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






2. A filter that mimics the functionality of Unsharp Mask by retaining areas of high contrast and sending low-contrast areas to gray.






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






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






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






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






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






8. The difference between light and dark colors.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






19. Use this tool to select free-form - straight-sided areas in an image.






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






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






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






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






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






25. A tool that allows you to distort a subject by changing the relationship between set points.






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. 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 [ ] .






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. A column of type created by dragging with the type tool - useful for setting long sentences or entire paragraphs.






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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