Cert Prep: Adobe Certified Associate - Photoshop

Introduction

• Study to become an Adobe Certified Associate in Photoshop

1. Becoming an Adobe Certified Professional

• What is an Adobe Certified Professional?
• The benefits of ACP status
• The ACP exam objectives

2. Creating a Personal Study Plan

• Assessing your current knowledge and skills
• Developing a study schedule
• Finding study resources
• Test-taking strategies

3. Exam Objectives: Working in the Design Industry

• Purpose, audience, and requirements
• Communication and project management
• Copyright, permissions, and licensing
• Key terminology
• Design principles and best practices

4. Exam Objectives: Project Setup and Interface

• Document settings
• Application workspace
• Preferences
• Importing assets
• Rulers, grids, and guides
• Colors
• Swatches
• Gradients
• Patterns
• Brushes
• Shapes

5. Exam Objectives: Organizing Documents

• Managing layers
• Blending layers
• Masks
• Nondestructive editing

6. Exam Objectives: Creating and Modifying Visual Elements

• Drawing vectors
• Type
• Selections
• Cropping, resizing, and resampling images
• Transforming
• Retouching
• Adjusting images
• Layer styles

7. Exam Objectives: Publishing Digital Media

• Preparing images for output
• Saving and exporting

Conclusion

• Next steps