Photoshop: Working with Selections

Where can you create a new snapshot of the current editing state?

• Edit>Snapshot

• History panel

• Select>Snapshots

• FilterGallery

Which specialized tool would you use to automatically fill in the hole left when you moved a selected elements?

• Patch tool

• Content-Aware Moe tool

• Spot Healing tool

• Healing Brush tool

What does feathering do to a selection?

• Softens the transition at the selection border by blurring, so some detail is lost

• Gives a selection a feathery edge

• Softens the background of an image

• Creates a feather-shaped selection

What do these five items have in common: Border, Smooth, Expand, Contract, Feather?

• All are found in Edit>Modify

• All are selection tools

• All are Magic Wand tool options

• All are found in Select>Modify

What important purpose do selections have?

• They all you to remove blemishes

• They allow you to make your image look like a painting

• They allow you to correct lens distortions

• They allow you to isolate areas for editing, leaving the other areas untouched

There are times when it's helpful to save a selection for future use, as when making complex selection. Which menu allows you to save a selection?

• Edit

• Select

• File

• Image

Which selection tool has options for selecting skin tones?

• Feathering

• Select>Modify

• Refine Edge

• Color Range

Anti-aliasing softens content by changing only the edge pixels, so no detail is lost. When would anti-aliasing be useful?

• When using feathering

• When selecting elements with soft edges

• When creating composite images

• When making a complex selection

Why are Smart Filters considered nondestructive editing tools?

• They do not change the pixels on the original image, so the filter remains editable

• They make a duplicate of the origianl layer before applying a filter

• They do not destroy the edits you make on the original image

• They let you choose multiple filters in the Filter Gallery.

What is a common term for the dotted lines indicating selection borders in Photoshop?

• Moving selection

• Marching ants

• Dotted border

• There is only one term: selection border