40 items – 50 minutes Read the test interface directions before you start DON’T FORGET TO PRESS ENTER AFTER CHANGES TO SIMULATIONS What are the most important factors to the Client when designing marketing materials-‐ Target Audience and Project Goals , but not design elements…why not? Demographic Data used in design process includes the Target Audience, what is the Target Audience? Copyright Terms – matching – KNOW COPYRIGHT TERMS from Copyright Quiz document. What are the FIRST stages of Photoshop Project when working with a team? Sketches and Specs and Scope. Define Specs (project size and requirements) and Scope (how long the job will take and ways to knows you have met the requirements) for Project Management. Changing Image Resolution – know how to in Photoshop. List the steps. Image >image size. Resample. Type text in simulation exactly how you see it (minus bold and underline unless stated) Graphic Design ELEMENTS vs Principles. ACA calls them Design Elements, not ART ELEMENTS, like we did at the beginning of the year. Camera Features – What is the difference between Digital and Optical Zoom? An optical zoom is a true zoom lens, like the zoom lens you’d use on a film camera. They produce much better-‐quality images. When you use a digital zoom, the camera enlarges the image area at the center of the frame and trims away the outside edges of the picture. Changing Color Mode for Print Image>Mode>CMYK – even if you get a weird warning. Know how. Work through the steps in Photoshop. Assigning Pixels to a vector path or image (rasterize = bitmap/pixels). List the steps to rasterize a vector graphic. Which three are considered standard procedure when globally adjusting color balance and tonal range using the levels adjustment. Histogram Unsharp Mask filter Nothing is selected Importing images into Photoshop from different devices. File > Import> WIA Support. Walk through these steps in Photoshop. Works when trying to get images off of a camera or scanner. File Formats-‐ PNG 8 vs PNG 24 and know file types (MATCHING) TGA (three dimensional) and PSB. Go back over the file formats notes page assignment. Add the definition for TGA and PSB file types. If you need to see layers palette, double click. Know how to adjust blending modes and Fill Opacity/Reg Opacity. Write down steps. Know how to create different gradients (radial, linear, transparent edges, etc). Open a blank document in Photoshop and create the gradient below: Click gradient tool in the tool panel Click radial gradient button Click drop down arrow in options bar to select the presets (If it’s black to transparent it’ll put the right color in) Click and drag on the image to appy gradient, make sure you’re applying the gradient in the way it states in the question. 4 options for saving a new preset for creating a new document Mode Bit depth Resolution Pix aspect ratio Not file size or file type Stop here for the day! Viewing of images the way they are intended across multiple devices or screens is the main purpose of Color Management Workflow. Define Color Management. A way of ensuring that color data is reproduced in a predictable way Know how to dock and undock panels. List the steps here as you work through this in Photoshop. Color Management Terms – Soft Proof (allows you to view on your computer monitor what your print will look like when it is on paper. A specific paper. That paper and ink combination has been defined by the profile that you or someone else has made for your printer / paper and ink combination.), Color Gamut (established to make the differences in specific ranges of color clear and to join the colors that can be used in common between devices) , Color Space (a given set of names or numbers which are defined by the existence of a corresponding set of physical color swatches), Rendering Intent (converting colors to the destination color space. EX: Converting colors from RGB to CMYK for printing purposes). Define each. What is the purpose of smart objects in Photoshop? Think non-‐destructive. Ways to convert layer to Smart Objects Work through steps in Photoshop. 1) filter > smart filters 2) right click on layer >convert to smart object 3) layer >smart object> convert to smart object. Color Settings Dialog Box – no ADOBE CMYK Know how to display and use the rulers. View > rulers or ruler tool in toolbox. Work through steps in Photoshop. Placing an image. File> Place Work through these steps in Photoshop. Fill layers (Get to know LAYER MENU if it’s not there!) Layer >new fill layer. Fill Layer opacity on layers palette. Work through these steps in Photoshop. Expanding Canvas -‐ Image >Canvas Size. If you’re expanding the canvas by 4 pixels to the right, anchor opposite side (the left) and add number to pixels (4) to the right side. Assigning color value to a shape and color value to a stroke How to assign specific number to color (double click on the foreground or background color in the tool box and assign specific value) Draw Shape Put on a stroke with a specific color value Destructive vs Non Destructive Adjustment. Adjustments Panel…destructive or non-‐destructive? Image> Adjustments…destructive or non-‐destructive? Burn Tool VS Dodge Tool vs Sat tool. List the difference between these tools. Adjusting Image Size and Resampling. Open an image, any image, in Photoshop. Knowing which selection tool to use (example: which tool works by selecting with single click? Why do we adjust the tolerance? ) Using the ADJUSTMENTS PANEL for non destructive color adjustments – clicking auto button. Open an image> Click layers on Adjustement panel> click auto button. See below. Destructive vs Non Destructive Filters – Convert to smart filters. Apply a non destructive Filter to an image by Filters > Convert to Smart Filter> Layer becomes a smart object > Apply any filter. Tonal Quality of overexposed photo use level adjustments Saving files for WEB and DEVICES setting specific settings . File>Save for Web and Devices > Save as Jpeg > 20 for quality > 25% >click SAVE not DONE. See below and walk through steps: Image Criteria before printing Color Mode File Size Resolution (Optimization if for the web )