Project #4
4 How can the Pen tool be useful as a selection tool?5 What is the difference between a bitmap image and a vector graphic?
6 What does a shape layer do?
7 What tools can you use to move and resize paths and shapes?
8 What are Smart Objects, and what is the benefit of using them?
4) The Pen tool can be a really useful as a selection tool because it is able to pinpoint a straight or curvy line to your liking and convert it into a selection. You can use the Pen tool if you want to be extra careful and detailed when you want to make a selection.
5) A bitmap image is also known as a rasterized image. This type of image has a detailed amount of colors that are shown as pixels. A vector graphic image has a less amount of colors because it uses formulas instead of pixels. The difference between a bitmap image and a vector graphic image is how you want to edit it. When you resize a bitmap image, it loses quality as the pixels enlarge instead of changing colors to keep the quality. Where as a vector graphic image would keep the quality of the image however you want the size of the image to be.
6) A shape layer is a layer that contains only one shape that you create. It helps to edit certain objects that are meant to be distinct from the other things in the work space. Such editing could be changing it's foreground color or clicking on the fx symbol for more editing options.
7) Some tools you can use to move paths and shapes are the Direct Delection tool and the Move tool. To resize them, you could use the Transform or Free Transform tool.
8) Smart Objects are non-destructive images that can be used in a Photoshop Document. These images are beneficial because it can be resized and it will always go back to it's original image.
Project #5
1 How does Photoshop treat type?
2 How is a text layer the same as or different from other layers in Photoshop?
3 What is a clipping mask, and how do you make one from type?
2 How is a text layer the same as or different from other layers in Photoshop?
3 What is a clipping mask, and how do you make one from type?
1) Photoshop treats type as if it's another image. You can edit it, resize it, possibly anything you would do to an image.
2) A text layer is the same as other layers because like other layers you can change it's size and color, or edit it with shadows and other things in the fx dropbox. However, it's different because you could give a message and change it to whatever you want by just typing it out unlike other layers.
3)A clipping mask is a mask that you can use to cover parts of an image and edit it to your liking. You can make one from type by placing a type layer on top of a background layer, then clicking on Create a Clipping Mask in the Layers Palette menu when you select the background layer.
