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1. A magic wand tool is used for what?
Zoom lens
Selecting portions of the image based on color
Short lighting
All colors

2. An 8x10 at 240 dpi will have a resolution of what?
1920 pixels by 2400 pixels (4.6 million pixels)
Very wide at about 180 degrees
A RAW file that has been altered
Aperture

3. An image made of pixels is sometimes called what?
Luminance is light reflected from the subject (measured by a reflected-light meter) - while Illuminance is light falling on a subject (as measured with an incident light meter)
Short lighting.
A raster image
International Organization for Standardization

4. The smallest unit of digital information is called a what?
It should match the focal length. Too wide and it's inefficient; too narrow and it will vignette; most likely to occur with wide angle of 28mm and below.
Metadata
To send accurate color requirements to a printer.
Bit

5. What kind of lighting pattern is useful to widen a subject?
Broad lighting
aperture diameter
1) Magnification - or the size of the subject; 2) Angle of view
Soft proofing

6. Can you save layers in a JPEG file format?
Dynamic range
No
White (255)
256

7. What do TTL systems react to?
Reciprocal relationship
The amount of light reflected back from the subject during exposure.
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin
Luminance is light reflected from the subject (measured by a reflected-light meter) - while Illuminance is light falling on a subject (as measured with an incident light meter)

8. How is brightness and contrast best controlled in Photoshop?
International Organization for Standardization
Levels adjustment
Similar to a normal lens at about 30 degrees
A simple lens with two curved sides or one curved and one flat side; found in a compound lens.

9. A lens with a very wide angle of view and produces barrel distortion is what kind of lens?
four times more
Inkjet black & white printing where color cartridges are replaced with shades of gray - resulting in smooth tones and slight color cast
Butterfly lighting
Fisheye

10. What are the effects of top lighting?
1/250th
Creates deep shadows in eye pockets - under nose - and chin.
It emphasizes the edges between tones. A threshold of zero affects all pixels - a higher threshold affects just the edges with high tonal difference and minimizes noise.
A raster image

11. What do the bars on the left of a histogram represent?
It should match the focal length. Too wide and it's inefficient; too narrow and it will vignette; most likely to occur with wide angle of 28mm and below.
Shutter speed & aperture
Black (0)
Shutter-Priority

12. Using this kind of automatic exposure setting on the camera - you set the shutter speed and the camera sets the aperture.
Shutter-Priority
Aperture - focal length - and distance to the subject
Hyperfocal distance. A lens focused at the hyperfocal distance has depth of field extending from approximately half the hyperfocal distance to infinity - whereas a lens focused at infinity has a depth of field only at infinity.
Reciprocal relationship

13. Most modern lenses are based on this kind of lens.
The diagonal measurement of the sensor.
Convex
aperture diameter
The sensor that converts the image from analog to digital (1's and 0's) CCD=charge coupled device; CMOS=complementary metal-oxide semiconductor

14. What is the best color profile for web images?
sRGB
Add magenta
Similar to a normal lens at about 30 degrees
Shutter-priority

15. An in-camera reflected meter reading a very dark scene indicates an exposure of 1/250th at f/8. For a correct exposure - what should you do?
Aperture-Priority
One stop
Use negative exposure compensation (underexpose). The meter will attempt to make the dark scene 18% grey - underexpose to bring it back to dark.
1 1/3 stops

16. Blue is opposite what color on the color wheel?
Depth of field
Yellow
Lower
Blue & Green

17. Perspective is affected by what?
Add green
lens-to-subject distance
Follow focus
Convex

18. The greatest tonal range from black to white is achievable on what kind of paper?
Glossy paper
International Organization for Standardization
The entire range of colors that can be seen - reproduced - or captured. Our eyes have a greater gamut than a print or monitor.
ISO

19. What does "photomacrograph" or "macrophotograph" mean?
On a scanner; it guesses what the pixels look like in between the ones the scanner can actually measure.
Glossy paper
Short lighting.
Close-ups that are life-size or larger. Images through microscopes are "photomicrographs."

20. A filter with a factor of 2 requires how many stops of compensation?

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21. What is a thyristor?
Magenta
A light-sensitive cell or sensor inside a flash unit that measures the amount of light reflecting off a subject when a flash is used.
Shutter speed & aperture
One stop less

22. An in-camera reflected meter reading a very light toned scene indicates an exposure of 1/250th at f/8. For a correct exposure - what should you do?
Add yellow
No change. The EXPOSURE doesn't change or it would also change the background as well. Move the lights to adjust.
Use positive exposure compensation (overexposure). A reflected meter reading will attempt to make the scene 18% gray - employ overexposure to adjust.
A raster image

23. What angle of view does a spot meter read?
Maybe as little as 0.5 degrees or 1 degree
One stop less
aperture diameter
It increases

24. What angle of view does an incident meter read?
Add blue
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin
To strike the side of the face away from the camera.
Very wide at about 180 degrees

25. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?

