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






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






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






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






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






6. The best tool for manually adjusting the brightness and increasing the contrast of an image on a color-by-color basis.






7. The center of a rotation or another transformation.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. The difference between light and dark colors.






17. The appearance of luminance aberrations - caused in HDR photos by an element moving or changing apperance between individual frames.






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






19. A loose collection of features that modify the existing color or luminosity of a pixel without replacing its content.






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






21. 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.






22. An option that spaces all lines of type in a selected layer by similar amounts to give the layer a more even - pleasing appearance.






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. This command lets you darken highlights and lighten shadows - just what you need when correcting flash photos.






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






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






33. 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 [ ] .






34. A command that saves the size of thumbnails - the position and visibility of panels - and the size of the Bridge window itself.






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






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






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






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






39. A means of cutting away the extraneous portions of an image to focus the viewer's attention on the subject of the photo.






40. 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.






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






42. A column of type created by dragging with the type tool - useful for setting long sentences or entire paragraphs.






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






49. A specific kind of metadata saved by most modern digitial cameras that records the time and date a photograph was captured as well as various camera settings.






50. A file that contains the instructions for modifications made to a raw file.