Photoshop CC Cert Prep - Destructive and Nondestructive Editing

Which selection tool snaps to color changes where the tool is used?

• The Magnetic Lasso Tool.

• The Color Picker

• The Color Snapping Tool

• The Lasso Tool

How is a saved selection placed back on an image?

• It is loaded by clicking Load Selection in the Select pull-down menu.

• Using the Paste command in the Main Menu

• Ctrl + V

• Selections cannot be placed back in an image.

Where is the command to add a nondestructive mask located?

• The Add layer mask button is located in the Layers panel.

• At the bottom of the Mask Panel

• On the bottom of the Tool Bar

• At the top of the Mask Panel

What is the difference between nondestructive editing and destructive editing?

• Nondestructive editing involves making changes that do not permanently eliminate the original image data, while destructive editing eliminates the data.

• Destructive editing involves making changes that do not permanently eliminate the original image data, while Nondestructive editing eliminates the data.

• Nondestructive editing is saved in the History Panel when the file is saved, while destructive editing resets the History Panel every time the file is opened..

• Nondestructive editing can only be applied to a Smart Object, while destructive editing removes Smart Objects from the file when saved.

Where would a digital artist see the current document file size in Photoshop?

• In the settings information display located in the lower-left corner of the screen.

• Black Magic

• In the Options bar for the Transform Tool

• By right-clicking over the image and selecting Show Document Size.

What happens when an image is flattened? (Select all that apply)

• All of its layers are collapsed into the background.

• All visible layers are flattened into a single layer.

• The file size is reduced.

• All layers are grouped into a single Smart Object

List two ways a layer can be converted into a smart object.

• Click Smart Objects and then Convert to Smart Object in the Layer pull-down menu.

• Click Convert for Smart Filters in the Filter pull-down menu.

• By using the Convert to Smart Object Button on the lower right of the Layers Panel

• By using the Convert to Smart Object Button on the lower left of the Layers Panel

How is a filter applied as a smart filter?

• Any filter is applied as a smart filter if the layer to which it is applied is a smart object.

• By selecting any of the available filters in the Smart Filter Panel

• By adding a layer style from the bottom of the Layer Panel

• Smart Filters can only be applied to layers that have been Rasterized.

What is the purpose of having a layer as a smart object?

• So any filters applied to it are smart filters and can be altered later.

• To reduce file size

• To prevent the layer from being Rasterized

• To convert the layer to a Vector Layer

How would a digital artist using Photoshop sharpen the edges of the selection by changing the radius of the selection?

• By applying an unsharp mask filter and then modifying the radius setting.

• By applying the Sharpen Edges filter and then modifying the radius setting.

• Edges of selections cannot be sharpened by changing the radius of the selection

• By changing the size of the Mask Brush tool