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






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






3. This tool allows you to paint back information from a previous state saved in the History panel.






4. A setting in the options bar that determines how many colors the magic wand selects at a time - as measured in luminosity values.






5. A mask created by selecting just the lightest areas of an image.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. A mask created by attaching one layer to another to limit the effects of the first layer to just the layer beneath.






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






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






18. A tool in Liquify that puffs out areas of an image.






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






20. A command used to assign document names - sequence numbers - and more to multiple image files at a time.






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






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






23. A new panel in the Bridge that permits you to see a multi-image PDF document or Web gallery before saving it.






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






29. This otherwise fairly useless tool is handy for finessing mask edges by smushing edge pixels in one direction or another.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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