Image Retouching and Restoration Flashcards
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Which Photoshop tool is best suited for removing a large, irregular blemish surrounded by complex texture?
Answer: Content-Aware Fill
Content-Aware Fill analyzes surrounding pixels to seamlessly replace large irregular areas with contextually matched texture.
When restoring a damaged photograph with large missing sections, which workflow preserves the most non-destructive flexibility?
Answer: Apply Content-Aware Fill to a blank layer above the original
Applying Content-Aware Fill to a separate blank layer keeps the original untouched and allows independent editing of the repair.
The 'Luminosity' blend mode is often used during frequency separation retouching to:
Answer: Blend color corrections without affecting texture detail
Luminosity blend mode applies tonal changes from one layer while ignoring hue and saturation, keeping color intact.
A client wants wrinkles softened but not eliminated entirely. Which approach best achieves a natural result?
Answer: Retouch on a separate layer and reduce its opacity
Retouching on a separate layer and lowering its opacity lets you dial back the intensity of corrections to retain natural skin character.
Which filter is most effective at reducing luminance noise while preserving edge sharpness in a portrait?
Answer: Surface Blur
Surface Blur smooths flat tonal areas while preserving edges defined by the Threshold slider, making it ideal for skin noise reduction.
In a frequency separation workflow, the high-frequency layer typically contains:
Answer: Skin texture and fine detail
The high-frequency layer isolates fine details like pores, hair, and texture, separated from the underlying color and tone.
What is the primary advantage of using the Healing Brush over the Clone Stamp for skin retouching?
Answer: It matches texture, lighting, and shading of the destination area
The Healing Brush blends the sampled pixels with the texture, lighting, and shading of the destination, unlike Clone Stamp which copies pixels exactly.