Study guide 3: Bryce Notice-Lettman

Image Quality:

Brightness and contrast:

1. What is brightness in photoshop? How light or dark an image is.

2. What is Contrast in photoshop? The range of light and dark of an image.
3. While editing the brightness and contrast of an image, how can I toggle between
viewing the original image and seeing my changes to the image? Check the box next to
preview in the dialogue.
4. What tab control all IMAGE adjustments? Image>Adjustments

Vibrance:

1. Where do I find the vibrance tab? Image>Adjustments>Vibrance(For skin) or Hue and

Saturation.
2. For what type of edit to an image is vibrance most effective? It does a subtle job of
increasing that saturation of something without messing with the skin.
3. What are the two adjustment sliders under the vibrance tab? Vibrance and Saturation
4. What is the major protection of the vibrance slider compared to the saturation slider? It
tries to not mess with the skin tones and tries to make the saturation less extreme
Hue and Saturation:

1. How does Hue and Saturation differ from Vibrance as it relates to the adjustments you
can make to an image? Hue effects the overall color of the image and saturation
enhances every color in an image. Vibrance is more specific.
2. What does the Hue slider control in an image? Overall color
3. What does the saturation slider control in an image? The intensity of the colors.
4. What does the Master drop arrow in the Hue and saturation adjustment window
control? To specifically edit a color ranges hue, saturation and lightness.
5. What does the icon with the pointed finger with two arrows located in the lower left-
hand corner of the Hue and Saturation window do? To change a color range that isn’t
covered in the master tab, it will allow you to click on a color to change the saturation.

Adjustment Layers:

1. Where in the layers panel do you create an adjustment layer? The bottom of the layers
menu and click the half black/ half white circle.
2. When an adjustment layer is created, what layers are impacted by the adjustment
layer? All the layers below it.
3. What is the major advantage to using an adjustment layer as appose to making the
adjustment on the image itself? You are able to make layer wide changes and edit those
changes at anytime by selecting properties on the adjustment layer.