Paula Payne
- Based on the reading out of the book, what exactly is the function of a
transparency mask?
Answer:
A transparency mask prevents you from painting inside
the transparent portions of the layer.
- What are some of the benefits to using Layer Masks?
Answer:
- The is no pixel damage to the original images used in
the file because deleting and/or erasing pixels is no longer necessary.
- If something needs to be changed, you can go back to
the psd file and access the original images in their entirety .
- All needed images are contained within the same psd file,
so there is no worry about where the extra image files are at .
- Time and energy is saved by not having to select,
copy and paste, or select and drag the images as you figure out what part
of each of the images you want to use
- How do you create a Layer Mask?
Answer:
Select the layer you want to mask. Then, click the layer
mask icon at the bottom of the Layers palette.
- Once a mask has been created, how do you edit the mask?
Answer:
Simply paint in the image window. Paint in black to make
pixels transparent, i.e., "erases" the pixels. It's not really erasing
the pixels but it looks that way. Paint in white to make pixels opaque.
- How do you know if a mask is active in the Layer Palette?
Answer:
A second outline is displayed around the preview thumbnail
for the mask.
- How would you temporarily disable/enable a mask?
Answer:
Right click on the layer mask and select Disable Layer
Mask/Enable Layer Mask from the popup menu.
- If you wanted to move either the layer's contents or the mask independently
from each other, what would you have to do?
Answer:
Unlink the mask from the image by clicking the link icon
that is located between the image thumbnail and the layer mask thumbnail.
- Briefly explain how Layer Masks can help your digital collages and color/brightness
corrections?
Answer:
Layer Masks save you loads of time because you don't
have to cut and paste or erase precise selections to create your digital collage.
You can simply move the image or mask around freely once you've unlinked them.
- How can the pen tool be useful as a selection tool?
Answer:
Using the Magnetic Pen tool help you make the cleanest
selection.
- How do you add an anchor point to a Path?
Answer:
Using the add anchor point tool, click the place on the
segment where you want the point added. This divides that segment into two
segments.
- How would you delete an anchor point on a Path?
Answer:
Using the delete anchor point tool, click the point you
want deleted.
- How do you select an entire path?
Answer:
Use the Path Selection tool, the black arrow.
- How do you drag points and handles to reshape a path?
Answer:
Use the Direct Selection tool, the white arrow.
- Explain in your own words what the primary function of a clipping group
or layer is.
Answer:
With a clipping group, you can group multiple layers
where the lowest layer in the group masks the other layers. Where the lowest
layer is transparent, the other layers are hidden. Where the lowest layer
is opaque, the other layers are visible.
- Based on the reading from the book, what is the maximum number of channels
an image can contain regardless of color mode?
Answer:
24
- Deke explains how you can improve the appearance of color scans using channels.
Briefly explain what some of these techniques are.
Answer:
- Aligning channels
- Channel focusing
- Channel mixing
- What are some of the benefits to working with mask channels?
Answer:
The main benefit is the ability to save selections. This
is a real time save when you've spent a lot of time working on a selection
and you need it later or you get interrupted in the process of creating the
selection.
- When you save a selection as a mask, where is the mask stored?
Answer:
In the Channels palette.
- How can you edit a mask in a channel once you've saved it?
Answer:
Convert the mask to a selection to edit it.
- If you wanted to view the mask and the image at the same time, what would
you have to do?
Answer:
Click the eyeball next to the name of the channel mask.
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