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






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






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






4. Created by pressing Ctrl+G - this collection of layers appears as a folder icon in the Layers panel.






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






12. A new panel in the Bridge that permits you to see a multi-image PDF document or Web gallery before saving it.






13. Drag a folder that you use on a regular basis to this panel - and you'll never have to burrow through folders and subfolders to find your pictures again.






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. An interpolation setting that results in crisp edge transitions - perfect when the details in your image are impeccable and you want to preserve every nuance.






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






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






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






28. The number of digits required to express a single pixel - which in turn determines the number of colors in an image.






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






30. The act of preparing and rendering an image for mass reproduction - usually as a CMYK document.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. A feature of the Refine Edge command that tells Photoshop to adjust the radius based on the smooth or jagged nature of your mask.






41. A tool that lets you adjust one region of an image independently of another inside Camera Raw.






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






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






44. A succession of duplicated objects - scaled - rotated - and otherwise transformed in equal increments.






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






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






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






48. A Photoshop command that allows you to create masks based on a mathematical comparison of the luminance values in two of the color channels.






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






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