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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. This tool lets you measure angles and distances in Photoshop - as well as gives you access to the Straighten button.






12. 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.






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






14. A filter that mimics the functionality of Unsharp Mask by retaining areas of high contrast and sending low-contrast areas to gray.






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






16. By default centralized and sequestered - deep in the system level of your hard drive - this file stores transient information from the Bridge - such as sort order and high-resolution thumbnails.






17. A loose collection of features that modify the existing color or luminosity of a pixel without replacing its content.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. 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 [ ] .






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






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






40. A mask created by selecting just the lightest areas of an image.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.