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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. Effects like drop shadows and strokes that can be applied to specific parts of an image only.






2. The output that occurs before a document is loaded onto a professional printing press for mass reproduction.






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






4. This tool allows you to paint back information from a previous state saved in the History panel.






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






6. The name given to a pair of slider bars in the Layer Style dialog box that let you hide or reveal colors based on their luminosity levels.






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






8. A set of selection tools that allow you to draw simple geometric shapes.






9. The number of pixels that will print in a linear inch or millimeter of page space.






10. This command expands a selection to include additional contiguous colors that fall inside the magic wand's Tolerance range.






11. A lever-like device that allowed you to control the curve of a path through a smooth point.






12. Operations such as Image Size and the Rotate Canvas commands that affect an entire image - including any and all layers






13. Mathematically defined text and shapes that can be scaled or otherwise transformed without any degradation in quality.






14. A special variety of layer that wraps the original content of an image inside a protective container - allowing pixel modifications to be made without damaging or changing the original contents.






15. Choose this command to combine the contents of the active layer with the layer below it.






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






17. This viewing mode allows you to quickly see the mask created by a selection and assess the edges automatically.






18. Drag a folder that you use on a regular basis to this panel - and you'll never have to burrow through folders and subfolders to find your pictures again.






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






20. The act of preparing and rendering an image for mass reproduction - usually as a CMYK document.






21. A set of dotted lines that indicate the borders of a selected region - also known as "marching ants".






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






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






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






25. Also known as a mask - this special channel selects white pixels and deselects black ones - allowing you to hide or reveal corresponding parts of your image.






26. The best tool for manually adjusting the brightness and increasing the contrast of an image on a color-by-color basis.






27. A tool in Liquify that allows you to spin an area around a center point.






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






29. Decreases or increases the saturation of an image - depending on the Mode setting in the options bar.






30. The thickness of the effect applied by a filter - often expressed as a softly tapering halo.






31. A new panel in the Bridge that permits you to see a multi-image PDF document or Web gallery before saving it.






32. The difference between light and dark colors.






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






34. A varied set of Photoshop commands that apply effects to an entire image.






35. A file that contains the instructions for modifications made to a raw file.






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






37. A specific kind of metadata saved by most modern digitial cameras that records the time and date a photograph was captured as well as various camera settings.






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






39. A tool that allows you to distort a subject by changing the relationship between set points.






40. A method of layer transformation that allows you to move points on a mesh to reshape and stretch an image.






41. A text layer that has no maximum column width and aligns to the point at which you clicked with the type tool.






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






43. An option that turns a PDF document into an all-consuming slide show the moment you open it in the Adobe Reader utility.






44. A means of cutting away the extraneous portions of an image to focus the viewer's attention on the subject of the photo.






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






46. The number of digits required to express a single pixel - which in turn determines the number of colors in an image.






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






48. A new feature in CS5 that fills in selections automatically based on what Photoshop understands about surrounding pixels.






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






50. A special kind of state in the History panel that remains available well after twenty operations.