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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. Cyan - magenta - and yellow - each of which absorbs light when printed on paper and mixes to form progressively darker colors.






2. 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 [ ] .






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






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






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






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






7. The center of a rotation or another transformation.






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






18. A varied set of Photoshop commands that apply effects to an entire image.






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






20. Analogous to the magic wand's Tolerance setting - this feature spreads a Color Range selection out to neighboring color values beyond those specifically chosen.






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






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






23. A command that lets you examine and save the descriptions - credits - and keywords assigned to one image so that you can apply them to others.






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






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






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






27. To change the physical dimensions of an image by reducing the number of pixels.






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






49. The two ingredients in color: The first is the tint - from red to magenta - and the second is the purity - from gray to vivid.






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