Q 01/05

Which film awards gave Photoshop creators Thomas and John Knoll a Scientific and Engineering Award in 2019?

A) The BAFTAs

B) The Oscars

C) The Golden Globes

D) The Césars

Answer · why

B) The Oscars

The Oscars honored the brothers for Photoshop's original architecture, design and development. John Knoll had already won an Academy Award for the vis...

Q 02/05

Photoshop co-creator John Knoll worked at which visual effects company, where he supervised the Star Wars prequels?

A) Sony Pictures Imageworks

B) Pixar Animation Studios

C) Digital Domain

D) Industrial Light & Magic

Answer · why

D) Industrial Light & Magic

Industrial Light & Magic employed John Knoll when he urged his brother Thomas to grow a hobby program into a full image editor. He later helped pitch ...

Q 03/05

Photoshop 1.0 went on sale in February 1990 for which computer platform only, at a list price of $895?

A) Macintosh

B) Windows 3.0

C) Commodore Amiga

D) Atari ST

Answer · why

A) Macintosh

Macintosh owners had Photoshop to themselves at first; Thomas Knoll had written the original code on a Mac Plus. Windows users had to wait for version...

Q 04/05

Which Photoshop tool paints with pixels sampled from elsewhere in the image, a staple for hiding unwanted objects?

A) Background Eraser

B) Color Replacement

C) Clone Stamp

D) Mixer Brush

Answer · why

C) Clone Stamp

Clone Stamp copies from a source point that you set by Alt-clicking (Option-clicking on macOS), then paints those pixels wherever you drag, even into ...

Q 05/05

A Photoshop layer mask is a grayscale image; painting it with which color hides that part of the layer?

A) White

B) Black

C) Red

D) Gray

Answer · why

B) Black

Black conceals and white reveals, while shades of gray leave the layer partly see-through. Because a mask only hides pixels, the original picture stay...