Answer the following questions in your own words. No points will be given to those students who simply copy and paste the information.Note: You only have one hour to do this so make sure you finish this on time. When you are done, send it to melodydcampomanes@gmail.com.

1. What is Adobe Photoshop?2. The most important element of the Photoshop interface is the toolbar. It contains a bunch of icons that represent the different tools. Enumerate and explain the different tools that Adobe Photoshop offers to alter and create images.

1.) A leading paint program from Adobe Systems, Inc. For many years, Photoshop has been the model against which other paint programs are compared. Initially, it ran only on Macintosh systems, which was a strong selling point for Macs, especially among graphic artists. Today, Photoshop runs on both Macs and Windows PCs.

2.) Tool galleries Selection tools gallery-Selection tools are designed to select regions from the active layer so you can work on them without affecting the unselected areas. Each tool has its own individual properties, but the selection tools also share a number of options and features in common. These common features are described here; the variations are explained in the following sections for each tool specifically. If you need help with what a selection is in GIMP, and how it works, see Crop and slice tools gallery-The Crop tool is used to crop and trim images or to add canvas size. The Slice tool allows you to divide an image into multiple sections that are reassembled on a web page. The Slice Select tool is used to select and modify existing slices. Retouching tools gallery-The retouching tools in Adobe Photoshop are: Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp, Healing Brush, Patch and Color Replacement.These tools repair damaged images, apply repeated patterns, or replace colors in an image. Painting tools gallery-Drawing and type tools galleryNavigation, notes, and measuring tools gallery3D tools galleryThe Toolbox

You select a variety of tools from theToolboxby clicking on the icons. Within each type of tool you can select "hidden" tools by dragging the tool to the side or by pressing on the icon until the hidden options drop to the side. See examples below.To view the Toolbox Go to Window show tools.

Selecting Tools:These tools allow you to select areas in various different ways. Drawing tools and commands only work in selected areas. If no area is selected, tools and commands will work anywhere on the document.

Rectangular MarqueeClick once on the Rectangular Marquee tool to choose it. The icon will turn white and the cursor will turn into a cross hair when you move it onto the document.Select an area: Drag out a rectangular marquee of any size anywhere on the document. Release the mouse and you should have a rectangular area selected. You can tell it is selected because it has the line of marching ants moving around it.

Magic Wand ToolThis tool allows you to select areas of images based on color similarities without having to trace its outline.Choose the Magic Wand tool. Click the magic Wand on the white area or the colored area of your image. You will notice how it will only select the white areas. You can specify thetolerance(color range) that you need.

Zoom ToolThis tool allows you to magnify areas of an image when you are performing close, detailed work, and reduce them to get an overall view of the image.Zoom in: pick the Zoom Tool. This tool always defaults to zoom in (note: the plus sign in the middle of the magnifying glass icon). This tool works in two ways:Click the icon once in the area you wish to enlarge. The area will be magnified by a factor of two.Click and drag a rectangle around the area you wish to enlarge and the area will be magnified to fit in the existing window.Zoom out: Pick the Zoom Tool and hold down thealtkey (note: the negative sign in the icon). Or, right-click with the mouse and select the zoom-out option from the drop-down.Click on the image and the drawing zooms out in a factor of two.