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






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






3. A printing process that outputs each of the CMYK color channels to independent plates so that they can be loaded with different inks.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. The difference between light and dark colors.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Mathematically defined text and shapes that can be scaled or otherwise transformed without any degradation in quality.






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Adjusting for the predominant color of neutral white - usually off as the result of an uncorrected light source.






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






31. Removing softness in a photograph by increasing edge contrast.






32. Expressed as an exponent - this value multiplies the brightness of an image to lighten or darken midtones.






33. The spot from which the healing brush samples information when repairing a dlaw in an image.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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