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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






14. The difference between light and dark colors.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. An option that spaces all lines of type in a selected layer by similar amounts to give the layer a more even - pleasing appearance.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Any information above and beyond the core image data - including the date the image was last saved - the copyright holder - and how the image was captured.






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. The best tool for manually adjusting the brightness and increasing the contrast of an image on a color-by-color basis.






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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.