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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






22. A modification to an image that permenantly changes the pixels to which it's applied.






23. A photographic compilation that allows for the combination of luminance data from different exposure values.






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






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






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






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






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






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. Removing softness in a photograph by increasing edge contrast.






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. The clarity of the image formed by the lens element and captured by the camera - whether digital or film.






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






44. The center of a rotation or another transformation.






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






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






47. 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.






48. A new feature in CS5 that allows you to access the Bridge's photo organizing features.






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






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