Test your basic knowledge |

Adobe Photoshop CS 5

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. This tool darkens pixels as you paint over them.






2. 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.






3. 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.






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






11. This tool lets you preview the proper angle for a crooked image before you crop it.






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






18. A special variety of layer that wraps the original content of an image inside a protective container - allowing pixel modifications to be made without damaging or changing the original contents.






19. 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 [ ] .






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






21. The center of a rotation or another transformation.






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






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






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






25. A text layer that has no maximum column width and aligns to the point at which you clicked with the type tool.






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. The output that occurs before a document is loaded onto a professional printing press for mass reproduction.






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






40. A feature of the Refine Edge command that tells Photoshop to adjust the radius based on the smooth or jagged nature of your mask.






41. A bar graph representation of all brightness values and their distribution in an image.






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






43. Photoshop's tool that allows you to align and blend multiple frames.






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.