ACE Image Adjustments and Retouching 2

Question 1

Which Photoshop tool is best suited for removing small blemishes by sampling texture from surrounding pixels?

Accepted Answer

Healing Brush Tool

Answer

Clone Stamp Tool

Answer

Patch Tool

Answer

Content-Aware Fill

Question 2

What does the 'Protect Tones' option do in the Dodge and Burn tools?

Accepted Answer

Prevents clipping of highlights and shadows

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Locks the tonal range to midtones only

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Applies a luminosity blend mode automatically

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Reduces noise in the adjusted area

Question 3

When using a Curves adjustment layer, what does clicking directly on the image with the on-canvas picker do?

Accepted Answer

Places a control point on the curve at the sampled tonal value

Answer

Samples a color to set the white point

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Applies an auto correction to the image

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Creates a new layer based on the sampled tone

Question 4

Which adjustment is most effective for correcting a color cast in only the shadow areas of an image?

Accepted Answer

Color Balance (Shadows)

Answer

Hue/Saturation

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Selective Color

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Photo Filter

Question 5

In Camera Raw, what does the 'Masking' slider in the Detail panel do?

Accepted Answer

Limits sharpening to high-contrast edges

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Restricts noise reduction to shadow areas

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Applies sharpening only to the luminance channel

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Blends sharpening with the original at a set opacity

Question 6

What is the primary advantage of using Smart Filters versus regular filters for retouching?

Accepted Answer

Smart Filters are non-destructive and can be re-edited at any time

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Smart Filters render faster on large files

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Smart Filters automatically create adjustment layers

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Smart Filters support 32-bit color depth

Question 7

Which blending mode is most commonly used when applying a Curves or Levels adjustment to affect only luminosity without shifting colors?

Accepted Answer

Luminosity

Answer

Multiply

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Overlay

Answer

Soft Light