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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. The three brightness ranges that you can edit independently using the Color Balance adn Levels commands.






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






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






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






13. Click with this tool to select regions of color inside an image.






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. This viewing mode allows you to quickly see the mask created by a selection and assess the edges automatically.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. The portion of the Bridge that contains thumbnail previews.






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






49. A slight softening effect applied most commonly to selection outlines to simulate smooth transitions.






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