Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • About the course

    • How to prepare for the exam

    • What to expect during the exam

    • About the Photoshop exam

    • Exam objectives

    • Exercise files
  • 2

    1. Working in the Design Industry

    • Working in the Design Industry | Study guide

    • 1.1.a Identify the purpose, audience

    • 1.1.b Requirements based on video, print, and web

    • 1.2.a Key Components of Project Communication

    • 1.2.b Basic project management concepts

    • 1.3 Copyright, permissions, licensing and how use specific content

    • 1.4.a File formats

    • 1.4.a Resolution

    • 1.4.a Image Size

    • 1.4.a Aliasing

    • 1.4.b Color spaces

    • 1.4.b LAB color space and synchronizing Color Settings

    • 1.5.a Design elements and principles

    • 1.5.a Gestalt principles

    • 1.5.b Typographic hierarchy, readability and legibility

    • 1.5.c Photographic and cinematic composition terms.mp4

    • Working in the Design Industry | Test
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    2. Project Setup and Interface

    • Project Setup and Interface | Study guide

    • 2.1.a Set appropriate document settings for printed and onscreen images

    • 2.1.b Create a new document preset to reuse for specific project needs

    • 2.2.a-b Identify and manipulate elements of interface & Organize and customize the workspace

    • 2.2.c Configure application preferences

    • 2.3.a-b Navigate a document

    • 2.3.c Use guides and grids

    • 2.4.a Open or import images from various devices

    • 2.4.b Place assets in a Photoshop document

    • 2.4.c Use the Adobe Camera Raw interface to import images

    • 2.5.a Set the active foreground and background color.mp4

    • 2.5.b Create, customize, and organize gradients

    • 2.5.c Create, edit, and organize swatches

    • 2.6.a Open, browse, and search libraries of included brushes, styles, and patterns

    • 2.6.b Create, use, edit, and organize brushes, styles, and patterns

    • Project Setup and Interface | Test
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    3. Organizing Documents

    • Organizing Documents | Study guide

    • 3.1.a Layers panel to manage visual content

    • 3.1.b Manage and organize layers in a complex project

    • 3.1.c Recognize the different types of layers in the Layers panel

    • 3.2.a Adjust a layer's opacity, blending mode, and fill opacity

    • 3.2.b Create and edit masks

    • 3.3.a Nondestructive editing: Smart Objects, Smart Filters, and adjustment layers

    • 3.3.b Destructive editing: painting, adjustments, erasing, and rasterizing

    • Organizing Documents | Test
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    4. Creating and Modifying Visual Elements

    • Creating and Modifying Visual Elements | Study guide

    • 4.1.a Crop Tool group

    • 4.1.a Brush Tool group

    • 4.1.a Clone Stamp Tool and History Brush

    • 4.1.a Eraser, Gradient and Paint Bucket Tools

    • 4.1.a Shape and Selection Tools

    • 4.1.a Pen Tool group

    • 4.2.a Type tools to add typography to a design

    • 4.2.b Character and paragraph settings

    • 4.2.c Rasterise text

    • 4.3.a Selections using a variety of tools

    • 4.3.b Modifying and refining selections

    • 4.3.c Save and load selections as channels

    • 4.4.a Modifying the canvas or image

    • 4.4.a Artboards

    • 4.4.b Rotate, flip, and modify layers and objects

    • 4.5.a Basic auto-correction tools

    • 4.5.b Tools to repair and reconstruct images

    • 4.5.c Adjusting the appearance of objects, selections, or layers

    • 4.5.d Photographic changes to images using tools and adjustments

    • 4.6.a Using filters to modify images

    • 4.6.b-c Layer Styles

    • Creating and Modifying Visual Elements | Test
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    5. Publishing Digital Media

    • 5. Publishing Digital Media | Study guide

    • 5.1 Prepare images for export to web, print, and video

    • 5.2 Export or save digital images to various file formats

    • 5.3 Export to Creative Cloud Library

    • 5. Publishing Digital Media | Test
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    Test projects and Final Test

    • About the Projects

    • Projects - Nike

    • Projects - Statues

    • Projects - Poster

    • Projects - Matriarch

    • Projects - Castle

    • Projects - Astronaut

    • Projects - Banners

    • Projects - Elephants

    • Projects - Runes

    • Projects - Volcano

    • Projects - Mushroom

    • Projects - Parkour

    • All Topics | Final test

    • Conclusion

What are students saying?

Passed the exam on first try with 95%

Lena

Overall, I think it was an amazing and rewarding experience, and Iā€™m very thankful for the excellent preparation the course provided. It so well-structured, detailed, and thoughtfully made that even though I already had experience with Photoshop, I still learned so much more. His training has significantly improved the way I approach my work, and I truly appreciate the huge amount of effort it must have taken to organize and present so much knowledge so clearly.

Passed with 98% score

Meabh Crozier

This course was instrumental in preparing me for the Photoshop exam. There's a lot to learn for it and a lot of things that could catch you out if you don't understand it fully. Following the units and Martin's videos really helped me work through sections that would otherwise feel overwhelming. I liked that I could track my progress and test myself. The way the units were broken down really helped me to keep chipping away at the course in any spare time I had. Martin has years of experience with these exams and it really shows through the added tips he's included to help you on the day. I would definitely recommend this course to anyone wanting to take the Adobe Certified Photoshop exam, everything has been taken care of for you, you just need to follow the steps laid out.

The exercises and exam objectives were very helpful and practical.

Janell E. Robisch

The exercises and exam objectives were practical and easy to follow, and taking the practice tests multiple times helped me get familiar with the types of questions to expect. Although the actual exam used different wording, the overall preparation from this course really strengthened and reinforced my Photoshop knowledge.