Photoshop Certification Vocabulary Part 1

Color mode best for digital documents (not printed) Red Green and Blue.

• CMYK
• RGB
• Grayscale
• 256 Web Safe Colors

9 equal sections with focus on the lines that intersect.

• Rule of Thirds
• Rule of Nines
• Readability
• Baseline

A special kind of layer used to modify color & contrast.

• Duplicate
• Type
• Adjustment
• Background

The backmost image in the layers panel.  It is locked by default.

• Type Layer
• Shape Layer
• Copy Layer
• Background Layer

BMP, RAW, and PNG.

• Non-Lossy File Formats
• RGB Colors
• Document Files
• Lossy Compression Files

Standard for lossy compression of video and audio.

• JPEG
• MPEG
• NPEG
• Quicktime

Individual dots that make up an image.

• PacMan
• Frames
• DPI
• Pixels

This changes the spacing between two letters of text.

• Framing
• Tracking
• Kerning
• Masking

A digital asset system that allows the sharing of images across multiple Adobe platforms.

• Adobe Bridge
• Adobe Lightroom
• Adobe Reader
• Adobe CC

A subtractive color model used in printing that uses Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black for the color channels.

• CMYB
• CMYK
• RGB
• Color Gamut