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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP SPRING 25
CLASS GUIDE AND STUDY GUIDE
Link to Illustrator
Link to Yearbook Info
YearBookOrder (Code 26608)
Time for Exam: 2pm
Link to Exam: Link to 2pm Exam
Days we still have class…
* Monday 4/28
* Last day of normal class
* Exam
* Grades will be updated tonight around 6.
* Anything done after today you will need to email me for a change. Everything has been due for a long time now.
* Week of 12 - 16
* Invites as necessary
* Link to Guide for Gmetrix
* Q4
* Either you pass the exam for an automatic A
* If you don’t pass the exam, i ignore the grade
* If you do not / cannot pass the cert exam…
* You have 3 practice exams
* 3 testing mode
* 3 training mode
* I will average those grades
* Last week practice exam 1 needs to be done
* Testing and training
* This week practice exam 2 needs to be done
* Testing and training
* EXAMS…
* Practice Exams
* Gmetrix -> Photoshop -> Practice exams (1, 2, or 3)
* Real Exam
* Study until exam starts
* Have your Certiport Username and Password handy
* Certiport Link
* Log into Certiport to make sure it works.
* If what you think is your name and PW dont work, make a new account.
* 50 mins
* 13 multiple choice / match
* 17 project
* If you cannot get into PS…
* Be sure you have told me
* Study the guide below
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EVERYTHING BELOW HERE IS YOUR STUDY GUIDE FOR THE CERTIFICATION EXAM
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. When you ______ an image, the number of pixels in the image changes.
1. Crop
2. Which three pieces of information must you include in a project goals document?
1. Project deadline
2. Target audience
3. Project purpose
3. You are adding an image to an existing Photoshop document. You want to send the document to your client without sending the source image as a separate file.
1. Place Embedded
4. How do you place a file to allow it to automatically update if a picture or logo in the file is changed?
1. Placed Linked
5. Which component must be included in the initial project scope?
1. sample sketches for design ideas
6. Match each term to its definition.
1. Vector - An image composed of colored rectangles on a grid
2. Rasterize - Convert an image stored as a geometric formula to pixels
3. Resample - Adjust the number of pixels in the image
4. Bitmap - An image created by defining points and curves
7. Each gradient example was created using a single gradient with two color stops.
1. 2. Linear Radial Diamond Reflected
8. What is copyright?
1. A legal term that gives the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it
9. You are using the Eraser tool. Select to highlight the thumbnail in the Layers panel where your edits will be nondestructive.
1. On the Layer Mask
10. A document has a Type layer with a drop shadow applied to it. You need to make the text transparent without changing the transparency of the shadow.
1. Change the Fill value to 0%.
11. You are creating a logo and need to add a boat. Where can you find vector boats?
1. Shapes panel
12. You can use a ______ to fill text with repeating tiles.
1. Pattern
13. You can adjust jitter by creating a ______.
1. Brush
14. To export each layer of your document, including hidden layers, select the…
1. Layers to Files
15. Tracking Leading Kerning Baseline
1. Tracking - Sets the amount of space between a range of characters.
2. Kerning - Controls the space between two specific characters.
3. Leading - Controls the amount of space between lines of type.
4. Baseline - The line the text sits on.
16. Printing…
1. CMYK - Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black (CMYK), a color mode typically used for printed output.
2. RGB - Red, Green, Blue (RGB), a color mode used for digital displays.
17. Editing
1. Destructive - An edit that is done directly on a layer and cannot be removed later unless undone quickly.
2. Nondestructive - Masking, using adjustment layers, and transforming smart objects to preserve the original image data. Always done in the layer panel using the half filled circle icon
18. File Types
1. KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
1. PSD - File format that supports all features of Photoshop
2. JPEG - File format suggested for still images, photographs, and images that have complex colors
3. PNG-8 - File format that supports only 256 colors and can be a GIF substitute
4. PNG-24 - File format that supports unlimited colors and full transparency
5. TIFF - File format supported by most paint, image-editing, and page-layout applications that is used to exchange files between applications and computer platforms
