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Adobe Photoshop CS 5

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A column of type created by dragging with the type tool - useful for setting long sentences or entire paragraphs.






2. An image that is made up of composite pieces that can be manipulated independently.






3. This numerical value lets you adjust the sharpness of points in a star drawn with the polygon tool.






4. A new feature in Photoshop CS5 that allows you to fine-tune your mask by setting a prescribe radius for edge calculation.






5. The relationship between the width and the height of an image.






6. The appearance of luminance aberrations - caused in HDR photos by an element moving or changing apperance between individual frames.






7. A command that automaticallly corrects the shadows and highlights of each color channel independently.






8. The one command that lets you pinpoint a specific color in an image and make it lighter or darker; best suited to reducing contrast.






9. A command that lets you examine and save the descriptions - credits - and keywords assigned to one image so that you can apply them to others.






10. This phenomenon refers to the existence of extra information on layers that extend beyond the visible part of the document.






11. A standalone application for opening and managing files that ships with all versions of Photoshop CS5.






12. The boundaries of an image - as measured independently of the contents of the image itself.






13. A command that allows you to rotate - resizem and rescale one layer independently of the rest of a composition.






14. An independent grayscale image that Photoshop colorizes and mixes with other such images to produce a full-color composite.






15. A simple filter that averages the colors of neighboring pixels in sweeps defined by the radius value.






16. Part of a path that is unaffected by control handles and is thus a direct path between two points.






17. Expressed as an exponent - this value multiplies the brightness of an image to lighten or darken midtones.






18. A filter that mimics the functionality of Unsharp Mask by retaining areas of high contrast and sending low-contrast areas to gray.






19. A mask created by selecting just the lightest areas of an image.






20. An interpolation setting that results in crisp edge transitions - perfect when the details in your image are impeccable and you want to preserve every nuance.






21. When one color pervades an image to a degree that is unpleasant or unrealistic.






22. This otherwise fairly useless tool is handy for finessing mask edges by smushing edge pixels in one direction or another.






23. A command that saves the size of thumbnails - the position and visibility of panels - and the size of the Bridge window itself.






24. A point along a path that joins two segments at a corner.






25. A tool that lets you adjust one region of an image independently of another inside Camera Raw.






26. Commands from the Filter menu or the Adjustments panel that can be applied nondestructively to a smart object.






27. This command lets you scale an image on the page - determine the paper orientation - and adjust the color management settings before printing an image.






28. The three brightness ranges that you can edit independently using the Color Balance adn Levels commands.






29. To change the physical dimensions of an image by reducing the number of pixels.






30. Digital photographs and scanned artwork composed exclusively of colored pixels.






31. The command that defines the RGB or CMYK color spaces employed by Photoshop.






32. An anchor point along a path that has two control handles to allow for creating a continuous - even arc.






33. This tool lets you measure angles and distances in Photoshop - as well as gives you access to the Straighten button.






34. Font family - type style - size - leading - alignment - and a wealth of other options for modifying the appearance of live text.






35. A tool in Liquify that puffs out areas of an image.






36. Cyan - magenta - and yellow - each of which absorbs light when printed on paper and mixes to form progressively darker colors.






37. This advancement on the magic wand tool allows you to select given colors in your image and turn them into a selection outline.






38. Removing softness in a photograph by increasing edge contrast.






39. A command that allows you to reinstate a previous Liquify modification.






40. Photoshop's tool that allows you to align and blend multiple frames.






41. A mask applied to protect parts of an image that you want to remain unaffected by the Liquify tools.






42. The adjusted amount of horizontal space between two neighboring characters of type.






43. A new feature in CS5 that allows you to access the Bridge's photo organizing features.






44. An effect that applies a range of colors based on the lightest and darkest areas of an image.






45. The best means for calculating text spacing - which permits Photoshop to move a character by a fraction of a pixel.






46. A tool in Liquify that you use to suck the edges of an area inward.






47. This selection tool can actually sense the edge of an object and automatically trace it.






48. A succession of duplicated objects - scaled - rotated - and otherwise transformed in equal increments.






49. Click with this tool to select regions of color inside an image.






50. The portion of the Bridge that contains thumbnail previews.