Review for MSTD 226

Quiz 1

Digital imaging and computing

  1. What is a pixel ?
  2. What is pixel depth / resolution ?
  3. What is an image mode? What's the difference between RGB and CMYK modes?
  4. What are the three channels and how do they relate to color codes?
  5. What does JPG and a GIF stand for?
  6. How many colors are possible in a JPG? And how many in a GIF?
  7. Why is there a difference between the number of colors possible?
  8. What kinds of images work best with a JPG? a GIF?
  9. What are some other image formats and what are they for?
  10. What's the difference between image resolution at 100% and screen resolution in a well optimized jpg? 

Quiz 2

Composition and Visual Communication  

  1. What is the optical center of a photo or composition?
  2. What is simplicity
  3. What is the rule of thirds?
  4. What do we mean by dynamic balance?
  5. What are strong lines?
  6. What do we mean by selecting the best frame?
  7. What are mergers?

Quiz 3

Using Photoshop

  1. What is the average current screen resolution and why is it important?
  2. What are some ways to optimize and reduce image file size for a JPG?
  3. What are some ways to optimize and reduce image file size for a GIF?
  4. Why do we want to reduce image file size?
  5. What is the maximum optimized image file size?
  6. What happens if you change the image size as opposed to the canvas size?
  7. What are the three main windows to have open while you're working on an image?
  8. What is the layer stacking order? Which comes first

Quiz 4

History of Photography (see PBS American Photography series)

  1. Invention of photography in France
  2. Rapid expansion of photography in 1840s
  3. New processes / glass plates / Matthew Brady & Civil War
  4. George Eastman and the Brownie
  5. Edward Curtis and Native Americans
  6. Photography and social reform / Jacob Riis, Louis Hine
  7. Pictorialism and Alfred Steiglitz
  8. Straight photography (modernism), advertising and Paul Strand
  9. Farm Security Administration / Dorothea Lange, others
  10. Wartime photography, Margaret Bourke White, Joe Rosenthal, censorship of photographic images
  11. Photography and civil rights
  12. Photography and the environment

Quiz 5

Photoshop Elements

  1. Layer sets vs. layer comp
  2. Clipping group
  3. serif and sans serif
  4. bitmap and vector graphics (rasterized type)
  5. background image for web / offset
  6. Gif transparency
  7. User slice and automatic slice
  8. rollovers
  9. animated gifs / tween
  10. automated functions / gallery

Quiz 6 (optional)

Non-digital (film) Photography 

  1. Camera types (single lens reflex, rangefinder, large format)
  2. Film size (35 mm, others)
  3. What is ASA? What is DIN?
  4. What is the aperture? What is an f-stop? What is a stop?
  5. What are the range of aperture settings?
  6. What are the range of shutter speeds?
  7. Why might you prefer a fast shutter speed? (In digital cameras, SP for shutter priority)
  8. Why might you prefer a small aperture? (In digital cameras, AP for aperture priority)