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26. Instead of permanently altering your image when adjusting for color and value - what should you do?
Use and adjustment layer
Short lighting
With the Main at 45 degrees to one side and 45 degrees above subject - it is a classic angle for portraits. It seems natural and flattering and models the face into 3D form.
24 bits per pixel (8 per color) - which gives 16 -777 -216 colors

27. When the additive primaries are mixed together equally - what is created?
A raster image
Convex
White (additive primaries are Red - Green Blue)
Follow focus

28. What color is between Magenta and Cyan on the color wheel?
bend toward each other and converge at the focal point.
A RAW file that has been altered
5000K
Blue

29. Name 2 ways you can decrease depth of field.
A new layer
Flat lighting
Lower
1) Use a longer lens; 2) Move closer to the subject

30. According to the rule of thirds - where should the important parts of an image fall?
Two (f/8 > f/11 > f/16)
Along the lines of an imaginary grid at intersecting points that divide the image into thirds horizontally and vertically
High Dynamic Range
Inkjet black & white printing where color cartridges are replaced with shades of gray - resulting in smooth tones and slight color cast

31. What kind of meter is built in to most cameras?
Click with the neutral-point dropper on the selected color
Selecting portions of the image based on color
With the Main at 45 degrees to one side and 45 degrees above subject - it is a classic angle for portraits. It seems natural and flattering and models the face into 3D form.
Reflected light meter

32. What two controls adjust the amount of light that reaches the sensor?
Blown highlights
Fair Use
Aperture and shutter
Short lighting

33. Copyright law has certain built-in exceptions that allow for special situations in using copyrighted material. They are called what?
Fair Use
Hue - Luminance - Saturation
Aperture-priority
JPEG

34. What is the effect of front lighting?
Flattens out the volume of the subject and minimizes textures
All colors
The intensity of the illumination is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from light to subject. At twice the distance from the subject - the light illuminates only 1/4 of the original.
Add yellow

35. Stopping a lens down from f/8 to f/16 represents a X stop difference.
Reciprocal relationship
8 stops
Two (f/8 > f/11 > f/16)
Add cyan

36. What is the general rule of thumb for the measurement of a 'normal' lens?
Half as much light
The diagonal measurement of the sensor.
Aperture-Priority
The impression human vision gives

37. The term "ISO speed" is used to describe what?

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38. If you must move to reduce the amount of flash reaching your subject - how far do you move?
To create a 1-stop difference - multiply the original distance by 1.4. Example - if you were originally 5 feet away - a 1-stop difference would have you step back to 7 feet.
High Dynamic Range
24 bits per pixel (8 per color) - which gives 16 -777 -216 colors
Shutter-Priority

39. What is the name of the issue that prevents you from seeing exactly what the lens sees when using a rangefinder camera?
Aperture
To create a 1-stop difference - multiply the original distance by 1.4. Example - if you were originally 5 feet away - a 1-stop difference would have you step back to 7 feet.
Parallax
To send accurate color requirements to a printer.

40. Bit depth refers to what?
1) Use a longer lens; 2) Move closer to the subject
hue/saturation adjustment layer
The amount of information contained in each pixel
Infrared

41. What color is opposite Green on the color wheel?
Magenta
Contrast
Short lighting.
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42. If you're working with an automatic camera and you set the aperture and the camera sets the shutter speed - what mode are you working in?
Butterfly lighting
Reciprocal relationship
Use and adjustment layer
Aperture-priority

43. This type of backup system is fault-tolerant because it creates redundant data.
Aperture - focal length - and distance to the subject
No
Add cyan
RAID system

44. What are quad- and hex- tone printing?
Actual Pixel view
Inkjet black & white printing where color cartridges are replaced with shades of gray - resulting in smooth tones and slight color cast
Sensor size - the larger the sensor size - the longer the focal length of a normal lens. (Corresponds to a diagonal line across the frame)
Blue

45. If an image is too green - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
Add magenta
More of the background and foreground are sharp.
A new layer
Butterfly lighting

46. In a 2:1 ratio - the shadow side of the subject would meter at X stop(s) less than the highlight side.
To send accurate color requirements to a printer.
One stop less
It increases
Additive (R - G - B)

47. If an image is too cyan - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
Add red
No
To create a 1-stop difference - multiply the original distance by 1.4. Example - if you were originally 5 feet away - a 1-stop difference would have you step back to 7 feet.
Sensor size - the larger the sensor size - the longer the focal length of a normal lens. (Corresponds to a diagonal line across the frame)

48. Contrast measures what in a print?
The difference between light and dark.
emphasizes textures
No
Glossy paper

49. What would you use an ICC profile for?
The number of pixels per unit of length in a image
To send accurate color requirements to a printer.
A mathematical translator assigned to each piece of equipment you use (they map one gamut to another; and the ICC (or International Color Consortium) profile is usually shipped by the equipment manufacturer).
Depth of field

50. A color image with smooth gradiations requires at least what bit depth?
stopped down
White (additive primaries are Red - Green Blue)
24 bits per pixel (8 per color) - which gives 16 -777 -216 colors
Selecting portions of the image based on color