Q.1 what do you mean by Photoshop. Explain.
result in loss of quality
Adobe Photoshop is a popular image editing software used to
create customized graphics, edit photograph and image for print
as well as for the web. It is industry image software used by
worldwide by professional photographer and designers who want
to refine their digital images.
Q.2 what do you mean by Bitmap images. Explain its
advantages and disadvantages.
Bitmap images are made up of tiny dots or squares) on a
computer screen these dots are called pixels. Bitmaps are made
up of rows and columns of these pixels that come together to
form a picture.
Advantages of Bitmap images:
 Easy to create
 Cost effective
 Can easily take a picture with a digital camera
Disadvantages of Bitmap images
 Enlarging a images will result in loss of quality of images.
 It you try to make it bigger , the image become fuzzy or
jaggy.
Q 3 what do you mean by Vector images.
Vector images are made up of many geometric objects. Each of
these objects can be define by mathematical statements and has
individual properties assigned to it such as color, fill and outline.
Vector images are created using programs like Adobe Illustrator.
Vector file format example
PDF(Portable document Format)
CDR( CorelDraw)
Q.4 what is the difference between bitmap and vector
images .
Bitmap Vector
Made of pixels Made of mathematical calculations
Resolution dependent. Resolution independent. Can be
Enlarging a image will printed at any size/resolution
of image
Cannot be easily Can be easily converted to bitmap
converted to vector
Q.5 Write short note:
1 Pixel 2. Pixel per inch
Pixel : A pixel is a single square on a computer screen .
Depending upon your screen resolution , your screen probably
has hundreds of thousands of pixels. For example, the most
common screen resolution currently is 1024X768, which comes
out to 786432 pixels.
Pixel per inch. PPI stands for Pixels per inch, the standard unit
of measurement for computer graphics. Typically, 150 ppi is
sufficient for printing on a laser printer. Professional printing
usually requires 300+ PPI.
Q.6 Write down the steps in starting a document in
Photoshop.
The steps to start Photoshop are as follows:
1. Click on All Programs-> Adobe Photoshop.
2. Adobe Photoshop will load up, initialize, and displays your
workspace.
Q.7 How can you create a document in Photoshop. Explain
The steps to create a new document in Photoshop are as
follows:
1. Click on All Programs-> Adobe Photoshop.
2. Adobe Photoshop will load up, initialize, and displays
your workspace.
3. Click on file-> new option . Dialog box appears . Set the
various options in document setup box.
4. Set rulers, guides, and the grid.
5. To display rulers along the top and left side of the
document. Choose view. Rulers
6. To display grid lines throughout the document window.
Choose view> show> grid
Q.8 what do you mean by cropping in Photoshop. Expalain
Cropping is one of the most basic editing techniques that can
improve your images . cropping is the process of removing
portions of an image to create focus or strengthen the
composition. You can crop an image using the crop tool and
the crop command. You can also trim pixels using the crop
commands. There are several ways to crop images in
Adobe photoshop:
 Cropping with the crop tool
 Cropping to a specific size
 Cropping with the marquee tool.
Q.9 How can you rotate an image? Explain
The image rotation commands let you rotate or flip an entire
image.
The step to rotate an image are as follows:
1) Open the image using file-> open option
2) Click at image-> image rotation option. You can apply the
following commands:
180O - it rotates the image by 180 degrees.
90o CW – it rotates the images by 90 degrees clockwise.
90o CCW- it rotates the image by 90 degree anticlockwise.
Q.10 How can you flip an image.? Explain.
To flip an image in Photoshop. Follow the following steps:
1. Open the image using file-> open option
2. Click at image-> image rotation option. You can apply the
following commands:
 Flip Horizontal: it mirrors the image as to the
standing axis.
 Flip vertical: it mirrors the image as to the
Horizontal axis.
3. Click the flip canvas horizontal option.
Q.11 what do you mean by digital collage.? How can you
make a digital collage.? Explain.
Collage includes magazine , photographs, newspaper , clippings,
ribbons, paint, bits of colored or handmade papers, portions of
other artwork or texts, photographs and other found objects,
glued to a piece of paper or canvas.
The steps in creating a collage are as follows:
1. Open the three photographs in photoshop.
2. Click at image-> canvas size (Alt+Ctrl+C)
3. St the width in canvas size dialog box.
4. To add more photographs on canvas expand the size of canvas by
chaging the width and height of canvas.
5. Select the other photograph and click at image. Repeat the same
procedure for third photograph also.
Q.12 Explain :
 JPEG – .JPG/.jpeg stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group.
Files saved in this format have undergone a compression routine to
decrease their file size.
 PSD-.psd stands for photoshop document and is the native format
for files created in photoshop. These files are uncompressed and tend
to be large.
 GIF- .gif stands for Graphic interchange format. GIFs are common
in their animated form, which are all the range on tumblr pages and
in banner ads.
 PDF: PDF stands form portable document format. PDF were
invented by adobe with the goal of capturing and reviewing rich
information form any application , on any computer .
True or false
 The creator of Adobe Photoshop is Microsoft. False
 The default colors for the foreground and background colors are black
and white. True
 Every tool can be activated by a letter keystroke. False
 You cannot delete the layers once they have been created. False
 Layers are viewed from top to bottom. True
 Hand tool is used to scroll the page. True
 Navigator palette allows us to resize and move around the image. True
 PNG stands for public network graphics. False
 A pixel is a small square on computer screen. True
 Cropping is a tool used to trim graphics.
 Tiff has most of the same attributes as the PNG format.
 A digital camera is camera that stores pictures on film. False.