Photoshop CS5 Full List Flashcards

415722611	Adobe Bridge	A standalone application for opening and managing files that ships with all versions of Photoshop CS5.
415722612	Content Browser	The portion of the Bridge that contains thumbnail previews.
415722613	Favorites	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.
415722614	New Workspace	A command that saves the size of thumbnails, the position and visibility of panels, and the size of the Bridge window itself.
415722615	Cache	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.
415722616	Rotate clockwise/Rotate counterclockwise	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 [ ] .
415722617	Loupe function	Click inside the Preview panel to access this feature, which allows you to zoom an image's detail from 100 to 800 percent.
415722618	Slide Show	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.
415722619	Metadata	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.
415722620	EXIF	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.
415722621	File Info	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.
415722622	Batch Rename	A command used to assign document names, sequence numbers, and more to multiple image files at a time.
415722623	Cropping	A means of cutting away the extraneous portions of an image to focus the viewer's attention on the subject of the photo.
415722624	Whole-image transformations	Operations such as Image Size and the Rotate Canvas commands that affect an entire image, including any and all layers
415722625	Ruler tool	This tool lets you measure angles and distances in Photoshop, as well as gives you access to the Straighten button.
415722626	Straighten button	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.
415722627	Canvas	The boundaries of an image, as measured independently of the contents of the image itself.
415722628	Rotate view	This tool lets you preview the proper angle for a crooked image before you crop it.
415722629	Origin point	The center of a rotation or another transformation.
415722630	Content-aware fill	A new feature in CS5 that fills in selections automatically based on what Photoshop understands about surrounding pixels.
415722631	Print resolution	The number of pixels that will print in a linear inch or millimeter of page space.
415722632	Downsampling	To change the physical dimensions of an image by reducing the number of pixels.
415722633	Bicubic Sharper	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.
415722634	Aspect ratio	The relationship between the width and the height of an image.
415722635	Selection outline	A set of dotted lines that indicate the borders of a selected region, also known as "marching ants".
415722636	Marquee	A set of selection tools that allow you to draw simple geometric shapes.
415722637	Polygonal lasso	Use this tool to select free-form, straight-sided areas in an image.
415722638	Move tool	Accessible by pressing Ctrl, this tool permits you to move selected pixels, even between images.
415722639	Magic wand	Click with this tool to select regions of color inside an image.
415722640	Tolerance	A setting in the options bar that determines how many colors the magic wand selects at a time, as measured in luminosity values.
415722641	Antialiasing	A slight softening effect applied most commonly to selection outlines to simulate smooth transitions.
415722642	Grow	This command expands a selection to include additional contiguous colors that fall inside the magic wand's Tolerance range.
415722643	Magnetic lasso	This selection tool can actually sense the edge of an object and automatically trace it.
415722644	Snapshot	This feature of the History panel lets you bookmark a specific state in your work, allowing you to restore it later.
415722645	Quick mask	This viewing mode allows you to quickly see the mask created by a selection and assess the edges automatically.
415722646	Refine edge	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.
415722647	Editing tools	A loose collection of features that modify the existing color or luminosity of a pixel without replacing its content.
415722648	Painting tools	Brush-based tools that allow you to paint lines and fill shapes with the foreground color.
415722649	Healing tools	A set of tools that permit you to clone elements from one portion or state of an image to another.
415722650	Dodge tool	This tool lightens portions of an image as you paint, which makes it great for bringing out naturally shaded areas such as eyes.
415722651	Burn tool	This tool darkens pixels as you paint over them.
415722652	Sponge tool	Decreases or increases the saturation of an image, depending on the Mode setting in the options bar.
415722653	History brush	This tool allows you to paint back information from a previous state saved in the History panel.
415722654	Snapshot	A special kind of state in the History panel that remains available well after twenty operations.
415722655	Source point	The spot from which the healing brush samples information when repairing a dlaw in an image.
415722656	Clone source	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.
415722657	Filter	A Photoshop effect applied directly to an entire image or a selection.
415722658	Destructive edits	A modification to an image that permenantly changes the pixels to which it's applied.
415722659	Layered composition	An image that is made up of composite pieces that can be manipulated independently.
415722660	Stacking order	The arrangement of layers in a composition, from front to back, which you can adjust by pressing Ctrl with the bracket keys [ ].
415722661	Merge down	Choose this command to combine the contents of the active layer with the layer below it.
415722662	Big layer	This phenomenon refers to the existence of extra information on layers that extend beyond the visible part of the document.
415722663	Layer mask	When working with this function, painting with black temporarily erases the pixels on a layer, painting with white makes the pixels visible again.
415722664	Layer group	Created by pressing Ctrl+G, this collection of layers appears as a folder icon in the Layers panel.
