
Create Images
Alter Images
Painting and Drawing
 Animation
Typography
Graphic Design
Illustration
Visual Effects
Page Layout




3. Professions that would use Photoshop to complete their work.
Some professions that would use Photoshop include animators and visual effects producers.

4. Tool panel overview:

• Name a type of selection tool
• The Rectangular, elliptical, single row and single column are all selection tools. 
• What does the move tool do and what is it's hot key?
• The move tool allows you to move selected images and layers in Photoshop, the hot key is V.
• What is the hot key for the eyedropper tool and what does that tool do?
• The eyedropper allows you to select colors and move them to the foreground, the hot key is I. 
• What does the eraser tool do?
• The eraser tool is a way to fix or delete images from a canvas. 
• What tool creates straight, angled, or radial gradients, what is it's hot key?
• The gradient tool allows you to create straight, angled ad radial gradients, the hot key is G. 
• When might you use the brush tool?
• The brush tool can be used when trying to add color or create an image. 
• What is the difference between vector and raster?
• The difference between vector and raster is that a vector is made up of paths while a raster is made of pixels. 
• What is the difference between aliased and anti aliased?
•  Anti aliased is when edges are rough and jagged while anti aliased edges are smooth.