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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. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. A means for cropping the contents of a group of layers to the boundaries of a layer beneath them.






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






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






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






12. Indicators along a gradient preview that designate the colors at either end.






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






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






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






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






17. A photographic compilation that allows for the combination of luminance data from different exposure values.






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






38. 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 [ ] .






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






46. A command used to assign document names - sequence numbers - and more to multiple image files at a time.






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






48. A set of tools that permit you to clone elements from one portion or state of an image to another.






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






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