415722665	Layer effects	Effects like drop shadows and strokes that can be applied to specific parts of an image only.
415722666	Clipping mask	A means for cropping the contents of a group of layers to the boundaries of a layer beneath them.
415722667	Stop	Indicators along a gradient preview that designate the colors at either end.
415722668	Luminance blending	The name given to a pair of slider bars in the Layer Style dialog box that let you hide or reveal colors based on their luminosity levels.
415722669	Knockout	An option that uses the contents of the active layer to cut holes in the layers beneath it.
415722670	Layer comp	The state of a layered composition at a certain point in time, replete with visibility, vertical and horizontal positioning, blending options, and layer styles.
415722671	Hue and Saturation	The two ingredients in color: The first is the tint, from red to magenta, and the second is the purity, from gray to vivid.
415722672	Brightness	The lightness or darkness of a group of colors.
415722673	Contrast	The difference between light and dark colors.
415722674	Highlights, Shadows, and Midtones	The three brightness ranges that you can edit independently using the Color Balance adn Levels commands.
415722675	Color cast	When one color pervades an image to a degree that is unpleasant or unrealistic.
415722676	Color channel	An independent grayscale image that Photoshop colorizes and mixes with other such images to produce a full-color composite.
415722677	Auto Tone	A command that automaticallly corrects the shadows and highlights of each color channel independently.
415722678	Histogram	A bar graph representation of all brightness values and their distribution in an image.
415722679	Levels	The best tool for manually adjusting the brightness and increasing the contrast of an image on a color-by-color basis.
415722680	Gamma value	Expressed as an exponent, this value multiplies the brightness of an image to lighten or darken midtones.
415722681	Curves	The one command that lets you pinpoint a specific color in an image and make it lighter or darker; best suited to reducing contrast.
415722682	Shadows/Highlights	This command lets you darken highlights and lighten shadows, just what you need when correcting flash photos.
415722683	Filters	A varied set of Photoshop commands that apply effects to an entire image.
415722684	Smart object	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.
415722685	Focus	The clarity of the image formed by the lens element and captured by the camera, whether digital or film.
415722686	Sharpening	Removing softness in a photograph by increasing edge contrast.
415722687	Radius	The thickness of the effect applied by a filter, often expressed as a softly tapering halo.
415722688	Warp	A method of layer transformation that allows you to move points on a mesh to reshape and stretch an image.
415722689	Liquify	A filter with a massive dialog box that allows you to warp, bloat, pinch, stretch, and generally swirl around pixels.
415722690	Smart filter	Commands from the Filter menu or the Adjustments panel that can be applied nondestructively to a smart object.
415722691	High Pass	A filter that mimics the functionality of Unsharp Mask by retaining areas of high contrast and sending low-contrast areas to gray.
415722692	Median	A simple filter that averages the colors of neighboring pixels in sweeps defined by the radius value.
415722693	Luminance mask	A mask created by selecting just the lightest areas of an image.
415722694	Gradient map	An effect that applies a range of colors based on the lightest and darkest areas of an image.
415722695	Free Transform	A command that allows you to rotate, resizem and rescale one layer independently of the rest of a composition.
415722696	Convert to Shape	A command that allows you to turn text into a vector-based shape.
415722697	Clipping mask	A mask created by attaching one layer to another to limit the effects of the first layer to just the layer beneath.
415722698	Liquify filter	An independent environment in Photoshop where you can squish and stretch pixels.
415722699	Pucker	A tool in Liquify that you use to suck the edges of an area inward.
415722700	Bloat	A tool in Liquify that puffs out areas of an image.
415722701	Freeze mask	A mask applied to protect parts of an image that you want to remain unaffected by the Liquify tools.
415722702	Twirl clockwise tool	A tool in Liquify that allows you to spin an area around a center point.
415722703	Load mesh	A command that allows you to reinstate a previous Liquify modification.
415722704	Puppet warp	A tool that allows you to distort a subject by changing the relationship between set points.
415722705	Pins	Set points in the puppet warp that serve as fixed points and points of stretching.
415722706	Content-Aware Scale	This advanced compositing funtion is capable of stretching low-contrast areas of an image without affecting high-contrast areas.
415722707	Camera Raw	A Photoshop plug-in that allows for the development of unprocessed native image files. Also known as Digital Negative
415722708	Raw format	A camera's native format for which no on-board camera processing has occurred.
415722709	Sidecar file	A file that contains the instructions for modifications made to a raw file.
415722710	White balance	Adjusting for the predominant color of neutral white, usually off as the result of an uncorrected light source.
415722711	Bit depth	The number of digits required to express a single pixel, which in turn determines the number of colors in an image.
