Test your basic knowledge |

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






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. A lever-like device that allowed you to control the curve of a path through a smooth point.






7. This phenomenon refers to the existence of extra information on layers that extend beyond the visible part of the document.






8. Mathematically defined text and shapes that can be scaled or otherwise transformed without any degradation in quality.






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






10. A set of selection tools that allow you to draw simple geometric shapes.






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






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






13. A new feature in CS5 that fills in selections automatically based on what Photoshop understands about surrounding pixels.






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






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






16. The difference between light and dark colors.






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






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






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






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






21. A new feature in Photoshop CS5 that allows you to fine-tune your mask by setting a prescribe radius for edge calculation.






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Set points in the puppet warp that serve as fixed points and points of stretching.






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






30. A tool in Liquify that you use to suck the edges of an area inward.






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






32. The thickness of the effect applied by a filter - often expressed as a softly tapering halo.






33. Outlines described by vectors that contain no pixel information by can be used to control the pixels within their boundaries.






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. This selection tool can actually sense the edge of an object and automatically trace it.






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. The state of a layered composition at a certain point in time - replete with visibility - vertical and horizontal positioning - blending options - and layer styles.