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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. A tool that lets you adjust one region of an image independently of another inside Camera Raw.






11. The two ingredients in color: The first is the tint - from red to magenta - and the second is the purity - from gray to vivid.






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






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






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






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






16. The center of a rotation or another transformation.






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






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






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






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






21. Decreases or increases the saturation of an image - depending on the Mode setting in the options bar.






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






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






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






25. The appearance of luminance aberrations - caused in HDR photos by an element moving or changing apperance between individual frames.






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. The clarity of the image formed by the lens element and captured by the camera - whether digital or film.






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






45. A set of dotted lines that indicate the borders of a selected region - also known as "marching ants".






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






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






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






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






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