Adobe Photoshop CS5 ACE Exam Aid released by Examaids
Examaids have just released Adobe Photoshop CS5 ACE Exam Aid. You can use it to prepare for the certification or the recertification Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) product proficiency test.
Key Features
- Includes 560 challenging questions divided into discrete modules
- What’s New section to help prepare for the recertification exam
- Original questions based on topic areas recommend for study by Adobe
- Explanatory answers that clarify concepts behind the questions
- Hyperlinks to appropriate pages selected from the application’s help file
- Study mode with option of previewing correct answers on demand
- Summary screen at the end of each module for reviewing its content
- Ability to print summary screens for studying without your computer
- Practice mode for testing yourself in a simulated official exam environment
- Capacity to generate unlimited practice tests based on the question pool
- Ability to raise or lower the threshold of each practice test
- Option of choosing which module, or modules, to include in a practice test
- Ability to specify number of questions to include from each module
- Countdown clock, scoring, grading, flagging, and sorting options
- Option of comparing your answers against the correct answers
- Keyboard shortcuts for viewing questions/answers and general navigation
Topics Covered
- Working with selections
- Working with layers
- Using masks and channels
- Working with type and vector tools
- Adjusting and processing photographs
- Retouching and manipulating images
- Working with Adobe Camera Raw 6.0
- Painting and filtering an image
- Working in Photoshop
- Outputting for print and web
- What’s New (Recertification)
Interface
The examEngine is streamlined and easy to use, leaving you free to concentrate on the task of studying for the exam.
Go get it!
Using Print Size to get an accurate preview in Photoshop
When you use View > Print Size to preview an image in Photoshop, you may have noticed the dimensions don’t usually match the Document Size.
To make the two conform, you need to set the Screen Resolution in Units & Rulers preferences so that it matches the actual resolution of your monitor. Here’s a rough and ready method for matching the two:
1. Divide the monitor resolution by the visible length of your screen. For example, if monitor resolution is set to 1600 × 1200 and the screen measures 16 inches, the screen resolution will be 100 ppi
2. Open Units & Rulers preferences and input 100 in the Screen Resolution box and OK the dialog
3. Choose View > Print Size
Now, the view should match the Document Size set in Image Size or seen in the document status bar when you select Document Dimensions from the pop-up menu.
Puppet Warp in Photoshop Sneak Preview
Great little presentation by Russell Brown of a feature being developed by Adobe Labs for Photoshop. Called Puppet Warp, it overlays a mesh on the image, allows you to add pins that can be used as fulcrums to warp parts of an image, or send parts backwards and forwards. Since images speak louder than words, go here and be knocked out.