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






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






3. Availabe exclusively inside the Bridge - this command lets you expand one or more images to fill the entire screen as well as zoom and navigate from the keyboard.






4. Use this tool to select free-form - straight-sided areas in an image.






5. The difference between light and dark colors.






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






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






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






9. The state of a layered composition at a certain point in time - replete with visibility - vertical and horizontal positioning - blending options - and layer styles.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Analogous to the magic wand's Tolerance setting - this feature spreads a Color Range selection out to neighboring color values beyond those specifically chosen.






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






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






20. Set points in the puppet warp that serve as fixed points and points of stretching.






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






22. This feature of the History panel lets you bookmark a specific state in your work - allowing you to restore it later.






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






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






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






26. An intricate command that lets you edit a selection using a series of slider bars and preview the results of those edits as you work.






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






28. 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.






29. Brush-based tools that allow you to paint lines and fill shapes with the foreground color.






30. 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.






31. A set of tools that permit you to clone elements from one portion or state of an image to another.






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






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






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






35. This command lets you darken highlights and lighten shadows - just what you need when correcting flash photos.






36. A feature of the Refine Edge command that tells Photoshop to adjust the radius based on the smooth or jagged nature of your mask.






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






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






39. A command used to assign document names - sequence numbers - and more to multiple image files at a time.






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






41. Any information above and beyond the core image data - including the date the image was last saved - the copyright holder - and how the image was captured.






42. When working with this function - painting with black temporarily erases the pixels on a layer - painting with white makes the pixels visible again.






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






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






45. This panel lets you scale - rotate - and even flip the source image as you paint it onto the destination - as well as preview the source as a translucent overlay.






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






47. A filter with a massive dialog box that allows you to warp - bloat - pinch - stretch - and generally swirl around pixels.






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






49. Indicators along a gradient preview that designate the colors at either end.






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