1. Tell me what is healing tool?
Healing tool is used in Photoshop to hide the unwanted spots or pictures that appeared in your original picture and makes picture look like real without any changes. The tool use complicated algorithm to calculate what would be the area of your picture based on the surrounding pixels.
2. Tell me how do you measure the success of your designs?
A good designer should always be looking for feedback and opportunities to iterate. They should care about metrics like conversion rates, click-throughs, and user feedback even if they aren't measured by them.
3. Tell me what are swatches palettes?
Photoshop provides two palettes for selecting color, a) Swatch Palettes b) Color Palettes. Some specific colors can be used without remembering the numeric color values. Also, colors can be extracted from an available image. Default swatches and custom swatches are also an additional option for the users.
4. Explain me have you learned something new or interesting lately?
Make sure you know all the relevant news and blogs. You should be reading them regardless, but doing so on a daily basis during your job search is important. Be ready to talk casually and fluently about the latest web trends.
5. Tell me how do I crop an image?
Cropping an image allows you to cut out any portion of the image you don't like and/or make an image smaller. This document contains the steps performed to crop an image in each of the major image editors. To the right is a visual example of a large image, such as a image scanned into the computer being cropped to a smaller image.
6. Explain me how do you organize layers in Photoshop?
A layers shows a picture or image. To organize layers in Photoshop, place various images in separate layers. Lock the unused layers and unlock the layers which are in use. When two or more layers need to be changed, unlock the layers.
7. Do you know how does Red Eye tool works?
Red eye tool is a type of a repairing tool. When you circle any problematic area with red eye tool, the Photoshop will automatically identity that area and will replace it by dark-gray pixels.
8. Tell me how do you select an exact color to match?
To sample the color as foreground color, we use the eye-dropper tool. Select the foreground color square, use the paint bucket tool or brush tool for covering the area. You can also use Clone Stamp Tool. Now use the key Alt+ and click where you want the color from and hold down the mouse button to cover up the area.
9. Tell me how smart collection in lightroom is useful?
Smart collection in light room is useful in
☛ Finding specific file types
☛ Smart collections to mark best images and can set up additional criteria
☛ Smart collections for Aspect Ratio- which means you can see your image in different formats like landscape, portrait and square
10. Do you know how to achieve Black/White with Color Detail?
use the lasso tool to carefully select the elements that you want to retain as color – you may even want to feather the selection by a couple of pixels if it looks better. Once you have these selected, invert the selection so that everything except the eyes/lips are selected, then desaturated the layer.
11. Explain me how you fix the blurry images in Photoshop?
To fix the blurry images in Photoshop you can use sharpening tools. Sharpening the image will lose the pixels, make sure you are finished with everything else and saved the changes before you start sharpening the image.
12. Tell us how you can assign a keywords in Lightroom?
Lightroom provides the feature to assign keywords to your image. In order to do that
☛ Select the image you want to assign the keyword
☛ Under the library option you will see keyword Panel
☛ Inside the keyword panel you can enter the name you want to assign to selected photos
13. Tell me where do you see yourself in five years time as Photoshop Expert?
To be honest, I do not think about the future too much. I love to design. I love to work on new campaigns, make a difference with my work. If I have the same job in five years time, I can see myself very happy in daily life. However, firstly I need to get this job :).
14. Tell me how do you print the grid?
Put the non printing grid on how you want it, then take a screen capture (alt + Print Screen on PC) Open a new file, the size should be set as the size of the grab, and paste. Crop away everything (the background of the photoshop window, etc.)except for the image with grid on it…and print.
15. Explain what is the short cut to e-mails photos directly from lightroom?
To e-mail photos directly from the lightroom short cut is
Press: Command+Shift+M(MAC) / Control+shift+M ( displays the options to e-mail photos in lightroom)
16. Tell me how can you reduce noise in an image?
Reduce noise option is helpful to reduce the color and luminance effect in the image. To reduce the noise in an image, you have to go in a menu bar, select a filter menu, and in that you will see an option for NOISE. Again, clicking on it, it will show other option including reducing noise.
17. Tell me what do you want to accomplish on this position as Photoshop Expert?
I would really love to design some memorable campaigns and help this company to become famous and dominate the market. After all, I understand that if I do so, if this company prosper because of my job, you will do your best to keep me happy in this job.
18. Explain me in synchronize setting what you should not sync?
While using “Sync” function you must not check the check box for “Brush” option in synchronize settings, as it may distort the image appearance. Even if the image is almost similar never check mark to this option.
19. Tell me how you can import photographs in Lightroom from hard-drives?
When you start lightroom, it automatically ready itself for immediate import as soon as you connect an external storage device to your computer. But it fails then you have to follow the steps below.
☛ First select the source to import images file form
☛ Second step includes selecting files which one you want to import
☛ Once you select the files, you have to specify the method of import for example like Copy as DNG, Copy, Move , Add etc.
☛ The last step is to choose the destination to copy files to, file handling options and meta-data setting. This step is little longer than other steps as it includes other steps like file handling, file re-naming, apply during import etc.
20. Explain me in Adobe Photoshop how you can print the grid?
First of all you have to place the non-printing grid in a manner you want the print, and then take a screen shot. Now, you have to open a new file and paste your screen shot image on it. Once done, you can crop the background of the Photoshop window except the image with the grid. The image is ready for print.
