Color Correction & Adjustment Flashcards
7 cards from real ACE practice questions. Tap to flip, then mark Knew It or Still Learning — missed cards come back until you master them.
Read the first 7 Color Correction & Adjustment flashcards as text
Which blending mode is most effective when using a Curves adjustment layer to boost midtone contrast without shifting hue or saturation?
Answer: Luminosity
Setting the Curves layer to Luminosity blending mode applies tonal changes while leaving hue and saturation unaffected.
In Photoshop's Color Balance adjustment, which tonal range slider affects pixels with luminosity values roughly between 64 and 192?
Answer: Midtones
Color Balance's Midtones range targets mid-luminosity pixels, roughly between the shadow and highlight thresholds.
A photographer wants to shift a neutral gray background to a warm amber tone without affecting black or white points. Which adjustment is most precise?
Answer: Selective Color targeting Neutrals
Selective Color's Neutrals channel lets you shift midtone grays toward any color without moving the black or white clipping points.
What does the 'Preserve Luminosity' checkbox do in the Color Balance dialog?
Answer: Prevents brightness shifts when adding color
Preserve Luminosity ensures that adding color tints does not lighten or darken the overall brightness of the image.
Which Photoshop tool allows you to sample a color from the image and set it as the new target for a Hue/Saturation adjustment on a specific color range?
Answer: On-image adjustment eyedropper inside Hue/Saturation
The on-image adjustment eyedropper within Hue/Saturation lets you click pixels to add them to the targeted color range.
When correcting a cyan color cast in an image using Curves, which channel should you pull downward (reduce)?
Answer: Cyan channel in CMYK or reduce Blue+Green in RGB
In CMYK, reducing the Cyan channel removes cyan cast; in RGB, cyan equals reduced Red, so boosting Red (or reducing Blue/Green) counteracts it.
Which Photoshop feature lets you create a gradient map that maps specific luminosity zones to chosen colors for stylized color grading?
Answer: Gradient Map adjustment layer
A Gradient Map replaces each pixel's luminosity value with the corresponding color stop from the chosen gradient.