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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. This otherwise fairly useless tool is handy for finessing mask edges by smushing edge pixels in one direction or another.






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






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






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






5. A command that allows you to reinstate a previous Liquify modification.






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






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






8. A printing process that outputs each of the CMYK color channels to independent plates so that they can be loaded with different inks.






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. An intricate command that lets you edit a selection using a series of slider bars and preview the results of those edits as you work.






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






17. A lever-like device that allowed you to control the curve of a path through a smooth point.






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






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






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






21. The relationship between the width and the height of an image.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






35. This command expands a selection to include additional contiguous colors that fall inside the magic wand's Tolerance range.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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