Photoshop is the industry standard for the utmost creative control in image editing and compositing. Photoshop enables users to animate video frames, paint and clone over multiple video frames, and import and export video files in a wide range of formats, engaging user experiences that create more accurate composites. The Adobe Certified Associate program offers the exam for the following Photoshop versions: Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Adobe Photoshop CS3.

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What is covered in the exams?

• Setting project requirements
• Identifying design elements when preparing images
• Understanding Adobe Photoshop
• Manipulating images
• Evaluating digital images

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What experts say about Adobe Photoshop:

"New and improved features make Photoshop faster, smarter, better looking, more fun and more inspiring. That's right Photoshop fans—the latest version of the world's most powerful image-editing program has just gotten better, big time!"

Source: PC Photo, July 2007.

"Photoshop CS3 offers a number of innovative features that increase the image-editing software's already awesome power to manipulate images. If you are using any of the new operating systems, an upgrade is essential to enhance performance."

Source: Digital Graphics, June 2007.

Adobe Certified Associate: Integrates Seamlessly into Your Curriculum

To help educators achieve these outcomes, Adobe has built course materials focused on career areas in Web Design, Visual and Print Design, and Digital Video. These course materials correlate directly to specific Adobe Certified Associate certification objectives. Combined, these courseware materials and certifications provide powerful learning tools.

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