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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






13. Click inside the Preview panel to access this feature - which allows you to zoom an image's detail from 100 to 800 percent.






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






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






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






17. A Photoshop plug-in that allows for the development of unprocessed native image files.






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






19. A setting in the options bar that determines how many colors the magic wand selects at a time - as measured in luminosity values.






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






21. 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.






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






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






24. Outlines described by vectors that contain no pixel information by can be used to control the pixels within their boundaries.






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






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






27. A Photoshop command that allows you to create masks based on a mathematical comparison of the luminance values in two of the color channels.






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






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






30. An option that spaces all lines of type in a selected layer by similar amounts to give the layer a more even - pleasing appearance.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. A Photoshop effect applied directly to an entire image or a selection.






43. 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.






44. An option that uses the contents of the active layer to cut holes in the layers beneath it.






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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