Question 4
(a)Define photo editing.
(b)List any five editing software used in photography.
(c)Name any five input devices used for photography in a digital dark room.
(d)Mention any two photo editing tools
Observation
The question was attempted by most of the candidates. Candidates that attempted the question performed fairly. Candidates were expected to explain the following points in their answers:
- Definition of Photo editing
Photo editing is a process of digitally touching and enhancing the appearance and presentation of photographs using appropriate editing software.
- Editing software used in photography
- Corel draw. Photoshop element. Cyberlink photodirector.
- Adobe photoshop. Pixelmator. Topaz studio.
- Photo paint. Adobe lightroom. Zoner photo.
- Photo impression. Pics Art. Corel-paint shop.
- Photoscape. Fotor. ACDsee ultimate.
- Picassa. Paintshop. Studio X.
- Nero photosnap. Pixir. Photo editor.
- Snapseed. Werble. Luminar.
- Canva. Capture One. Affinity photo.
- GIMP. DXO photolab. Adobe firework.
(c) Input devices used for photography in a digital darkroom
- Camera/Webcam.
- Modems.
- Card reader.
- Touch screen.
- Scanner.
- Keyboard.
- Mouse.
- Graphic pad.
- Joy stick.
(d) Photo editing tools
- Crop tool. Fill tool. Blur.
- Text tool. Lasso tool. Sharpen.
- Free hand tools. Colour range tool. Smudge.
- Magic wand. Clone tool/Duplicate. Eraser tool.
- Layering. Marquee tool. Zoom.
- Pick tool/Select tool. Paint brush/Air brush tool.