21. Explain me how to create a transparent background in Photoshop?
To create a transparent image you need to follows three steps:
☛ First go to ‘Select' option and select the background, and then click on ‘Inverse'. This will select your main picture.
☛ Open a new file, select option ‘ Transparent' under content, and you will have a file with transparent background.
☛ Copy your main picture and paste it to new file you created.
22. Tell me what is Photoshop lightroom?
Photoshop light room is a software designed for photographer to make post-processing work easy after photography.
Key features in Light room are
☛ PNG Support
☛ Full Screen Mode
☛ User Configurable Grid Overlays
☛ Windows HiDPI Support
23. Tell me how you can create a Grainy matte effect in Lightroom?
To create a Grainy matte effect in lightroom , you have to
☛ Go to “basic” section of the develop module
☛ Make changes like shadows, clarity or saturation if it requires
☛ Now go to the “split toning” section in the develop module and make the adjustment to Hue, saturation, balance, hightlight etc.
☛ And at the last we have to add grain, you can adjust the option like Amount, Size and Roughness
24. Tell me what qualities and skills should a good graphic designer have?
This is a great opportunity to see how a designer thinks of their profession. “To create great designs” is not enough. A good designer will be able to articulate how their designs communicate your brand's vision and solve practical problems.
25. Explain me how do I slice up an image in Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended?
Well, I just got Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended and I saw that there is no slice tool. I found that kind of strange. I mean, that is a HUGE tool. All master web designers use the slice tool to make their websites which is what I need it for. So could someone please tell me how I slice an image in Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended?.
26. Explain me what kind of design projects are you interested in?
I love creative design. The portfolio of your company amazed me on the very first glance, as I saw a lot of creativeness in each piece of work. Therefore I can see myself fitting pretty well in your company. I have on my mind already some ideas for your existing campaigns.
27. Tell me how to organize layers as in photoshop?
For example you create a Ball in 1st layer and then in second layer you create the background. But you should lock all the layers and unlock the layer which u r working, because unlocked layers will be active always(active means, if u want to drage the ball, backgroung layers also will be affected)
28. Explain me your creative process. What are the major steps?
Every designer should have a detailed answer prepared for this. A good designer won't just jump in and start designing. Great designers begin by trying to understand the problem they're being asked to solve. Depending on the project, they might interview users or look through data to determine the best course of action. They should also allow for at least one round of substantive feedback and iteration before they submit their final designs.
29. Explain me where you will find the back-up in light room?
When you install lightroom, the program makes a folder “Lightroom”. This folder contains
☛ lightroom catalog
☛ Files related to the catalog
☛ A folder named Backups for Lightroom backups
30. Tell me to create a Diptych?
To create a Diptych
☛ Go to “Print” module under the main menu
☛ Under layout style select Custom Package
☛ Now under Rulers, Grids and Guides , check and uncheck the options as per your requirement like page grid, rulers, image cells, dimensions etc.
☛ After that adjust other settings like file resolution, custom file dimensions, JPEG Quality
☛ Now you can drag and drop the images on your film strip onto the blank page and arrange them
☛ When done, choose print to file to export your diptych
31. Tell us what is PostScript and showpage command?
PostScript is a page description language developed by Adobe Systems. It is a language for printing documents on laser printer, but it can also be used to produce images on other types of devices.
Showpage command transfers the contents of the current page to the current output device.
The main function of showpage is
• It executes the endpage procedure in the page device dictionary
• Executes the function equivalent of an initgraphics operation, reinitializing the graphics state for the next page
• In page device dictionary, it executes the beginpage
• If the Boolean result returned by the EndPage process is true, transmits the contents of the page to the current output device and performs the equivalent of an erasepage operation, clearing the contents in preparation for the next page.
32. Tell me what is a Gaussian blur?
Gaussian blur is a tool that blurs the edges of the image to make it more real and adaptive to the surrounding. Often it is believed that Gaussian blur can only blurs the image, but if it is used cleverly it will not blurs the image but enhance the appearance.
33. In Photoshop, what is a smart object?
In Photoshop CS2 and above, it has a special layer known as Smart Object Layer. Smart objects give freedom to work with multiple copies of a single object. All the multiple copies will be updated simultaneously when single object is updated. Also, changes in the adjustment of layers and layer styles of a single object can be done without affecting the multiple copies. Without any loss in pixel, pixel based objects can be changed several times.
34. Explain me how do you select an exact color to match?
There are two ways of doing this: The easiest way is to use the eyedropper tool to sample the color as your foreground color – make sure the foreground color square is selected when you use the eyedropper tool – then use a brush, pencil or the paint bucket tool to cover the area. Alternatively, try using the Clone Stamp Tool. Alt+Click where you want to take the color from, and then hold down the mouse key to cover up the new area.
35. Explain me why did you decide for a career of graphic designer?
Exceptional graphic designers are always driven by passion, creativity and love.
This job is good. We all know it. Clean working environment, different projects all the time, exceptional salary. You name it! However, different motives of career choice should resonate in your answer.
Focus on your love to designing, on perfect predispositions to have a job, on strong belief in added value you can bring to the team as a graphic designer, on a chance to change something in the world (or at least in a corporation).
