Study Guide
1.
What is Fair Use?
The fair use doctrine has a core belief that copying should be allowed for purposes of criticism,
news reporting, teaching and scholarly research.
2.
Fair Use Criteria allows up to:
__10___% or __3 minutes________ of movies to be shown
__10___% or __1,000________ words or no more than ____3 excerpts_____ of text to be used
___250_______ words or no more than ___3______ poems per poet to be used
___10__% or ___30 seconds______________ of music to be shown
No more than _5____ images per artist of illustrations or photos to be used.
__10___% or _____2500 cell entries__________ of databases to be used.
3.
Copyright is the law of the US that protects the works of authors, artists, composers, and
others from being used without permission.
4.
What is Copyright Infringement? Anyone who exploits any of the exclusive rights of
copyright without the copyright owner’s permissions commits copyright infringement.
5.
What is Plagiarism? Copying of otherwise using someone else’s creative work and
claiming it as your won, usually in an academic or journalistic work, but also more recently in
social media.
6.
When does Copyright begin? As soon as work is created. In fixed and tangible form.
7.
What items does the copyright law NOT protect? Short phrases, ideas, titles, mere facts,
public domain, names, logos, slogans, URL’s
8.
What are the 5 rights of a copyright owner? The right to reproduce, prepares derivative
works, distribute copies, perform the work and display the work.
9.
What are the four factors you should use to evaluate whether a use qualifies as fair:
The purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial
nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes: the noncommercial educational use is more
likely to be a fair use;
The nature of the copyrighted work: the more factual and less creative the work, the more
likely it will be fair use;
The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a
whole: the more taken the less likely to be fair use; and
The effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work: in other
words, is the use taking away from the copyright owner money that the she might have
been making from the work.
10.
What is one purpose of the copyright? To give creators incentive to create.
11.
What is Public Domain? Public Domain means that works are not protected by copyright
or the copyrights for it have expired. You can copy it without getting permission from anyone,
but you must cite the source to give credit to the owner.
12.
How long does copyright protection last? 70 years after the last surviving authors death.
13.
What works are not included under copyright law? Anything in the public domain,
including US government work.
14.
Any work created before year _1923_____ is available to use.
15.
Fair use allows an unlimited amount of copyrighted material for educational use. False
16.
Each state has its own copyright laws. False
17.
As long as the operator of a fan web site for a TV show posts a big disclaimer saying that
her site has not been approved by the TV show producers and that it is not being operated for
commercial gain (meaning, she's not making any money on it), the fan can freely upload to her
site any images, scripts, songs or clips from the show that she wants.
False.
18.
Dwight finds a peer-to-peer (P2P) network that offers free music downloads. He owns all
but one of his favorite band's CDs, and he finds that particular CD on the network. He's too
cheap to buy it, so he downloads the songs. He's not committing copyright infringement
False
19.
Paula read an interesting article about the making of the film Titanic and wants to use a
short quote in her cinema review paper for journalism class and she cites the source. That's
copyright infringement.
False
20.
You can use up to 100000 words of text material for educational purposes. False
21.
Copyright law protects all titles of books and movies. False
22.
What is the file extension for a photoshop document? .psd
23.
What is a Tif file? A bitmap file type that works well in all environments is a TIF or TIFF
(Tagged Image File Format). Like BMP files, these files are quite large. TIFF files can show 16
million colors and are often used in print documents. Some digital cameras can save photographs
in TIFF format as well as the standard JPG.
24.
Explain Lossy Compression: Lossy compression deletes or changes some pixels when
saving.
25.
Explain Lossless Compression: Lossless compression reduces the file size without losing
any pixel information.
26.
What would a good file extension be for a picture that you are going to make changes to
frequently? .tif
27.
Why could a .jpg file be a bad choice if you have to resave the file frequently? It uses
lossy compression
28.
What does resampling do? If you enlarge an image, you must either make the pixels
bigger or add pixels. Photoshop and other image software provide you with an option
called resampling that makes it possible to add pixels. Special formulas are used to determine
what colors each new pixel should be based upon the colors around it.
29.
What does resolution mean? The density of pixels in an image
30.
Explain 2 differences between a DSLR camera of point and shoot camera.
