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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Measured in f-stops - this Camera Raw option corrects the brightness of highlights.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. The arrangement of layers in a composition - from front to back - which you can adjust by pressing Ctrl with the bracket keys [ ].






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






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






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






30. A Photoshop effect applied directly to an entire image or a selection.






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






32. A standalone application for opening and managing files that ships with all versions of Photoshop CS5.






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






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