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






2. A tool that lets you adjust one region of an image independently of another inside Camera Raw.






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






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






5. Removing softness in a photograph by increasing edge contrast.






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. A specific kind of metadata saved by most modern digitial cameras that records the time and date a photograph was captured as well as various camera settings.






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






23. A command that allows you to rotate - resizem and rescale one layer independently of the rest of a composition.






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






25. This otherwise fairly useless tool is handy for finessing mask edges by smushing edge pixels in one direction or another.






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. A printing process that outputs each of the CMYK color channels to independent plates so that they can be loaded with different inks.






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






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






36. This tool lets you measure angles and distances in Photoshop - as well as gives you access to the Straighten button.






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






38. 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.






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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