ACE Color Correction and Management 2

Question 1

Which blend mode is most effective for correcting color casts when using a Solid Color fill layer?

Accepted Answer

Color

Answer

Color blend mode changes the hue and saturation of underlying pixels while preserving luminosity, making it ideal for color cast correction with fill layers.

Question 2

What does the Rendering Intent 'Perceptual' prioritize when converting between color spaces?

Accepted Answer

Maintaining overall visual relationships between colors

Answer

Perceptual rendering intent compresses all colors proportionally to maintain visual relationships, even if absolute color values shift.

Question 3

In Photoshop's Curves dialog, pulling the midpoint of the RGB composite curve upward will:

Accepted Answer

Brighten midtones while compressing shadow/highlight detail

Answer

Pulling the RGB midpoint up brightens midtones but compresses the tonal range at both shadows and highlights.

Question 4

Which Photoshop tool allows you to sample multiple colors across an image and display their values simultaneously?

Accepted Answer

Color Sampler tool

Answer

The Color Sampler tool places up to ten persistent sample points whose values are displayed in the Info panel at all times.

Question 5

When using Selective Color adjustment, what does increasing the 'Black' slider in the 'Reds' channel accomplish?

Accepted Answer

Darkens only the red areas by adding black ink

Answer

The Black slider in Selective Color adds or subtracts black ink from the selected color range, darkening those specific tonal areas.

(ACE) Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop Practice Test

(ACE) Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop Practice Test

ACE Color Correction and Management 2