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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 single image that represents a view wider than a traditional camera lens can capture.






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






3. This tool lightens portions of an image as you paint - which makes it great for bringing out naturally shaded areas such as eyes.






4. This tool darkens pixels as you paint over them.






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






6. A command that allows you to turn text into a vector-based shape.






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






8. A special kind of text layer in which text is attached to a path outline to create a line of type that flows along a curve.






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. A camera's native format for which no on-board camera processing has occurred.






15. The degree to which professionally output halftone dots grow when they are absorbed by a sheet of printed paper.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. The most popular method for transferring dark pixels from the Cyan - Magenta - and Yellow channels to the Black channel - thus producing rich - volumetric shadows.






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






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






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






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






29. The two ingredients in color: The first is the tint - from red to magenta - and the second is the purity - from gray to vivid.






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






31. A slight softening effect applied most commonly to selection outlines to simulate smooth transitions.






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






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






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






35. This advanced compositing funtion is capable of stretching low-contrast areas of an image without affecting high-contrast areas.






36. An independent environment in Photoshop where you can squish and stretch pixels.






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






38. Accessible by pressing Ctrl - this tool permits you to move selected pixels - even between images.






39. The difference between light and dark colors.






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






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






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






43. A means for cropping the contents of a group of layers to the boundaries of a layer beneath them.






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






45. A variety of glossy or matte-finished paper that holds lots of ink - allowing you to print extremely high-resolution images.






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. The lightness or darkness of a group of colors.