19. Select the 2 license types that forbid modifications.
1. Equal Signs …
20. TOOLS
1. - Object Select - Selects a whole object (Not used)
2. - Quick Mask (Not used)
3. - Lasso - Selects a free form region
4. - Magic Wand - Select based on tolerance
5. - Quick Select - Selects by ‘painting’ an area
6. - Marquee - Selects Rectangle or Square area
7. - Mixer - Adjust load and wetness
8. - Pencil - Cannot draw feathered lines
9. - Replacement Brush - Replaces colors (Not used)
10. - History Brush - Restore parts of image
21. How do you change the color of a gradient in the menu?
1. For the white one, it is the bottom right to change the color.
22. What is the benefit of iterative design?
1. It allows the designer to respond to feedback throughout the process.
23. If you need to export something to the web, but it was created for printing, what do you need to modify?
1. It needs to be set for screenRGB (srgb)
PROJECTS
1. Modify recovery information is saved every 5 minutes.
1. Edit -> Preference -> File Handling
2. 2. Nondestructively add an adjustment.
1. Layers Panel -> Adjustments (Looks like a half filled circle NOT THE TOP ONE)
1. 2. 3. Apply effects to text
1. Select text using layer panel.
2. On layer panel, fx button -> effects as necessary
3. 4. Use the Styles preset options to change the image to use a certain style.
1. Select the layer.
2. Open the Styles panel.
1. The styles panel can be opened using the menu at the top of the screen.
1. Window > Styles.
3. Search for the style name.
4. Select the style.
5. 5. Apply Blending Mode and/or opacity
1. Select the layer in the layer panel.
2. Top left of layer panel has blending modes.
3. Top right of layer panel has opacity.
4.
6. Select an area and expand the selection, then fill it in.
1. Use magic wand with addition selected in options menu at the top (Looks like 2 white boxes) and select the areas.
2. Select menu -> Modify -> Expand
3. Fill the area in
1. Edit -> Fill -> Color
4.
7. Use content aware to fix or repair the image.
1. On the toolbar, use the rectangular marquee (dotted rectangle, likely second tool) or the Lasso tool.
2. Select the area to be repaired.
3. Click the Edit menu and select Fill.
4. Make sure the Contents dropdown says Content-Aware. Leave all other default settings and click OK.
5. 6. 8. Fill in an empty area of an image and do not distort what is already there.
1. Magic Wand tool -> Click the missing area -> Content Aware Fill
9. Create a text layer and adjust text
1. Select the Type Tool from the left (Looks like a T).
2. Drag and drop the text box in the appropriate location.
3. Use the properties panel to adjust text as necessary.
10. Select a certain area and copy/paste the area.
1. Use magic wand, Quick Select, or object Select tool
2. If necessary, have the options addition selected in options menu at the top (Looks like 2 white boxes).
3. Ctrl-C to copy, Ctrl-V to paste.
4. Can also use Edit -> Copy / Edit -> Paste
5. 6. 11. Change the color mode and do not remove layers.
1. Image -> Mode -> Correct color mode.
1. RGB for web, CMYK for print.
2. Follow boxes to NOT remove, flatten, or combine layers
3. 4. 12. Create a new group and move things into it. Rename the group. Move the group.
1. Click the Create a new group button at the bottom of the Layers panel.
2. Double-click the text part of the new group layer to rename it.
3. Drag and drop necessary layers into the group from the layers panel.
4. Move the whole group folder as necessary, be careful not to put it into another group unless instructed to do so.
5. 13. Create a new document. Select the appropriate preset. Adjust anything the instructions mention. Accept all other default settings.
