Photoshop Basic Terms

_____ are like stacked, transparent sheets of glass on which you can create images. You can see through the transparent areas of a ______ to the ______ below. You can work on each _______ independently.

• Layers

• Channels

• Paths

• Move Tool

A layer that lets you apply color and tonal changes to your image without permanently changing pixel values. Use ______ layers to experiment with color and color tones.

• Opacity Layer

• Fill Layer

• Layer Properties

• Adjustment Layer

The workspace around an existing image, within the image window. Layer data may lie outside of the _____, but it will be clipped to the _____ when the image is flattened.

• Toolbar

• Canvas

• Properties

• Gradient

______ is the extent to which something blocks light. You can change the ______ of layers, filters, and effects so that more (or less) of the underlying image shows through.

• Blend

• Layer

• Opacity

• Resolution

A __________ is a part of an image selected for manipulation of any kind—duplication in a layer, color correction, deletion, rotation, and so on. The ______ consists of all the pixels—fully or partially selected—contained within the selection boundary.

• Pixel

• Anti-alias

• Clone Stamp

• Selection

To scale, shrink, enlarge, skew, distort, rotate, or change the perspective of a layer, selection, or shape.

• Transform

• Select

• Zoom

• Crop

To trim a portion of an image to improve its composition.

• Transform

• Cut

• Crop

• Compose

The amount of detail in an image. Digital images are measured by the number of pixels per inch (ppi). For printing, _______ is measured by the number of dots printed in a linear inch (dpi). The higher the ______, the larger the file size.

• Highligh

• Resolution

• Raster

• Sharpen

A ___________ is any of several methods for achieving a smooth transition between two adjacent colors, including black and white.

• Gradient

• Shadow

• Transform

• Aliasing

A measure of the amount of light in which a photo was taken. Not enough light and photos are too dark; too much light and photos are, too light.

• Contrast

• Exposure

• Opacity

• Grayscale