Photoshop Certification Study Guide Already Passed

Photoshop Certification Study Guide Already Passed Adjustment layer A special kind of layer used for modifying color and contrast Adobe Bridge A digital asset system that allows the sharing of images across multiple Adobe programs Aspect ratio The proportion relationship between an image's width and height Baseline Used to shift selected characters up or down relative to surrounding text to create exponents or footnotes Background layer The back-most image in the layers panel Character tracking Changes the spacing between all characters in a block of text CMYK A subtractive color model (color space) used in printing that uses Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black for color channels Color Gamut The range of colors that can be displayed by any given device Contrast Creating difference between elements on a page. This can be achieved with color or by varying size, fonts, and font styles. Copyright The exclusive right to copy, distribute, and profit from a work Framing Placing the subject of an image into focus or changing contrast, brightness and cropping an image to highlight the subject GIF file A bitmap image format that supports animation H.264 file A video coding format that is currently one of the most commonly used formats for the recording, compression, and distribution of HD video content like Blu Ray dics Harmony Pulling the composition of an image together by using repetition or rhythm Hierarchy Contains elements that lead the reader through each element in order of significance Improving readability Create contrast with font styles and use space and proximity Indexed color Images that use a color palette with a default maximum value of 256 colors JPEG A commonly used format with lossy compression for digital photography Kerning Changes the spacing between two letters of text MPEG A standard for lossy compression of video and audio Non-lossy (full quality) file formats BMP, RAW and PNG Non-destructive editing Changing images without altering the original pixels (adjustment layers) Pixels Individual dots that make up an image PNG A raster graphics file formats that supports lossless data compression Raster (or bitmap) image Represented by pixels in a grid layout and cannot be re-sized without loss of quality Rasterizing Converting a vector image into pixels so more special effects/filters can be applied RAW file Contains unprocessed, uncompressed grayscale picture data from a digital camera's image sensor, along with information about how the image was captured (metadata) Readability Level of ease the reader can understand information in the design which can be improved using spacing and proximity or creating contrast with font styles Repitition Creating visual consistency by repeating an element such as colors, styles, or shapes Resolution Measurement of an image's size by the number of dots that make up the image RGB Color mode best for digital documents (not printed) that allows access top the most features in Photoshop including 3D using Red, Green, and Blue color channels Rule of Thirds 9 Equal sections divided by equally space horizontal and equally spaced vertical lines used to create a visually appealing image or design Scale Using the relative size of elements against each other to attract attention to a focal point Sans serif font features Simple modern looking fonts (no decorative lines), better in digital documents due to readability at small sizes Serif font features Traditional textbook-style fonts which which better in printed work, has small decorative lines or embelishments Shape layer A layer that holds shapes that are created Smart objects Contain image data from raster or vector images and allow for nondestructive transforms SVG file A vector format that produces high-quality, interactive web graphics TIFF file A tag-based file format for storing and interchanging raster images Tracking Changes the spacing between all characters in a block of text Tool bar Contains all the tools used when working with images including selection tools, etc. Type layer A layer that holds type that is created Vector images Created with mathematical calculations, can be re-sized without loss of quality Vector mask A resolution independent path that clips out the contents of the layer