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






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






4. The arrangement of layers in a composition - from front to back - which you can adjust by pressing Ctrl with the bracket keys [ ].






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






6. 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.






7. A filter that mimics the functionality of Unsharp Mask by retaining areas of high contrast and sending low-contrast areas to gray.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. The command that defines the RGB or CMYK color spaces employed by Photoshop.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






29. To change the physical dimensions of an image by reducing the number of pixels.






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






31. This advanced compositing funtion is capable of stretching low-contrast areas of an image without affecting high-contrast areas.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. A command that allows you to turn text into a vector-based shape.






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






41. Decreases or increases the saturation of an image - depending on the Mode setting in the options bar.






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






49. The spot from which the healing brush samples information when repairing a dlaw in an image.






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