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






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






3. An image that is made up of composite pieces that can be manipulated independently.






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






5. A point along a path that joins two segments at a corner.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. A simple filter that averages the colors of neighboring pixels in sweeps defined by the radius value.






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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 file that contains the instructions for modifications made to a raw file.






29. A command used to assign document names - sequence numbers - and more to multiple image files at a time.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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