2.1 Create a document with the appropriate settings for web, print, and video.

a. Set appropriate document settings for printed and onscreen images.

• Key Concepts: width/height, orientation, artboards, resolution, color mode, bit depth, background, etc.

b. Create a new document preset to reuse for specific project needs.

2.2 Navigate, organize, and customize the application workspace.

a. Identify and manipulate elements of the Photoshop interface

• Key Concepts: Options bar, menus, panels, toolbar, artboards, etc.

b. Organize and customize the workspace.

• Key Concepts: tabbed documents; showing, hiding, nesting, and docking panels; saving and resetting workspaces; shortcuts and menus; etc.

 c. Configure application preferences.

• Key Concepts: Units & Rulers, Guides, Grids & Slices, Performance, Scratch Disks, Interface; etc. 

2.3 Use non-printing design tools in the interface to aid in design or workflow.

a. Navigate a document.

• Key Concepts: panning, zooming, rotating canvas, etc.

b. Use rulers.

• Key Concepts: showing and hiding rulers, changing the measurement unit on rulers, etc.

 c. Use guides and grids.

• Key Concepts: adding/removing and locking/unlocking guides, setting color, showing/hiding guides and grids, using snap or align options, creating guide layouts, etc.

2.4 Import assets into a project.

a. Open or import images from various devices. 

• Key Concepts: file, camera, scanner, etc.

b. Place assets in a Photoshop document.

•  Key Concepts: embedded, linked, copy and pasted, etc.

 c. Use the Adobe Camera Raw interface to import images.

2.5 Manage colors, swatches, and gradients.

a. Set the active foreground and background color

• Key Concepts: Color Picker, swatches, Eyedropper tool, hexadecimal value, etc.

b. Create, customize, and organize gradients.

• Key Concepts: Gradient panel, editing color and transparency stops, gradient options (i.e. radial and elliptical), grouping etc.

 c. Create, edit, and organize swatches.

• Key Concepts: grouping, creating, importing, and exporting

2.6 Work with brushes, styles, and patterns.

a. Open, browse, and search libraries of included brushes, styles, and patterns.

• Key Concepts: brushes, styles, and patterns etc.

b. Create, use, edit, and organize brushes, styles, and patterns.

Photoshop CC Domain 2 Quiz Resources

a. Communicate visually by using the elements and principles of design and common design techniques. 

• Key Terms: space, line, shape, form, color, texture, emphasis/focal point, unity/harmony, variety, balance, alignment, proximity, repetition, rhythm, scale, movement, negative space, gestalt, etc.

b. Identify and use common typographic adjustments to create contrast, hierarchy, and enhanced readability/legibility. 

• Key Terms: font, size, style, color, alignment, kerning, tracking, leading, horizontal and vertical scale, line length, etc.

 c. Demonstrate knowledge of common photographic/cinematic composition terms and principles.

• Key Terms: aspect ratio, rule of thirds, foreground, background, color, tone, contrast, framing, depth of field, field of view, white balance, etc.