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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 means of cutting away the extraneous portions of an image to focus the viewer's attention on the subject of the photo.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. A simple filter that averages the colors of neighboring pixels in sweeps defined by the radius value.






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






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






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






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






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






15. An option that turns a PDF document into an all-consuming slide show the moment you open it in the Adobe Reader utility.






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. This command lets you scale an image on the page - determine the paper orientation - and adjust the color management settings before printing an image.






38. 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.






39. A method of layer transformation that allows you to move points on a mesh to reshape and stretch an image.






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






41. 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.






42. The best tool for manually adjusting the brightness and increasing the contrast of an image on a color-by-color basis.






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






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






45. 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.






46. A command that lets you examine and save the descriptions - credits - and keywords assigned to one image so that you can apply them to others.






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






48. When working with this function - painting with black temporarily erases the pixels on a layer - painting with white makes the pixels visible again.






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






50. A mask applied to protect parts of an image that you want to remain unaffected by the Liquify tools.