Second Quarter - Month of December

This month we will concentrate on Photoshop. We will continue working with our Second Quarter Exercises. Mrs. Feld will also teach you some interesting techniques and we'll create some Class Exercises to improve your knowledge of this image-editing application ("Photoshop"). We will also complete some textbook exercises.

We will have a test on December 17, 2009. This test will cover the presentation "Resolution and File Formats" - presented December 3rd and 4th. You have this handout. If you were absent on that day, it is your responsibility to ask Mrs. Feld for a copy. You must also remember the following: how to create a frame in Photoshop; how to insert text; how to use Blending Options; how to create a new layer and how to reorganize your layers. Also, how to use the following tools: Move Tool, Rectangular Marquee Tool; Elliptical Marquee Tool, Crop Tool, Eraser Tool, Magnetic Lasso Tool, Gradient Tool, Type Tool. and Paint Bucket Tool. You will have to create a Photoshop Exercise during this test. Make sure you understand these tools and know what they do.

Vocabulary:

Resolution
Bitmaps
Interpolation
Pixels/Pixelated
Picture Files
File Formats
Compression (Lossy and Lossless)
Platform Independent
JPEG
GIF
PNG
TIFF
BMP

Answer the following questions for Review:

1. What is Photoshop?

2. How do we import files in Photoshop?

3. What are filters and why do we use Filters in Photoshop?

4. What are layers and why do we use Layers in Photoshop?

5. What is “Desaturate”? How do we desaturate an image in Photoshop?

6. Which commands do we use the most in Photoshop?

7. How do we deselect an image in Photoshop?

8. Review the Photoshop Toolbox and all the tools learned in class.

9. What are Pixels?

10. What are Bitmaps?

11. What is Resolution?

12. What is Interpolation?

13. What is Compression?

14. What is the difference between “lossy” compression and “lossless” compression?

15. What are Picture Files?

16. What is “Pixelated”?

17. What are File Formats? Which are the most popular ones?

18. What does JPEG stand for and what is it?

19. What does GIF stand for and what is it?

20. What does PNG stand for and what is it?

21. What does TIFF stand for and what is it?

22. What does BMP stand for and what is it?

23. What is “Photorealistic”?

24. What does “Platform Independent” mean?

25. Which File Formats are “Platform Independent”?

26. Which is the preferred File Format in the printing and publishing industry?

27. Which is the most popular File Format for images taken with digital cameras?

28. Which is the File Format that only uses 256 colors?

29. Which are the File Formats more used in the Web?

30. Which is the File Format used primarily for Windows wallpaper images?