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






2. A bar graph representation of all brightness values and their distribution in an image.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Set points in the puppet warp that serve as fixed points and points of stretching.






15. 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.






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






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






18. The center of a rotation or another transformation.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. An independent grayscale image that Photoshop colorizes and mixes with other such images to produce a full-color composite.






33. This command lets you scale an image on the page - determine the paper orientation - and adjust the color management settings before printing an image.






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






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






36. This advancement on the magic wand tool allows you to select given colors in your image and turn them into a selection outline.






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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