What are some differences between .JPEG and .PSD files? What are some some reasons you would use each?
.JPEG are compressed picture files. It’s smaller in size, easy for distribution. And because it’s compressed, it’s doesn’t have loads of information, so difficult to make edits more some basics of light, saturation changes. And with every save change it loses the quality.
As the name mentions, a .psd file is a photoshop file – a default format that Photoshop uses to save data. A photoshop file could have multiple layers, is bigger, have more data depending on its source picture.
What is Adobe Bridge and what does it enable you to do?
One of the software from adobe creative suite, one from photoshop family, adobe bridge is a media management software. It allows you to view your pictures, make a selection and label it. It has a larger preview tab, and easier to navigate to a different folder or create a new folder. And easily switch between photoshop and bridge.
What key is a shortcut to having Photoshop take up the entire screen on your computer?
We could do this either by clicking on green + key in left of our document window or we can go to view and choose preferred screen mode. I don’t yet know a short cut key for that.
What are the keyboard shortcuts to view your image at 100% and ‘fit to screen’?
Command + 0 to ‘fit to screen’ & for command + 1 for 100% view of an image.
How do you pan around a document without clicking on the Tools panel?
We could zoom in or out a document with short cut key command + (plus key) or command – (minus key) & pan around the documents just with apple mouse or keypad.
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