ACE Project Setup and Workflow Questions and Answers

Question 1

A designer is creating a set of social media graphics for different platforms (e.g., Instagram post, Instagram story, Facebook banner) within a single Photoshop document.
Which Photoshop feature is specifically designed to facilitate this workflow by allowing multiple canvases of different sizes in one file?

Accepted Answer

Artboards

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Layer Comps

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Smart Objects

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Slices

Question 2

A photographer has finished editing a 16-bit master file with dozens of layers, adjustment layers, and masks. They need to save the file while preserving all editability for future revisions. The file size is projected to be over 4 GB. Which file format should they choose?

Accepted Answer

PSB (Large Document Format)

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TIFF with LZW compression

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PSD (Photoshop Document)

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PNG-24

Question 3

Which of the following is the most precise and efficient way to create a horizontal guide at the exact 500-pixel mark on the vertical ruler?

Accepted Answer

Go to View > New Guide, select 'Horizontal', and enter '500 px' in the position field.

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Click and drag from the horizontal ruler until the tooltip shows Y: 500 px.

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Use the Line Tool to draw a line at 500 px and then convert it to a guide.

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Select the entire canvas and use Edit > Free Transform to place a guide.

Question 4

A user needs to apply the same sequence of adjustments—resize to 1080px wide, apply a specific Unsharp Mask, and save as JPEG—to a folder containing 100 images. What is the most appropriate feature in Photoshop to automate this repetitive task?

Accepted Answer

The Actions panel combined with the Batch command

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Creative Cloud Libraries

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Layer Comps

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Smart Filters

Question 5

When setting up a new document intended for professional offset printing in North America, which of the following color modes and profiles is a common and appropriate starting point?

Accepted Answer

CMYK Mode, U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2

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RGB Mode, sRGB IEC61966-2.1

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Grayscale Mode, Dot Gain 20%

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Lab Color Mode, no profile

Question 6

A user frequently works on projects that require heavy use of the Paths, Channels, and History panels. To optimize their workflow, they want to save this specific panel arrangement for easy access in the future. Which of the following commands should they use?

Accepted Answer

Window > Workspace > New Workspace

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File > Save As > Photoshop Template (.psdt)

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Edit > Presets > Export/Import Presets

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Window > Arrange > New Window for...