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






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






8. A loadable file that describes a specific flavor of RGB or CMYK that is uniquely applicable to a display or print environment.






9. A special kind of state in the History panel that remains available well after twenty operations.






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. The center of a rotation or another transformation.






21. 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.






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






23. A modification to an image that permenantly changes the pixels to which it's applied.






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






30. The most popular method for transferring dark pixels from the Cyan - Magenta - and Yellow channels to the Black channel - thus producing rich - volumetric shadows.






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. The portion of the Bridge that contains thumbnail previews.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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