Foundation Digital Photography – Research Exercise 2

1) What should your PPI be for printed media? Why?
PPI for printed media should be 300, no more or no less, unless you have aimed to get an unclear image.
2) What should your PPI be for the web or emailing? Why?
The PPI for web and emailing should be a maximum of 72, as a TV screen or a computer monitor will only max out at 72 PPI.
3) What do RGB, CMYK and Greyscale refer to?
RGB: Red, Green, Blue
CMYK: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
Greyscale: Greyscale controls the amount of greys that there are in the image.
4) How can you dodge and burn in Photoshop?
Simply using the dodge and burn tools.
5) Name the ways you can make selections in Photoshop?
-Magnetic Lasso+ the other lasso’s
-Crop tool
6) How can you crop images in Photoshop? Write the procedure.
* Select the area in which you wish to crop
* Once selected press enter to complete the crop, and then proceed with editing the photo.
8) How should you sharpen your images in Photoshop?
Using the auto sharpen tool, or you can manually sharpen your own images.
9) What are some of the ways you can make tone, colour and contrast adjustments?
- Auto Colour
- Auto contrast [You can also use all of these options manually.
- Auto tone

10) What does RAW, JPEG and TIFF stand for in file management?
RAW: this is an uncompressed file, so the image will turn out almost exactly as it did as when you took the photograph.
JPEG: The full form of JPEG is Joint Photographic Experts Group. JPEG was invented to make huge image files into small file size. It compresses the files by 90%, and cuts the file size to 1/10th of the original.
TIFF: Tagged Image File Format. Tiff is both graphic file formats. Tiff images are typically smaller because of the high compression rate as opposed to bmp (bit mapped graphics)