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






2. A loadable file that describes a specific flavor of RGB or CMYK that is uniquely applicable to a display or print environment.






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






8. This tool darkens pixels as you paint over them.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. 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.






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






19. This tool lets you measure angles and distances in Photoshop - as well as gives you access to the Straighten button.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. This advancement on the magic wand tool allows you to select given colors in your image and turn them into a selection outline.






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






38. Also known as a mask - this special channel selects white pixels and deselects black ones - allowing you to hide or reveal corresponding parts of your image.






39. Measured in f-stops - this Camera Raw option corrects the brightness of highlights.






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






41. 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.






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






43. The difference between light and dark colors.






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






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






46. A special kind of text layer in which text is attached to a path outline to create a line of type that flows along a curve.






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






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






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






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