Photoshop Certification Study Guide Correct Questions & Answers

Adjustment layer - ANSWER A special kind of layer used for modifying color and contrast Adobe Bridge - ANSWER A digital asset system that allows the sharing of images across multiple Adobe programs Aspect ratio - ANSWER The proportion relationship between an image's width and height Baseline - ANSWER Used to shift selected characters up or down relative to surrounding text to create exponents or footnotes Background layer - ANSWER The back-most image in the layers panel Character tracking - ANSWER Changes the spacing between all characters in a block of text CMYK - ANSWER A subtractive color model (color space) used in printing that uses Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black for color channels Color Gamut - ANSWER The range of colors that can be displayed by any given device Contrast - ANSWER Creating difference between elements on a page. This can be achieved with color or by varying size, fonts, and font styles. Copyright - ANSWER The exclusive right to copy, distribute, and profit from a work Framing - ANSWER Placing the subject of an image into focus or changing contrast, brightness and cropping an image to highlight the subject GIF file - ANSWER A bitmap image format that supports animation H.264 file - ANSWER 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