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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 panel lets you scale - rotate - and even flip the source image as you paint it onto the destination - as well as preview the source as a translucent overlay.






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






3. This tool lightens portions of an image as you paint - which makes it great for bringing out naturally shaded areas such as eyes.






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






5. 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.






6. Digital photographs and scanned artwork composed exclusively of colored pixels.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. A Bridge operation that stands portrait-style photographs upright and writes the results to metadata. You can perform the operation from the keyboard by pressing Ctrl and a bracket key [ ] .






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. A tool in Liquify that allows you to spin an area around a center point.






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






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