1. Study Guide for ACA exam
Photoshop CC
Study Guide for ACA exam
By: Shania “NiaJay” Jordine

2. Which option is presented to the client for feedback before designing the final project?
Check off List
Mock Up or Comp
Invoice
List of roles and responsibilities

3. What are the 5 phases of a design project?
Planning
Scheduling
Design/Build
Test/Review
Publish

4. Copyright Terms
Derivative Work – A work derived from or based on one or more existing works
Intellectual Property – May include copyrights, trademarks, patents, industrial design rights and trade secrets.
Copyright – Provides protection to authors of “original works of authorship”; both published and unpublished works can be protected.
Fair-Use – Allows work to be reproduced or altered for a variety of reasons including news reporting, teaching, parity, and research.

5. What are some characteristics of Vectors
They’re made with mathematical equations, lines and shapes.
They can easily be enlarged without losing quality
It is a format used primarily for charts, logos and symbols

6. Which design principles can be represented with an overlay when using the Crop Tool?
Rule of Thirds
Golden Spiral
Golden Ratio

7. Selections/Hue & Saturation
Load the selection named “Sky” and apply a Hue and Saturation layer with the Sepia preset.
Got to Select > Load Selection
Next to channel expand the dropdown and select “Sky”. Click Ok
With the active selection, click on the hue & saturation icon in the adjustments panel to create a new adjustment layer.
In the properties select “Sepia” from the Preset dropdown.

8. Scenario
You are ready to finalize your project and submit it for printing at a commercial printer, convert the document to the appropriate color mode.
Got to Image > Mode > CMYK Color
Since you are preparing for print you will need to select the CMYK color mode

9. What are some characteristics of Sans Serif fonts?
Better on web
Used to create emphasis (for headings)
Does NOT have small decorative lines (serifs) on them

10. Image Terms
Interpolation – A method used by Photoshop to resample an image using existing pixel colors.
Upsampling – Increasing the size of an image by changing its data.
Resolution – Measurement of an image on the screen, web or video.
Downsampling – Decreasing the size of an image by changing its data

11. Scenario
Prepare the image for use on the web by changing the ppi (pixels per inch) to 72
Got to Image > Image Size
Change resolution to 72

12. Scenario Align the horizontal centers of the three shapes
Hold Ctrl and select all of the layers
Make sure you are using the Move tool. If not, click it.
In the control bar, click the Align Horizontal Center icon in the align panel

13. When working with text which two options could lessen the readability of your design project?
Overusing center alignment
Using all lower case letters

14. Which three of the following would you rasterize?
Type
Shape
Smart Object

15. Scenario
Create a new group named “Shapes”. Assign all three shape layers to the group and collapse the group.
Hold Ctrl and select all of the layers
Click the “New Group” icon in the layers panel and name it “Shapes”
Click and drag each layer into the group
Click the small arrow to the left of the group layer to collapse the group

16. Scenario
Using the adjustment layer, create a non- destructive saturation adjustment for the background. Set the Saturation to -80.
Make sure the adjustment layer is selected
Click the properties panel
Change the number to next to saturation

17. Which of the following is a reason that a designer may want to change the CMYK working space in the color settings dialog box?
To use the same color space that the printer uses when editing an image.

18. What is the purpose of flattening an image in Photoshop?
Flattened images are smaller

19. Scenario
Print the image and set the Color Handling option to Photoshop Manages Colors.
Go to File > Print
In the print dialogue box, next to Color handling, click the dropdown and select Photoshop Manages Color

20. Scenario
Save the document so that the slices are saved as separate images using the PNG – 24 format
Go to File > Save for Web
In the preset dropdown, select PNG-24
Click Save

21. Scenario
Unlock the background layer by renaming it. Name the layer Garden.
Double-click the layer
In the dialogue box type “Garden” in the name field.
Click ok

22. Scenario
Locate the options bar by clicking on it.

23. Which two options are advantages of Smart Objects?
Apply filters non-destructively
Create a reference to an image allowing it to be switched later without having to recreate the image.

24. Scenario
Save the following image for viewing on the web as a JPEG file. Set the width to pixels and maintain the aspect ratio.(Do not use the image size tool for this)
File>Save for Web
Under image size change the width to 300 pixels
Go to the drop box and change to JPEG
Click ok

25. Which of the following allows images to be used across multiple Adobe programs?
Adobe Bridge

26. Identify the icons for the following tools
Quick Selection
Rectangular
Single Row
Lasso
Magic Wand

27. Identify the icons for the following tools
Quick Selection
Rectangular
Single Row
Lasso
Magic Wand

28. Scenario
Apply a Smart Filter to the image use crystallize with a cell of 25.
Filter> Pixelate>Crystallize
Change cell size to 25
Click ok

29. Scenario
Use the sky fill layer to fill in the extra space for the sky using the Auto Blend Layer command.
Hold Ctrl and select both layers
Go to Edit> Auto Blend Layer
Click ok

30. Scenario
Add the title “Glacier Gardens” to the sky area of the image. Use the default text settings.
Click the Text tool
Click on the image and type.

31. Scenario Use the Auto- Contrast feature on the image.
Image> Auto Contrast

32. Identify the icons for the following tools
Line Tool
Polygonal Tool
Sharpen Tool
Custom Shape Tool
Eraser Tool

33. Scenario
Using the Magic wand tool with a tolerance of 58, select the sky and invert the selection
Image> Auto Contrast