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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. 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.






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






3. A tool that lets you adjust one region of an image independently of another inside Camera Raw.






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






5. 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.






6. A command that automaticallly corrects the shadows and highlights of each color channel independently.






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. A command that allows you to reinstate a previous Liquify modification.






30. A mask created by attaching one layer to another to limit the effects of the first layer to just the layer beneath.






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






36. The center of a rotation or another transformation.






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






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






39. The difference between light and dark colors.






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






48. By default centralized and sequestered - deep in the system level of your hard drive - this file stores transient information from the Bridge - such as sort order and high-resolution thumbnails.






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






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