Cert Prep: Adobe Certified Associate - Photoshop

Introduction

• Make yourself stand out by becoming an Adobe Certified Associate

1. Become an Adobe Certified Associate

• What is ACA certification?
• The benefits of ACA status
• The ACA exam objectives

2. Create a Personal Study Plan

• Assess your current knowledge and skills
• Develop a study schedule
• Find study resources
• Test-taking strategies

3. Exam Objectives: Working in the Design Industry

• Identifying the purpose and audience for graphics
• Communicating with peers and clients
• Demonstrating knowledge of basic project management concepts
• Understanding copyright, permissions, and licensing
• Obtaining permission to use images of people and locations
• Understanding digital image terminology
• Understanding how color is created in digital images
• Understanding principles and techniques of design
• Understanding typographic principles
• Understanding composition terms and principles

4. Exam Objectives: Project Setup and Interface

• Setting appropriate document settings
• Creating a new document preset
• Using elements of the Photoshop interface
• Organizing and customizing the workspace
• Configuring application preferences
• Navigating a document
• Using rulers
• Using guides and grids
• Placing assets in a Photoshop document
• Using Adobe Camera Raw to process images
• Setting the foreground and background colors
• Creating and customizing gradients
• Creating and editing swatches
• Using brushes, shapes, and patterns
• Creating brushes

5. Exam Objectives: Organizing Documents

• Using the layers panel
• Using layer groups
• Linking layers
• Flattening and merging layers
• Recognizing the different types of layers
• Blending layers
• Create layer masks
• Create clipping masks
• Nondestructive editing
• Destructive editing

6. Exam Objectives: Creating and Modifying Visual Elements

• Drawing and painting
• Adding type to a design
• Make and modify selections
• Save and load selections
• Modifying the canvas
• Transforming graphical elements
• Applying auto-corrections
• Retouching images
• Making adjustments
• Apply changes to photographic images
• Using layer styles

7. Exam Objectives: Publishing Digital Media

• Saving images for print
• Saving images for web
• Exporting project assets

Conclusion

• Goodbye