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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. This tool lets you preview the proper angle for a crooked image before you crop it.






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






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






11. A point along a path that joins two segments at a corner.






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






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






14. 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 [ ] .






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






16. 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.






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






18. The degree to which professionally output halftone dots grow when they are absorbed by a sheet of printed paper.






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. A tool in Liquify that puffs out areas of an image.






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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.