ch- 4 ( Adobe Photoshop CS5)

Dass & Brown world School

Class 8

Ch – 4(Adobe Photoshop CS5)

Short answer type questions: -

Q1. What is adobe photoshop?

Ans1. Adobe Photoshop is a powerful application used for photo editing. It was created by Thomas and John Knoll in 1987.

Q2. What is the function of masks in photoshop?

Ans2. Masks can be used to block out one area of an image or protect it from manipulation.

Q3. Write a short note on rectangle shape tool.

Ans3. This tool helps to draw rectangular shapes of any size. We can draw square, rounded rectangle, ellipse etc.

Q4. Why do we use lasso tool?

Ans4. It allows us to draw a freehand selection area.

Q5. What do you mean by resizing an image? Write the steps to resize an image.

Ans5. Resizing means changing the dimensions of an image. To resize an image: -

1.       Click on the image tab.

2.       Click on image size option and make changes.

3.       Click OK.

Long answer type questions:-

Q1. Explain the screen elements of photoshop window.

Ans1. The screen elements of photoshop window are: -

1.       Menu bar: - It is the basic component and contains file, edit, image, layer, window, help etc.

2.       Option bar: - It contains work space menu where we can save and load arrangements of palettes.

3.       Palettes: - Each “panes” that carry options for working with our file in photoshop is known as palettes.

4.       Tool box: - It contains all the useful photo editing tools.

5.       Image window: - all the photo editing takes place in this area.

Q2. Explain layers in Photoshop.

Ans2. Every Photoshop image contains one or more layers. Every new file is created with background which can be connected to a layer. Layers are useful because it allows us to modify specific components of a graphic without affecting the rest of the image.

Q3. Explain the following:

1)      Marquee tool

2)      Magic wand tool

3)      Crop tool

4)      Type tool.

Ans3. 1) Marquee tool: - it allows us to select an image or part of an image in a rectangular, square or circular shape.

2) Magic wand tool: - it is used to select an adjacent area of the image having same color.

3) Crop tool: - it refers to removing unwanted portion of an image.

4) Type tool: - it is used to insert text in the image.

Q4. Explain any three file formats of adobe photoshop.

Ans4. The file formats of Photoshop are: -

1.       PSD (Photoshop Document): - It is the default file format that photoshop uses for saving data.

2.       GIF (Graphics Interchange Format): - It is commonly used extension for web graphics.

3.       PNG (Portable Network Graphics): - It creates smaller file size but without the quality loss.