Image Editing & Retouching Flashcards

Which Healing Brush tool option samples texture from a source area but blends the lighting and shading of the destination?

Answer: Healing Brush set to Normal mode

The Healing Brush in Normal mode samples texture from the source but matches the luminosity and color of the surrounding destination pixels.

When using Liquify, which tool is best for pushing pixels in the direction of the brush stroke?

Answer: Forward Warp Tool

The Forward Warp Tool in Liquify pushes pixels in the direction you drag the brush.

What is the purpose of the 'Protect Skin Tones' option in the Sponge tool?

Answer: Prevents saturation changes on skin-colored pixels

Protect Skin Tones prevents the Sponge tool from saturating or desaturating pixels that fall within the skin tone range.

In Camera Raw, what does the 'Texture' slider primarily affect?

Answer: Mid-frequency detail like skin pores and fabric

The Texture slider in Camera Raw enhances or suppresses mid-frequency detail such as skin pores, bark, and fabric weave.

Which blending mode is most commonly used on a layer above the image to add a non-destructive dodge and burn effect using gray?

Answer: Overlay

Overlay mode makes 50% gray invisible, so painting with lighter or darker grays on an Overlay layer dodges or burns the underlying image.

What does the Radius slider in Smart Sharpen control?

Answer: The size of the area around edges where sharpening is applied

The Radius slider in Smart Sharpen determines how many pixels around detected edges receive the sharpening effect.

When retouching with the Clone Stamp tool, what does enabling 'Sample: All Layers' allow you to do?

Answer: Sample pixels from all visible layers onto a separate empty layer

With 'Sample: All Layers' enabled, the Clone Stamp composites visible pixels from all layers as its source, letting you paint the clone onto a blank layer non-destructively.