Photoshop: Chapter 5 Quick Fixes (Classroom in a Book)

What is red eye, and how do you correct it in Photoshop?

• Red eye occurs when a camera flash is reflected in the retinas of a subject’s eyes. To correct red eye in Photoshop, zoom in to the subject’s eyes, select the Red Eye tool, and then click or drag around each eye.

• Red eye occurs when the subject's eyes are naturally red. To correct it, use the Brush tool to paint over the eyes.

• Red eye is a type of image noise. To correct it, apply a noise reduction filter.

• Red eye is caused by low light conditions. To correct it, increase the brightness of the image.

How can you create a panorama from multiple images?

• Use the Crop tool to combine the images.

• Choose File > Automate > Photomerge, select the files you want to combine, and click OK.

• Use the Clone Stamp tool to blend the images together.

• Apply the Liquify filter to merge the images.

Describe how to fix common camera lens flaws in Photoshop. What causes these defects?

• The Lens Correction filter fixes common camera lens flaws, such as barrel and pincushion distortion, chromatic aberration, and vignetting. These defects can be caused by choosing an inappropriate lens focal length, using a lower-quality lens, or tilting the camera vertically or horizontally.

• The Sharpen filter fixes common camera lens flaws. These defects are caused by low light conditions.

• The Blur filter fixes common camera lens flaws. These defects are caused by high ISO settings.

• The Smudge tool fixes common camera lens flaws. These defects are caused by camera shake.

When you use Content-Aware Fill and the selection is filled with the wrong content, what are some of the first things you can try to correct this?

• Use the Healing Brush tool to fix the fill.

• Use the Sampling Brush or Lasso tools to exclude unwanted content from the sampled area, and try a different Sampling Area Option.

• Apply a Gaussian Blur to the selection.

The Red Eye tool is grouped behind what other tool?

• Spot Healing Brush tool

• The Crop tool

• The Clone Stamp tool

• The Digital Artifacts tool

The __________ filter is useful when you want to distort only part of an image.

What does using a Curves preset do differently than using the Auto button on the Curves panel?

• A preset only applies contrast, while Auto adjusts the color

• A preset customizes the curve after analyzing each image

• A preset applies the same curve to every image

• None of these answers is correct

You should apply a blur effect ____ so that you can modify it later.

Which blur effect simulates a shallow depth-of-field effect, gradually blurring everything outside the focus ring?

• Spin Blur

• Path Blur

• Field Blur

• Iris Blur

Geometric Distortion Correction compensates for which type of distortion?

• Barrel

• Pincushion

• Fisheye

• All of these answers are correct