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You will need to log in at Certiport on the day of your Adobe Certified Associate exam. This needs to be done with your username and password which you've created in week one of the GLR Adobe Campus. Test if you are able to log in to the Certiport website. This will speed up the process on the day of the test.
Tips
Keep your cool. As nice as it is to pass straight away, the world will not end if you fail.
Think of multiple choice questions as a series of true or false questions. Try to exclude the answers that you are sure are wrong.
Before reading the answers, think about what the answer could be.
Look at what's unique in an answer.
Watch out for answers that are very similar.
Stay positive during the test!
Breathe easy. It is nice to stretch while taking the test.
It doesn't have to be perfect, you can afford a few mistakes.
Look for exact opposite answers.
Your first hunch is often the right answer. Stick with that first hunch unless you've found other information.
You can feel a little adrenaline, but don't let it turn into stress. Is not necessary.
Stress makes your memory work less well and your performance deteriorates.
Answer the questions on which you are not sure with your gut feeling. Mark these answers, and continue. There can be time to take another look at the end of the exam.
Create new document based on an A4 preset.
Name the file Summer Festival.
This document will be printed at 150 dpi.
Add 3 mm of bleed.
Create rectangle 216 mm x 303 mm.
Align it to the center of your artboard.
Create a new Global swatch:
Swatch name: Sand
Color Mode: CMYK
C = 0, M = 20, Y = 50, K = 0
Place the Sketch.png image in the middle of the document.
Use image trace with a threshold of 230 and expand it.
Make sure the sketch ends up in its own layer and lock it.
Add a new rectangle with only a stroke color.
Create a new Global swatch for the stroke:
Swatch name: Sun
C = 0, M = 60, Y = 40, K = 0
Add a new circle with a width and height of 150 mm.
Use Swatch Sun as Fill color.
Add a new circle with a width and height of 200 mm.
Swatch name: Sun Bright
C = 0, M = 20, Y = 60, K = 0
Create two Guides in the middle of the document.
Add a Text Area with the text "Summer Festival" in All Caps.
Arial Black, 34 pts, Color Black
Add small stroke with a length of 10 mm, stroke of 5pt and the color Black.
Add a Text Area with the text "JULY 1ST 2021, 16:00 Willemskade 125 3032AD Rotterdam" in All Caps.
Use Superscript for "ST"
Create a Black line from left to the middle of the page.
Add a Zig Zag Effect and dail in the numbers from the image on the left.
Select expand appearance in order to get a curvy stroke.
Copy and paste the stroke
Type "Creative Project" on the Path (All Caps)
Add a Gradient to both Circle Shapes. Use the correct Swatches.
Set the Gradient at an Angle of 45°.
Place the file Pattern.png on top of it all.
Use the Blending Mode Multiply to get this result.
Save the document as a PDF with Crop Marks and Bleed.
This test will focus on the theory of the previous weeks. You've created assignments around some important Illustrator techniques and gained knowledge about the theory.
With 40 questions on these topics, you will test yourself. Do you master the knowledge already, or do you need to study harder? Anyways; Good Luck!
The link to the test will be active halfway through the lesson.
Create a brush with use of the Flip Flops.
Use an ellipse to get the result on the right.
Select all the orange shapes with one click only.
Collect the selection in a new layer names Orange.
Group them together and name the group Orange Shapes.
Do the same for Green, Grey and Dark Grey.
Collect the figure and it's shadow in a new layer called Character.
Give the Shadow an Overlay Blending Mode and an Opacity of 50%.
LinkedIn Learning
You have watched all the chapters of the ACA Adobe Illustrator course on LinkedIn. At the end of the course you will receive a certificate of completion. Make sure you upload a screenshot of that certificate to your Spark Page.
Socials:
Leave an image from your work today on Instagram with use of the hashtags #AdobeEduCreative #GLRVibes #ACAChallenge