DSLR has better image quality than a point and shoot and more adaptability. It is adaptable
because you can add different lenses to it to do exactly what you want it to do. A point and shoot
is easier to carry and less expensive.
31.
What is the Raw file format and what is a benefit of using it? Raw image files include all
of the image data without any compression or processing. It gives the photographer more control
of the end result.
32.
What is a candid photograph? Non Posed, usually informal picture.
33.
When taking a picture, what is the rule of thirds? When taking a picture, imagine a grid
of nine equal spaces. Then, place the most interesting aspect at the intersection of those lines.
34.
What is one reason for using the rule of thirds in your picture? It makes your photograph
more interesting.
35.
What is framing? Using elements in the scene to visually surround the subject of your
picture.
36.
What is key lighting? A flash, the sun, etc. The front lighting cast on a subject.
37.
What does fill lighting do? A light placed off to the side of the subject. It will help fill in
the shadows from the key lighting.
38.
Why would you want a fast shutter speed in your camera? You will be able to capture a
runner crossing the finish line. Otherwise, it would be a blur.
39.
If you are taking a picture of a flower and you want the tree in the background to be
blurry, what type of f-stop do you need to set on your camera? Small f-stop
40.
To accomplish that, do you need a wide aperture or narrow aperture? Wide
41.
Why is white balance important in pictures? To make the white in your pictures appear at
its whitest.
42.
When would the background color appear in Photoshop? when you select and delete an
area of an image on the background layer
43.
How does the Quick Selection tool work? Selection line appears on the outside edges of
an object as you “paint” it.
44.
How does the magnetic lasso tool work? Selection line snaps to the edges of an object as
you click and drag to trace it.
45.
What does anti-aliasing do? Softens the hard edges of a selection
46.
How do I get a fuzzy edge around a part of my photo? Use feathering
47.
If I had the checkmark selected for contiguous, what would that do? If the contiguous
setting is selected (indicated with a check mark), only pixels that are touching will be included in
the selection when you click an image with the Magic Wand.
48.
What does a quick mask do? enable you to make and refine selections using the Paint
Brush tool.
49.
What color will cover more area when a quick mask is turned on? Black
50.
What color will uncover areas when working with quick masks? White
51.
What does the clone stamp do? allows you to copy one area of an image and copy it onto
another area.
52.
What button on the keyboard do you press when making your selection area for the clone
stamp tool? Click Alt to make a selection
53.
If I needed to remove a blemish in a photo, what tool would I choose? Spot healing brush
54.
What are the shortcut keys to adjust my brush size? brackets
55.
What is the shortcut key to resize a picture? Ctrl-T
56.
What is non-destructive editing? A change made to an image that does not actually alter
the original image’s pixels
57.
How can I make sure that I am not being destructive when editing? Do not work on the
background layer. Make a copy of the background layer and work on that.
58.
What is a benefit of using the flatten feature? Minimizes file size
59.
What is InDesign used for? Printing publications: magazines, brochures, articles.
60.
I have a picture saved on my computer, how do I bring it into InDesign? Go to File>Place
61.
When working with InDesign, I want to make a new document 11 inches in width by 8
inches in height, what happens when I type that in to InDesign? InDesign converts it to points.
62.
What is the RGB color model used for? For viewing things on screen
63.
What is the CMYK color model used for? For printing
64.
What is another name for ‘color’? Hue
65.
What is it called when I attempt to print a red RGB to CMYK? Out of Gamut
66.
What does the color model tell photoshop? Which color model to use to represent colors
67.
How do I change the color model in Photoshop? Go to Image>Mode
68.
What is a tertiary color? The color created when a primary and secondary color are
mixed.
69.
How do I make a shade of a color? Add black to the color
70.
How do I make a tint of a color? Add white to the color
71.
What is the monochromatic color theme? single color combined with shades and tints of
that color.
72.
What is the complementary color theme? includes two colors that sit directly across from
one another on a color wheel.
73.
What is the analogous color theme? includes colors that are next to one another on a color
wheel.
74.
How many web safe colors are there? 216
75.
What is the Pantone Matching system? A standard set of colors and associated inks that
make it easy to reproduce a color in printed material consistently.
76.
Why was it created? To have a standard color system. Different printers can print
different colors.