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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. The three brightness ranges that you can edit independently using the Color Balance adn Levels commands.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. A filter with a massive dialog box that allows you to warp - bloat - pinch - stretch - and generally swirl around pixels.






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. A Photoshop effect applied directly to an entire image or a selection.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. This feature of the History panel lets you bookmark a specific state in your work - allowing you to restore it later.






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






35. Part of a path that is unaffected by control handles and is thus a direct path between two points.






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






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






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






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






40. An image that is made up of composite pieces that can be manipulated independently.






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






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






43. Commands from the Filter menu or the Adjustments panel that can be applied nondestructively to a smart object.






44. The relationship between the width and the height of an image.






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. An effect that applies a range of colors based on the lightest and darkest areas of an image.






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