April 1, 2000

Preparing for the Photoshop 5 ACE Exam? Then what better way than using the guide developed by Adobe Systems Certification team? You are provided with ACE practice exams to help you assess your current knowledge and proficiency.

This guide is for the intermediate to advanced level Photoshop User.

You'll find a list of all the Domain and objectives that Adobe expects candidates to understand thoroughly before designating the ACE's.

Each chapter contains exercises designed to help you master the concepts you need to know along with quizzes to test yourself.

A list of the topics and objectives for the Exam are listed and then you get at them. Very thorough and easy to understand descriptions with illustrations of the features of Photoshop 5.0

I specifically wanted to see how the authors handled the spot color instructions because I've seen where the Photoshop manual is quoted by other authors even when there is a mistake, which there is in this area. Well you'll be pleased to know they got it right, the transparency slider affects on screen representation not the printed output.

Then I checked the DCS 2.0 file format, this was a bit sketchy. It was explained what it was but not enough detail about all the options. For people like me who have not used Quark and are not familiar with the DCS 2.0 format the choices are confusing.

There is even a chapter on Web and Video production. Overall this is an extremely well done guide and quite thorough. Even if ACE Certification isn't your goal this is a terrific resource for Mastering Photoshop 5.

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