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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






11. 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 [ ] .






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






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






14. Expressed as an exponent - this value multiplies the brightness of an image to lighten or darken midtones.






15. A photographic compilation that allows for the combination of luminance data from different exposure values.






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. The difference between light and dark colors.






21. 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.






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. 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.






37. 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.






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






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






40. When one color pervades an image to a degree that is unpleasant or unrealistic.






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






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






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






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






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






46. The best means for calculating text spacing - which permits Photoshop to move a character by a fraction of a pixel.






47. A means for cropping the contents of a group of layers to the boundaries of a layer beneath them.






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






49. This feature of the History panel lets you bookmark a specific state in your work - allowing you to restore it later.






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