[PRACTICAL MODEL QUESTIONS P OTOS OP CS5] SRM UNIVERSITY

ADOBE CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE EXAMINATIONS P OTOS OP CS5 PRACTICAL PRACTICE QUESTIONS Note: The questions are just indicative and may or may not appear in the exam. Students must make full utilization of all the concepts. 1. Changing the inverse of the current selection. Hint: Available in Select Menu

2. Save the current arrangement of panels using the name Custom. Hint: Window -> Workspace -> New Workspace

3. Automatically adjust the image white and black point levels. Hint: Image-> Auto tone

4. Adjust the horizontal scale of a text to 300%. Hint: Window-> Character Adjust horizontal scale value to 300

5. Increase the background layer image contrast to +45. Hint: Image-> Adjustment -> Brightness/ Contrast Type +45 in the contrast dialog box.

6. Replace the color of the graphic text in the image by changing the fuzziness to 25 and lightness to -100. Hint: Image-> Adjustments -> Replace Color Change the values of fuzziness and lightness

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7. Convert the image to smart object Hint: Open Layers Panel by: Windows-> Layers Right click the layer and select convert to smart object

8. Apply smart blur filter (accept default settings) Hint: Filter menu-> blur-> smart blur Since accept default settings is specified. Do not change any value, click ok.

9. Apply the Inner Glow layer effect to a particular layer (accept default settings) Hint: Select the layer Click the fx button in the bottom of the layers window. Select Inner Glow Since accept default settings is specified. Do not change any value, click ok.

10. Add a new horizontal text layer to the image. Hint: Right click the icon symbolled T and select horizontal text layer Click on the workspace and type the given text. Click at the tick mark on the top of the options bar

11. Without using the grayscale mode, Change the photograph so that it is B & W. ( Accept Default Settings) Hint: Go to Image Menu -> Adjustments -> Black and White Since accept a default setting is specified. Do not change any value, click ok. 12. Using the selection tool, add a extra selection to the active selection (Example: Adding the eye which is excluded from the selected bird) Hint: Select any selection tool Select add to selection from the options bar

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Select the required region

13. In the background layer, sharpen the edges of the image, setting the amount to 100%, the radius to 1px and threshold to 1 Hint: Go to Filter -> Sharpen -> Unsharpen Mask Provide the specified values. Click OK

14. Create a new style named SRM in any layer Hint: Right Click the layer and click blending options Click new style at the right side of the blending options panel Provide the Style name in the name field and click ok.

15. Add a new vertical text layer to the image. Hint: Right click the icon symbolled T and select vertical text layer Click on the workspace and type the given text. Click at the tick mark on the top of the options bar

16. Display the image in print size view Hint: Click the zoom tool from the tool box Click print view from the options bar.

17. Without changing the resolution, resize the image to 600 px wide by 428 px high using the best resampling interpolation format that is available in the change in size. Hint: Go to Image Menu -> Image Size Change the width and height In the last drop down box select Bicubic smoothener (Best for Enlargement)

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Click Ok 18. Destructively change the image background layer saturation to -70 Hint: Go to Image Menu-> Adjustments-> Hue/ Saturation Provide the value of saturation as -70 and click ok.

19. Load the sunspots texture(texture style) to a layer Hint: Select the layer Go to Windows-> styles-> Select the sunspots texture

20. Dock the color panel to the bottom of the adjustments layer Hint: Click the panel and drag

21. Select the sky using a tool that enables you to select a consistently colored area with a single click Hint: Select Magic Wand tool and select the area which has uniform colored areas.

22. Create a solid fill layer using the current foreground layer ( Accept Default Settings) Hint: Go to Layer -> New Fill Layer -> Solid Color Since accept default settings is specified. Do not change any value, click ok.

23. Automatically adjust the image color balance Hint: Go to Image Menu -> Click auto color.

24. Add a non destructive mask to a current selection in a layer Hint: Select the layer

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Click the Add layer ask button in the layers window (Present in the bottom of the layers window)

25. Increase the saturation of only the cyan color of the image to +50 Hint: Go to Image Menu -> Adjustments -> Hue/ Saturation In the second dropdown select cyans Change the saturation value to +50.

26. Apply a vertical gradient which is black at the bottom and transparent at the top. Hint: Select Gradient tool In the option bar open gradient selector and choose foreground to transparent. Drag from the bottom of the image to top.

27. Grouping a layer Hint: Click create new group which is present at the bottom of the layer window. Rename the group by double clicking on it. Select the layers which need to be grouped and drag it into the folder Ensure that the given layers are as in the specified order. 28. Erasing only the content Hint: Use eraser tool and erase only the particular are specified.

29. Without using the rulers, place a vertical guide at 300 px Hint: Go to View Menu -> New Guides Select vertical and enter 300 px in the position box and click ok.

30. Expand only the right side of the canvas by 50 px ( Accept default settings)

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Hint: Go to Image Menu-> Canvas Size Change the width value with an excess of 50 px (Ex: 535 Px + 50 Px =585 px) In the eight sided arrow present click <- once. You will see that the canvas expands to the right. Since accept default settings is specified. Do not change any value, click ok.

31. Copying contents from one image to another. Hint: Select using any selection tool Go to Edit menu -> copy Go to the image where it has to be pasted. Go to Edit menu -> Paste.

32. How will you load a saved selection Hint: Go to Select Menu -> Load Selection Select the specified selection from the channels menu and select ok.