Adobe Photoshop CS6 Exam

Session 1

Section A: Introduction

• Introduction to Photoshop
• Know Your Audience
• Project Plan

Section B: The Photoshop Interface

• Identify and Label Photoshop Interface
• Customize Workspace
• Customize Menus
• Workspace Switcher
• Custom Shortcuts
• Additional Information

Section C: Navigating Files in Photoshop

• Viewing Images
• The Navigator Panel and Hand Tools
• Guides and Rulers, Snapping
• Preferences and Performance
• Tabs and N-Up View

Section D: Image Types and Resolution

• Image Types
• Rasterization and Aliasing

Section E: Creating a Scanned Image

• Scanned Image
• Additional Information

Section F: Working with Adobe Bridge

• Importing Images with Bridge
• Navigation in Bridge
• Working with Metadata and Collections
• View Modes in Bridge
• Filters, Ratings, and Contact Sheets
• Creating a Web Photo Gallery
• Mini Bridge
• Additional Information

Section G: Adobe Camera Raw

• Using the Camera Raw Histogram
• Exposure, Clarity, Saturation, Vibrancy

Section H: Document Properties

• New Document Properties
• Resolution Versus Dimensions
• Resampling, Resizing, Scale Style
• Canvas Size

Section I: Changing Image Composition

• Cropping an Image
• Straighten Tool, Flip, and Rotate
• Perspective Tool
• Additional Information

Section J: Understanding Color Modes in Photoshop

• Color Modes and Working Spaces
• Gamut, RGB, Modes, Convert to Profile
• Additional Information

Section K: File Formats

• File Format Overview
• Working With Print
• Saving for Web and Video, GIF
• Optimizing and Saving Files

Session 2

Section A: Working with Type

• The Type Tools
• Point Type and Paragraph Type
• Visual Hierarchy, Fonts, Leading
• Modifying Text, Kerning, Placement
• Character Formatting, Anti-Aliasing
• Layer Styles
• Additional File

Section B: Working with Layers

• Layered and Flattened Files
• Layer Types and Ordering, Filters
• Linking, Grouping, and Merging Layers
• Drag, Drop, Crop
• Additional File

Section C: Nondestructrive and Destructive Editing

• Benefits of Smart Objects
• Convert to Smart Object, Smart Filters
• Adjustment Layers
• Layer Masks
• Blending Modes, Opacity, and Fill
• Additional File

Section D: The Shape, Pen, and Pencil Tools

• Drawing Shapes
• Line Tool and Pen Tool
• Pencil Tool
• Additional File

Section E: The Brush Tools

• Brush Tool and Brush Tips
• Brushes and Hardness
• Other Brush Settings and Eraser Tool
• Picking Colors, Brush Panel
• Shape and Color Dynamics, Brush Presets
• History Brushes and History Panel
• New Brush Tips and Mixer Brush
• Additional File

Section F: Color Management

• Color Spaces and the Histogram
• The Info Panel and Eyedropper Tool
• Color Settings and Profiles
• Soft Proofing and Color Spaces
• Assign Profile and Convert to Profile
• Color Management During Printing
• Additional File

Section G: Adjusting Tone and Color

• Histogram Analysis and Auto Tone
• Auto Contrast, Auto Color, and Levels
• Using Levels and Auto Adjustments
• Curves and Vibrance
• Hue, Saturation
• Additional File

Section H: Advanced Adjustiments

• Lens Correction Filter
• Chromatic Aberration, Adjustment Layers
• More Adjustment Layers
• Layer Mask

Session 3

Section A: Using the Selection Tools

• The Marquee Tools
• Modifying Selections, Lasso Tools
• Quick Selection Tool, Saved Selections
• Magic Wand Tool
• Truer Edge Selection

Section B: Vector-Based Shapes and Paths

• Shape Tools, Editing Paths
• Custom Shapes Tool, Pen Tool
• Creating a Path with the Pen Tool
• Work Path

Section C: Working with Selections

• Transforming Selections
• Polygonal and Magnetic Lasso Tools
• Inverse, Feather
• The Refine Edge Command
• Color Range Selections, Quick Mask Mode
• Skin Tones, Detect Faces

Section D: Working with Layer Masks

• Creating Layer Masks
• Refining Layer Masks
• Color Fill Layer, Blending Modes
• Vector Mask, New Group from Layers
• Additional File

Section E: Photoshop Retouching Tools

• Red Eye Tool
• Clone Stamp Tool
• Healing and Spot Healing Brush Tools
• The Unsharp Mask Filter
• The Sharpen and Blur Tools
• Smudge Tool
• The Dodge and Burn Tools
• Patch Tool

Section F: Content-Aware Tools

• Content-Aware Fill and Move Tools
• Content-Aware Scale

Section G: Distorting and Transforming Images

• Puppet Warp Tool
• Filter Gallery
• Vanishing Point Filter
• Perspective Clone Stamp
• Perspective Crop Tool

Section H: New Blur Filters in Photoshop CS6

• Field Blur Filter
• Iris Blur and Tilt Blur Filters

Section I: Compositing Multiple Images

• Merge to HDR Pro, Align Layers

Section J: Actions, Droplets, and Batch Processing

• Recording Actions
• Droplets and Batch Processing