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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. The center of a rotation or another transformation.






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






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






11. A single image that represents a view wider than a traditional camera lens can capture.






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






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






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






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






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






17. The spot from which the healing brush samples information when repairing a dlaw in an image.






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






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






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






21. The state of a layered composition at a certain point in time - replete with visibility - vertical and horizontal positioning - blending options - and layer styles.






22. An interpolation setting that results in crisp edge transitions - perfect when the details in your image are impeccable and you want to preserve every nuance.






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. A tool in Liquify that puffs out areas of an image.






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. A new feature in CS5 that fills in selections automatically based on what Photoshop understands about surrounding pixels.






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. A command that saves the size of thumbnails - the position and visibility of panels - and the size of the Bridge window itself.






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






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






48. Drag a folder that you use on a regular basis to this panel - and you'll never have to burrow through folders and subfolders to find your pictures again.






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






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