Photoshop Certification Vocabulary
Exam Questions and answers
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 images' width and
height
- Baseline - -Used to shift selected characters up or down relative to
surrounding text to create exponents or footnotes
- Background layer - -The backmost image in the layers panel
- Character tracking - -Changes the spacing between all characters in a
block of text
- CMYK - -A subtractive color model 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
- Copyright - -The exclusive right to copy, distribute, and profit from 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 discs
- Harmony - -Pulling the composition of an image together by using
repetition or rythm
- Hierarchy - -Contains elements that lead the reader through each element
in order of significance
Exam Questions and answers
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 images' width and
height
- Baseline - -Used to shift selected characters up or down relative to
surrounding text to create exponents or footnotes
- Background layer - -The backmost image in the layers panel
- Character tracking - -Changes the spacing between all characters in a
block of text
- CMYK - -A subtractive color model 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
- Copyright - -The exclusive right to copy, distribute, and profit from 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 discs
- Harmony - -Pulling the composition of an image together by using
repetition or rythm
- Hierarchy - -Contains elements that lead the reader through each element
in order of significance
