Chapter 7 More About Photoshop (Class 8)

Chapter 7
More About Photoshop

A. Tick the correct answer and fill in the blank.

1. The Healing Brush Tool is used to fix imperfections.
2. The Layer palette is on the right side of the Photoshop screen.
3. The Clone Stamp Tool is used to create duplicate part of an image.
4. The Layer palette shows a thumbnail view of the image.
5. The hide a layer, click on the eye icon of the layer.

B. Name of the following tools.

1. Custom Shape
2. Dodge
3. Spot Healing Brush
4. Blur
5. Rectangle
6. Clone Stamp

C. Answer in short.  

Que 1. Name the tool to create shape other than basic shapes.
Ans - Custom shape tool is used to create shape other than basic shapes.

Que 2. What are the ways to apply filters to an image?
Ans – There are two ways to apply filters – directly from the Filter menu or using the Filter Gallery option.

Que 3 What is a layer?
Ans - Layers are like transparent sheets on top of each other.

D. Answer in detail.

Que 1. How do you change the size of an image?
Ans - To change the size of an image–
    Step 1: Open the image to be corrected.
    Step 2: Click on Image menu and select Image Size option. The Image Size dialog box will appear.
    Step 3: Change the Width and Height under the Document Size section.
    Step 4: Click on OK button.
    
Que 2. Write steps to apply filter from Filter gallery to your image.
Ans – To apply filter from Filter gallery to image–
    Step 1: Open the image to add special effects to it.
    Step 2: Click on Filter menu Filter Gallery. The Filter Gallery dialog box will open.
    Step 3: Choose the desired filter from the category and click on OK button.

Que 3.  How can you remove the scratches from the old photographs?
Ans – To remove scratches from old photographs–
    Step 1: Open the file to be edited and select Spot Healing Brush Tool.
    Step 2: Choose a brush size from the Options bar.
    Step 3: Click over the spots to fix imperfections.

Que 4.  How can improve extra dark images?
Ans – To improve extra dark images–
    Step 1: Open the image to be corrected.
    Step 2: Click on Image menu Adjustments Brightness/Contrast. The Brightness/ Contrast dialog box opens.
    Step 3: Increase the Brightness and Contrast values to improve the picture and click on OK button.

Que 5.  Write the use of the following tools:
    a. Dodge         b. Smudge
    c. Blur         d. Clone stamp
Ans – Dodge - Dodge Tool lightens a part of an image.
      Smudge - Smudge Tool spreads color in an image.
      Blur - Blur Tool reduces the sharpness of an image.
      Clone stamp - Clone stamp Tool creates a clone or duplicate part of an image.
      
Que 6.  What is the difference between Healing Brush and Spot Healing Brush Tool?
Ans - Spot Healing Brush tool - It is used to fix imperfections such as scratches, pimples, dark spots, etc.
    Healing Brush tool - It is used to fix imperfections such as wrinkles, scratches, scars, etc. It is different from Healing Brush Tool because unlike Spot Healing Tool, we need to select the source (sampled pixels) with which we want to paint the flawed areas of the image.