415722712	Exposure	Measured in f-stops, this Camera Raw option corrects the brightness of highlights.
415722713	Gradient filter	A tool that lets you adjust one region of an image independently of another inside Camera Raw.
415722714	Panorama	A single image that represents a view wider than a traditional camera lens can capture.
415722715	Photomerge	Photoshop's tool that allows you to align and blend multiple frames.
415722716	Mini Bridge	A new feature in CS5 that allows you to access the Bridge's photo organizing features.
415722717	HDR (High Dynamic Range)	A photographic compilation that allows for the combination of luminance data from different exposure values.
415722718	Ghosting	The appearance of luminance aberrations, caused in HDR photos by an element moving or changing apperance between individual frames.
415722719	Alpha channel	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.
415722720	Color range	This advancement on the magic wand tool allows you to select given colors in your image and turn them into a selection outline.
415722721	Fuzziness	Analogous to the magic wand's Tolerance setting, this feature spreads a Color Range selection out to neighboring color values beyond those specifically chosen.
415722722	Smudge tool	This otherwise fairly useless tool is handy for finessing mask edges by smushing edge pixels in one direction or another.
415722723	Calculations	A Photoshop command that allows you to create masks based on a mathematical comparison of the luminance values in two of the color channels.
415722724	Paths	Outlines described by vectors that contain no pixel information by can be used to control the pixels within their boundaries.
415722725	Smooth point	An anchor point along a path that has two control handles to allow for creating a continuous, even arc.
415722726	Control handle	A lever-like device that allowed you to control the curve of a path through a smooth point.
415722727	Cusp point	A point along a path that joins two segments at a corner.
415722728	Straight segment	Part of a path that is unaffected by control handles and is thus a direct path between two points.
415722729	Refine mask	A new feature in Photoshop CS5 that allows you to fine-tune your mask by setting a prescribe radius for edge calculation.
415722730	Smart radius	A feature of the Refine Edge command that tells Photoshop to adjust the radius based on the smooth or jagged nature of your mask.
415722731	Raster art	Digital photographs and scanned artwork composed exclusively of colored pixels.
415722732	Vector-based objects	Mathematically defined text and shapes that can be scaled or otherwise transformed without any degradation in quality.
415722733	Formatting attributes	Font family, type style, size, leading, alignment, and a wealth of other options for modifying the appearance of live text.
415722734	Point text	A text layer that has no maximum column width and aligns to the point at which you clicked with the type tool.
415722735	Area text	A column of type created by dragging with the type tool, useful for setting long sentences or entire paragraphs.
415722736	Fractional character widths	The best means for calculating text spacing, which permits Photoshop to move a character by a fraction of a pixel.
415722737	Every-line composer	An option that spaces all lines of type in a selected layer by similar amounts to give the layer a more even, pleasing appearance.
415722738	Pair kerning	The adjusted amount of horizontal space between two neighboring characters of type.
415722739	Indent Sides By	This numerical value lets you adjust the sharpness of points in a star drawn with the polygon tool.
415722740	Series duplication	A succession of duplicated objects, scaled, rotated, and otherwise transformed in equal increments.
415722741	Text on a path	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.
415722742	Warp Text	This dialog box bends and distorts live text to create wavy, bulging, and perspective effects.
415722743	Output	The act of preparing and rendering an image for mass reproduction, usually as a CMYK document.
415722744	Subtractive primaries	Cyan, magenta, and yellow, each of which absorbs light when printed on paper and mixes to form progressively darker colors.
415722745	Color separation	A printing process that outputs each of the CMYK color channels to independent plates so that they can be loaded with different inks.
415722746	Print	This command lets you scale an image on the page, determine the paper orientation, and adjust the color management settings before printing an image.
415722747	Photo-grade paper	A variety of glossy or matte-finished paper that holds lots of ink, allowing you to print extremely high-resolution images.
415722748	Commercial prepress	The output that occurs before a document is loaded onto a professional printing press for mass reproduction.
415722749	Color profile	A loadable file that describes a specific flavor of RGB or CMYK that is uniquely applicable to a display or print environment.
415722750	Color settings	The command that defines the RGB or CMYK color spaces employed by Photoshop.
415722751	Dot gain	The degree to which professionally output halftone dots grow when they are absorbed by a sheet of printed paper.
415722752	Gray component replacement	The most popular method for transferring dark pixels from the Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow channels to the Black channel, thus producing rich, volumetric shadows.
415722753	Output Preview	A new panel in the Bridge that permits you to see a multi-image PDF document or Web gallery before saving it.
415722754	Open in Full Screen Mode	An option that turns a PDF document into an all-consuming slide show the moment you open it in the Adobe Reader utility.
415723257	Vectorize	The process of converting raster graphics into vector graphics.