Selections and Transformations Flashcards

Which Photoshop tool lets you draw a freehand selection border around an area?

Answer: Lasso

The Lasso tool lets you draw a freehand selection by clicking and dragging around any irregular shape.

The Magic Wand tool selects pixels based on which attribute?

Answer: Color and tone similarity

The Magic Wand samples color at the click point and selects contiguous pixels within a specified Tolerance range of that color.

Which Adobe Photoshop feature uses AI to automatically detect and select the main subject of an image?

Answer: Select > Subject

Select > Subject uses Adobe Sensei AI to identify and select the most prominent subject in the image with one click.

How do you ADD to an existing selection in Adobe Photoshop while using a selection tool?

Answer: Hold Shift and click

Holding Shift while using any selection tool adds the new selection area to the existing selection.

What does applying a Feather value to a selection do?

Answer: Softens the selection edge with a gradual transition

Feathering blurs the selection boundary, creating a soft, gradual fade between the selected and unselected areas.

Which command in the Select menu expands a selection to include similarly colored adjacent pixels?

Answer: Grow

Select > Grow expands the selection to include adjacent pixels that fall within the Magic Wand's current Tolerance setting.

What is the default keyboard shortcut to deselect all active selections in Adobe Photoshop?

Answer: Ctrl+D (Cmd+D on Mac)

Ctrl+D (Cmd+D on Mac) deselects all active selections, equivalent to choosing Select > Deselect.