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How can you set current foreground and background color using following tools: Color Picker Palette Eye Dropper Tool Swatches Palette Also explain how you can change the size of an image without affecting its dimensions. Appropriate example is must. Ans: Color Picker Palette: The Color Palette is a color spectrum. It can be used to choose colors for the background, foreground, text, etc. The Photoshop "Color Picker" palette window allows you to select a color by sampling a "Foreground Color" from an existing image, using the "Eyedropper Tool" (I) located in the Photoshop Tool palette. Once you have sampled the desired color you can find that color's RGB, CMYK, or Web Palette "Hexadecimal" (#) color formulas and equivalents. y y y

Eye Dropper Tool: The Eyedropper tool (the icon in the Toolbar) is used to sample a color from an image to use this color further. It's practical as it facilitates color selection, for example, an appropriate color for the skin or the sky. When you pick a color with the Eyedropper tool, it appears as the foreground color in the Toolbar. If you want to pick a color for the background hold the Alt-key while selecting the color with the Eyedropper tool. Below you see the foreground/background palette of the Toolbar.

Swatches Palette The Swatches Palette displays a grid of swatch colors and can be used to choose or change the color of any item currently selected. You can create new swatches for colors you will be using often.

To choose a foreground color, click a color in the Swatches palette. To choose a background color, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) a color in the Swatches palette. 2) Why is it necessary to convert image of a particular color mode into CMYK mode. Can any image be defined in two colors, if yes, How? ANS: Use the CMYK mode when preparing an image to be printed using process colors. Converting an RGB image into CMYK creates a color separation with its wide range of colors. Although CMYK is a standard color model, the exact range of colors represented can vary, depending on the press and printing conditions. Yes, any image can be defined in two colors. Firstly convert into grayscale mode and the to RGB

3. How can free hand selections be made in an image? How can adjacent areas of same color can be selected in an image. Discuss with example. ANS: The tools used for free hand selection are :a)Magic Wand Select the magic wand tool in the Toolbox by clicking the icon.Bring the cursor to the pixel of the image that must be included into the selection and left-click it. b)Lasso This tool is used to create freehand selections. To make a freehand selection you should: Step 1. Select the Lasso tool from the Toolbox by left-clicking on the icon, or (if Lasso was not the last tool applied) select it from the floating window.

Step 2. Bring the mouse cursor to the object that must be selected and outline it keeping the left button pressed. PART-B 4) Tolerance Settings are important for making Selections in an image. Justify How? Ans. Sometimes an image may contain a few shades of a similar color..The Tolerance setting determines the range of color that the Magic Wand tool selects. To use the Magic Wand tool and adjust Tolerance settings, follow these steps: a) Select the Magic Wand tool from the Toolbox.You can also use the keyboard shortcut; press the W key. b) Click the portion of the image that you want to select; use the default Tolerance setting of 32. c) Enter a new Tolerance setting in the Options bar. d)If the Magic Wand tool selected more than you wanted it to, lower the Tolerance setting. e) Click again on the portion of the image that you want to select.Changing the tolerance doesnt adjust your current selection. 5. Can patterns be used in editing a selection? How can you create a pattern to do so? Ans. The patterns can be used in editing a selection.Photoshop provides us with patterns which are usually used to tile a portion of our image which we are editing. Creating a pattern:a. Select a portion of the image. b.Click the Edit menu and Left click on the Define Pattern command. c.Enter a name and then Left click the OK button to continue. d.Now the Patternis in the list. 6. How can you apply cloudy effect to an image? Write down the steps. Ans: 1) Begin by opening an image. 2)Change the Image Mode to CMYK Color (Image > Mode > CMYK). 3)Duplicate the layer (Ctrl+J) and add a layer mask to the new layer (Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal All). 4)With the layer mask selected, use the Apply Image tool (Image > Apply Image) to apply the following properties: Layer: Merged Channel: Yellow

Blending: Normal Opacity: 100% 5)Change the Image Mode back to RGB Color (Image > Mode > RGB Color). 6)Change the blending mode of the current layer to Multiply 7)With the middle layer selected, use the Hue/Saturation tool (Ctrl+U) to set the hue at -180 Select the top layer and Merge Down (Ctrl+E). 8)Add a layer mask to the current layer (Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal All). 9)With the layer mask selected, use the Eraser tool (E) to erase any blue areas that aren't part of the sky. 10)Use the Brightness/Contrast tool (Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast) to increase the brightness to +50.

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