Adobe Photoshop Certification 2025

Kerning

horizontal spacing between pairs of letters

Leading

the space between lines of text

Tracking

Used to change the spacing between all characters in a block of text

Attribution

You may use the work only if you give the author credit

Share-Alike

You may distribute derivative works only under a license identical to (not more restrictive than) the license that governs the original work.

Non-Commercial

You may use the work only of non-commercial purposes

No Derivative Works

You may only use exact copies of the work, non-derivative works snd remixes based on it

Iterative Sketch

A rough mock-up of design approaches for the project, which can change over time

Copyright

The exclusive right to copy, distribute, and profit from a work

Image Resolution

The number of pixels in an image

Rasterizing

Converting anchor points or paths to pixels

Resample

Changing the pixel dimensions by adding or deleting pixels through interpolation or down sampling

Bitmap

Image comprised of pixels

Vector

Image comprised of embedded mathematical anchor points, paths, and curves

Color Mode

working space profile associated with the file. It can be changed to meet output needs

Gamut

The range of colors that a color system can display

CMYK

Color Mode where each pixel is assigned a percentage value for each of the process inks

RGB

Color mode where each pixel is assigned an intensity value from (0) black to (255) white for viewing on a screen

Bit Depth

The amount of color information available for each pixel in an image

Grayscale

An image that includes only black, white, and shades of gray

Type Style

A variation on a typeface such as bold, italics or normal

Smart Object

preserves an images source content with all its original characteristics

Pixels

Rasterizes the artwork as it pasted.

Paths

Pastes the copy as a path in the Paths panel

Content-Aware Fill

Photoshop tool that uses AI to fill in missing pixels in an image. (Destructive)

Transform Tool

Rotates, scales, distorts objects. (Destructive)

Typography

The art and design of arranging type when choosing a font, font style, and color

Refine Edge Brush Tool

Precisely adjust the border area in which edge refinement occurs.

SVG

Vector Graphics

EPS

Commercial Printing

JPG

Photos with no Transparency

PNG

Photos with Transparency