ACE Image Adjustments and Retouching 3

Question 1

Which tool in Photoshop uses Content-Aware technology to fill a removed object by analyzing surrounding pixels?

Accepted Answer

Spot Healing Brush (Content-Aware mode)

Answer

In Content-Aware mode, the Spot Healing Brush synthesizes replacement pixels by analyzing nearby texture and color.

Question 2

When using Shadows/Highlights, what does the 'Tonal Width' slider control?

Accepted Answer

The brightness range of pixels affected by the correction

Answer

Tonal Width determines how wide a range of tonal values is considered a shadow or highlight for the adjustment.

Question 3

What does the 'Vibrance' adjustment do differently compared to 'Saturation'?

Accepted Answer

Vibrance selectively boosts less-saturated colors while protecting already-saturated tones

Answer

Vibrance uses a non-linear saturation increase that pushes muted colors more than already-vivid ones, preventing oversaturation.

Question 4

In Photoshop's Match Color feature, what is the 'Luminance' slider used for?

Accepted Answer

Adjusting the brightness of the matched result

Answer

The Luminance slider in Match Color brightens or darkens the matched image after the color statistics are applied.

Question 5

Which of the following retouching tools samples from a defined source point and does NOT blend with the destination's color and luminosity?

Accepted Answer

Clone Stamp Tool

Answer

The Clone Stamp Tool copies pixels exactly from the source point without any blending calculation with the target area.

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