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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. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. A loose collection of features that modify the existing color or luminosity of a pixel without replacing its content.






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






12. 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.






13. A loadable file that describes a specific flavor of RGB or CMYK that is uniquely applicable to a display or print environment.






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






15. 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.






16. A bar graph representation of all brightness values and their distribution in an image.






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






18. A mask created by attaching one layer to another to limit the effects of the first layer to just the layer beneath.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. This tool lets you preview the proper angle for a crooked image before you crop it.






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






28. The arrangement of layers in a composition - from front to back - which you can adjust by pressing Ctrl with the bracket keys [ ].






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. This dialog box bends and distorts live text to create wavy - bulging - and perspective effects.






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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