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

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    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 I’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.