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






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






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






4. The difference between light and dark colors.






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. The command that defines the RGB or CMYK color spaces employed by Photoshop.






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






11. The spot from which the healing brush samples information when repairing a dlaw in an image.






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






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






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






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






16. By default centralized and sequestered - deep in the system level of your hard drive - this file stores transient information from the Bridge - such as sort order and high-resolution thumbnails.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. When working with this function - painting with black temporarily erases the pixels on a layer - painting with white makes the pixels visible again.






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






36. This viewing mode allows you to quickly see the mask created by a selection and assess the edges automatically.






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






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






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






41. A Bridge operation that stands portrait-style photographs upright and writes the results to metadata. You can perform the operation from the keyboard by pressing Ctrl and a bracket key [ ] .






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






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






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






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






46. The center of a rotation or another transformation.






47. Adjusting for the predominant color of neutral white - usually off as the result of an uncorrected light source.






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






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






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