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






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






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






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






5. The name given to a pair of slider bars in the Layer Style dialog box that let you hide or reveal colors based on their luminosity levels.






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






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






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






9. A command that allows you to rotate - resizem and rescale one layer independently of the rest of a composition.






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. A variety of glossy or matte-finished paper that holds lots of ink - allowing you to print extremely high-resolution images.






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






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






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






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






32. 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 [ ] .






33. The difference between light and dark colors.






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






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






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






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






38. Effects like drop shadows and strokes that can be applied to specific parts of an image only.






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






48. A specific kind of metadata saved by most modern digitial cameras that records the time and date a photograph was captured as well as various camera settings.






49. The center of a rotation or another transformation.






50. A special kind of state in the History panel that remains available well after twenty operations.