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






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






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






4. The number of pixels that will print in a linear inch or millimeter of page space.






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






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






7. 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.






8. The difference between light and dark colors.






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






18. This numerical value lets you adjust the sharpness of points in a star drawn with the polygon tool.






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Also known as a mask - this special channel selects white pixels and deselects black ones - allowing you to hide or reveal corresponding parts of your image.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. The number of digits required to express a single pixel - which in turn determines the number of colors in an image.






39. A printing process that outputs each of the CMYK color channels to independent plates so that they can be loaded with different inks.






40. 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.






41. A slight softening effect applied most commonly to selection outlines to simulate smooth transitions.






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






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






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






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






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






47. An independent environment in Photoshop where you can squish and stretch pixels.






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






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






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