Test your basic knowledge |

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.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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






2. An independent environment in Photoshop where you can squish and stretch pixels.






3. 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.






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






5. Operations such as Image Size and the Rotate Canvas commands that affect an entire image - including any and all layers






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. 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.






16. A point along a path that joins two segments at a corner.






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






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






19. The lightness or darkness of a group of colors.






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






21. A command that allows you to turn text into a vector-based shape.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. A mask created by selecting just the lightest areas of an image.






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






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






32. An image that is made up of composite pieces that can be manipulated independently.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. 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.






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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.