Photography I Final Exam Review

• File Formats:• .jpg small file for the web & email• .tiff large file “pure” will not pixalate no

matter how often it is opened.• .psd photoshop file• .png newer version of a .jpg better

quality

File Resolutions

• 300 dpi print quality• 72 dpi for web • 180dpi what our digital camera uses

• The keys you use to make the clone stamp tool work is “option”.

• To darken a picture you use the “burn tool”.• The selection tool that “clings to the edges” of

an image is the magnetic lasso.• A color scheme that “pops” off the page is

Complimentary.• Jerry Uelsmann’s style of photography is

“surrealism”.• Contrast is controlled by: brightness &

darkness, curves, levels, or exposure

• Warm colors are “fire” colors• Cool colors are colors of water• Fauvism is strong line and bright colors.• We print at 8 x 10 inches• Grayscale is the same as Black & White• Monochromatic is one color with it’s shades

and tints.• A checkered background means the picture is

transparent

• Best time to get photos is early evening and early morning.

• RGB are monitor colors• CMYK are printing colors• You can get colors from the web with the

eyedrop tool in Photoshop• To reset the preferences in Photoshop hold

down command, option and shift and relaunch the program.

• You use the Rule of Thirds to get a good composition in photos.

Line

Form3D

Shape2D

Space

Texture

Value

Balance

Asymmetrical

Symmetrical

Contrast

Emphasis

Movement

Pattern

Rhythm

Unity

Warm Colors

Cool Colors

Complimentary Colors

Sepia Colors

Monochromatic Colors