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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. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. New to CS5 - this tool lets you quickly confirm a line that you want to designate as the new vertical or horizontal basis of your image.






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






18. A column of type created by dragging with the type tool - useful for setting long sentences or entire paragraphs.






19. The difference between light and dark colors.






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






21. A filter with a massive dialog box that allows you to warp - bloat - pinch - stretch - and generally swirl around pixels.






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






28. An intricate command that lets you edit a selection using a series of slider bars and preview the results of those edits as you work.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. The center of a rotation or another transformation.






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






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






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






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






45. The one command that lets you pinpoint a specific color in an image and make it lighter or darker; best suited to reducing contrast.






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






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






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






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






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