1. In the File menu, select New.
2. Click the appropriate preset section at the top right of the window.
3. Select the appropriate preset blank document.
4. Make any necessary changes
5. Leave all other defaults.
6. Click Create.
14. Create a rounded rectangle that has a certain Width, height, corner, fill, stroke, and alignment.
1. Use the rectangle tool to create the basic shape.
2. Use the properties panel to apply everything except alignment.
1. Be sure to unlink the chain if it is linked.
2. 1. The chain should NOT have a black box around it, it should be flush with the transform / properties panel
3. Drag the shape until the guides show it placed in the middle.
4. 15. Create guidelines and position them correctly.
1. View -> Guides -> New Guide
2. Create vertical or horizontal as needed
3. Position the guide, making sure it snaps where needed.
4. 16. Modify the layer so you can apply a nondestructive filter.
1. Right click on the layer in the layers panel.
2. Select ‘convert to smart object’
3. 17. Set the tracking, leading and/or kerning of one layer to match another.
1. Select the layer with the original information.
2. Open the character panel and check the tracking, leading, and/or kerning.
3. Select the layer to be changed.
4. Open the character panel and adjust the tracking, leading, and/or kerning.
5. 18. Set a file to be copyrighted or show author.
1. Click the File menu and select File Info…
2. Under the Basic section
1. Adjust author as necessary
2. Adjust copyright as necessary
3. Click OK to close the File Info dialog box.
19. LION GIRAFFE
1. Window -> Shapes - Lion
1. Drag and drop the lion shape out
2. After dragging out, use the check mark at the top
2. Select the lion shape and Toggle ‘Show Transform Controls’ from the options menu at the top.
3. Make sure it is not locked.
4. Resize lion into appropriate location.
5. For the Stroke…
1. Properties Panel -> Stroke -> None
6. For the Fill…
1. Properties Panel -> Fill -> Color Picker -> Sample the red
2. 20. The wrong logo was used. Flip it horizontally.
1. Layer panel -> Select logo layer
2. Properties panel -> select the flip horizontal
1. Looks like 2 arrows pointing left and right
3. 21. Hide all the layers
1. Layer panel -> click eyeballs
2. Hide everything it says to hide, or not hide.
3.
Not on exam?
Create a non-destructive layer mask that shows one selection and hides the rest.
4. Click on the layer to select it.
5. On the toolbar, go to the object or direct selection tools.
1. Object should work.
6. Select the thing you want to be able to keep seeing.
7. On the layer panel, click the Layer Mask button.
Copy the layer style from one layer and apply it to another.
8. In the layer panel, right click the layer with the style to be copied, and select ‘copy layer style’.
9. In the layer panel, right click the layer where the style should be copied to, and select ‘paste layer style’.
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SETUP AND INTRO
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* This is our class guide for Adobe Photoshop.
* Nearly all information necessary for the course can and will be found here.
* This is a living document. It will change or update week to week and day to day.
* Flex
* If you pass the certification exam, you also pass the class automatically with an A, and I will treat you as a FLEX and optionally invite you.
* Ineligible until we meet every day.
* If you got an email about a new computer…
* As far as I can tell, shipments went out on the 6th, 7th, and 8th.
* If you have a question if you are currently scheduled to get one, let me know and I can check on it.
* If you have NOT completed setup yet, here is the entire guide.
* Setup File
* List of priorities, in order…
* Gmetrix account with class key applied. Gaspard-30324-96241
* Creative Cloud
* Photoshop
* Illustrator (Optional)
* Gmetrix App Downloaded
* Certiport
* Course Grading
* Gmetrix
* Gmetrix Learnkey
* Practice Exam 1
* Practice Exam 2
* Practice Exam 3
* Should be done by Friday…
* Gmetrix Account and Key applied
* Diagnostic complete
* Found under content - Diagnostic
* It is labeled as ‘final exam’ if you go into it, I can’t change the name but it’s not your final.
* Graded on participation, not being right/wrong.
* Course intro video and quiz complete
* Found under content - Getting Started
* Gmetrix Information submitted
* Found under content - Getting Started
* Submit your username and password for Gmetrix.
* If you do not want to submit your password for security reasons, I understand, but I will not be able to help you recover it if you need to.