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Adobe Photoshop CS 5
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Study First
Subject
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. This tool lightens portions of an image as you paint - which makes it great for bringing out naturally shaded areas such as eyes.
Dodge tool
Focus
Canvas
Photo-grade paper
2. This advancement on the magic wand tool allows you to select given colors in your image and turn them into a selection outline.
Fractional character widths
Focus
Color range
Tolerance
3. The state of a layered composition at a certain point in time - replete with visibility - vertical and horizontal positioning - blending options - and layer styles.
New Workspace
Layer comp
Clipping mask
Smart radius
4. A set of dotted lines that indicate the borders of a selected region - also known as "marching ants".
Liquify
Selection outline
Formatting attributes
Layer group
5. The output that occurs before a document is loaded onto a professional printing press for mass reproduction.
Snapshot
Smooth point
Aspect ratio
Commercial prepress
6. Use this tool to select free-form - straight-sided areas in an image.
Calculations
Dodge tool
Merge down
Polygonal lasso
7. An image that is made up of composite pieces that can be manipulated independently.
Cusp point
Layer comp
Exposure
Layered composition
8. An option that spaces all lines of type in a selected layer by similar amounts to give the layer a more even - pleasing appearance.
Gray component replacement
Liquify filter
Every-line composer
Vector-based objects
9. A modification to an image that permenantly changes the pixels to which it's applied.
Destructive edits
Layer effects
Gamma value
Color cast
10. An independent grayscale image that Photoshop colorizes and mixes with other such images to produce a full-color composite.
Content-Aware Scale
Smudge tool
Sharpening
Color channel
11. The center of a rotation or another transformation.
Origin point
Warp
Batch Rename
Levels
12. The best tool for manually adjusting the brightness and increasing the contrast of an image on a color-by-color basis.
Stop
Formatting attributes
Straight segment
Levels
13. Decreases or increases the saturation of an image - depending on the Mode setting in the options bar.
Indent Sides By
Sponge tool
Control handle
Dot gain
14. Measured in f-stops - this Camera Raw option corrects the brightness of highlights.
Formatting attributes
Aspect ratio
Exposure
Quick mask
15. A tool in Liquify that you use to suck the edges of an area inward.
Alpha channel
Pucker
New Workspace
Calculations
16. 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.
Liquify filter
Painting tools
Fractional character widths
Smart object
17. When one color pervades an image to a degree that is unpleasant or unrealistic.
Color cast
Output
Layered composition
Paths
18. A loose collection of features that modify the existing color or luminosity of a pixel without replacing its content.
Metadata
Bloat
Color channel
Editing tools
19. 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.
Straighten button
Layer group
Bicubic Sharper
Alpha channel
20. A simple filter that averages the colors of neighboring pixels in sweeps defined by the radius value.
Adobe Bridge
Median
Control handle
Camera Raw
21. A command that allows you to turn text into a vector-based shape.
Convert to Shape
Output
Warp
Magnetic lasso
22. This phenomenon refers to the existence of extra information on layers that extend beyond the visible part of the document.
Big layer
File Info
Highlights - Shadows - and Midtones
Gradient map
23. This otherwise fairly useless tool is handy for finessing mask edges by smushing edge pixels in one direction or another.
EXIF
Contrast
Highlights - Shadows - and Midtones
Smudge tool
24. The best means for calculating text spacing - which permits Photoshop to move a character by a fraction of a pixel.
Magnetic lasso
Fractional character widths
Filter
Ruler tool
25. The three brightness ranges that you can edit independently using the Color Balance adn Levels commands.
High Pass
Highlights - Shadows - and Midtones
Liquify
Smart filter
26. This tool darkens pixels as you paint over them.
Burn tool
Dot gain
Destructive edits
Pucker
27. A new feature in Photoshop CS5 that allows you to fine-tune your mask by setting a prescribe radius for edge calculation.
Color profile
Smart filter
Gamma value
Refine mask
28. The act of preparing and rendering an image for mass reproduction - usually as a CMYK document.
Liquify
Straighten button
Layer effects
Output
29. An option that turns a PDF document into an all-consuming slide show the moment you open it in the Adobe Reader utility.
Snapshot
Open in Full Screen Mode
Slide Show
Big layer
30. The command that defines the RGB or CMYK color spaces employed by Photoshop.
Fractional character widths
Pins
Output Preview
Color settings
31. Analogous to the magic wand's Tolerance setting - this feature spreads a Color Range selection out to neighboring color values beyond those specifically chosen.
Series duplication
Stacking order
Fuzziness
Bicubic Sharper
32. A Photoshop command that allows you to create masks based on a mathematical comparison of the luminance values in two of the color channels.
Color channel
Calculations
Open in Full Screen Mode
Downsampling
33. This selection tool can actually sense the edge of an object and automatically trace it.
Stacking order
Magnetic lasso
Bloat
Ghosting
34. A loadable file that describes a specific flavor of RGB or CMYK that is uniquely applicable to a display or print environment.
Color profile
Paths
Metadata
Clipping mask
35. Brush-based tools that allow you to paint lines and fill shapes with the foreground color.
Exposure
Pins
Camera Raw
Painting tools
36. A method of layer transformation that allows you to move points on a mesh to reshape and stretch an image.
Camera Raw
Clipping mask
Warp
Clipping mask
37. Cyan - magenta - and yellow - each of which absorbs light when printed on paper and mixes to form progressively darker colors.
Every-line composer
Marquee
Gray component replacement
Subtractive primaries
38. This tool lets you measure angles and distances in Photoshop - as well as gives you access to the Straighten button.
Filter
Mini Bridge
Cusp point
Ruler tool
39. A varied set of Photoshop commands that apply effects to an entire image.
Layered composition
Stacking order
Destructive edits
Filters
40. 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.
Rotate view
Commercial prepress
Snapshot
Text on a path
41. A photographic compilation that allows for the combination of luminance data from different exposure values.
Focus
Levels
Color profile
HDR (High Dynamic Range)
42. This feature of the History panel lets you bookmark a specific state in your work - allowing you to restore it later.
History brush
Snapshot
Straight segment
Sponge tool
43. A slight softening effect applied most commonly to selection outlines to simulate smooth transitions.
Metadata
Antialiasing
Burn tool
Shadows/Highlights
44. This numerical value lets you adjust the sharpness of points in a star drawn with the polygon tool.
Twirl clockwise tool
Raw format
Indent Sides By
Color cast
45. A file that contains the instructions for modifications made to a raw file.
Free Transform
EXIF
Stacking order
Sidecar file
46. 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.
Smart radius
Aspect ratio
Slide Show
Freeze mask
47. A setting in the options bar that determines how many colors the magic wand selects at a time - as measured in luminosity values.
Magic wand
Tolerance
Subtractive primaries
Stacking order
48. A command that saves the size of thumbnails - the position and visibility of panels - and the size of the Bridge window itself.
New Workspace
Mini Bridge
Merge down
Magnetic lasso
49. A special kind of state in the History panel that remains available well after twenty operations.
Exposure
Color settings
Snapshot
Print resolution
50. Photoshop's tool that allows you to align and blend multiple frames.
Luminance blending
Free Transform
Photomerge
Straight segment