Adobe Certified Professional Certification

The Adobe Certified Professional Certification is a free advanced-level, 25-minute skill test from Science of Apps. It tests Adobe Certified Professional skills across the Creative Cloud apps the exams cover — project setup, design principles and copyright, Photoshop image editing, Illustrator vector graphics, InDesign page layout, and Premiere Pro video editing — written to the Adobe Certified Professional objective domains published by Certiport and Adobe's own app documentation for 2026. The real exams are app-specific and include hands-on tasks; this test checks the knowledge behind them. Score 70% or more on its 25 questions to earn a verifiable Adobe Certified Professional Proficiency certificate (SOA-ACP). Every question is based on published standards and research — including Photoshop User Guide (Adobe), Illustrator User Guide (Adobe), Adobe InDesign User Guide (Adobe) — and each answer is explained with its source.

Science of Apps offers a free Adobe Certified Professional Certification, updated for 2026 and 2027. It measures project setup, design principles and copyright, photoshop image editing, illustrator vector graphics, InDesign page layout and premiere pro video editing and gives instant results with a shareable certificate.

Read the five skill areas on this page, then take the 25-minute test online — no fee, course or sign-up. You see every answer explained when you finish. Score 70% or more and you get a Adobe Certified Professional Proficiency certificate straight away, on screen, as a PDF and by email, with a credential ID anyone can verify.

Yes. The questions are original scenarios written by Science of Apps, and each one is based on a public source you can read: Photoshop User Guide (Adobe); Illustrator User Guide (Adobe); Adobe InDesign User Guide (Adobe); Premiere Pro User Guide (Adobe); Adobe Certified Professional exams (objective domains) (Certiport (Pearson VUE)); Understanding Contrast (Minimum) (W3C WAI). The source is shown under each question and linked in the answer review. Science of Apps doesn't copy questions from other tests.

Five skill areas with five questions each, drawn from a bank of 10 per area so a retake brings new questions: Project Setup, Design Principles and Copyright (Client briefs, Design principles and Copyright and licensing); Photoshop Image Editing (Layers and masks, Retouching and Export); Illustrator Vector Graphics (Paths and shapes, Type and colour and Output); InDesign Page Layout (Pages and styles, Text flow and Preflight and output); Premiere Pro Video Editing (Sequences and timeline, Editing techniques and Colour, audio and export). Every question is an original scenario written to the 2026–2027 standard, with the published source named under it.

Graphic designer, Digital media or marketing designer, Video editor or content creator, Design student or teacher and Desktop publishing or production artist. It suits anyone who wants a quick, verifiable way to show Adobe Certified Professional knowledge in 2026 and 2027, from students and career switchers to experienced professionals.

Adobe Certified Professional is Adobe's entry-level industry certification, delivered through Certiport. Each exam covers one app — such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro or After Effects — and tests project setup, design principles, using the app's tools, and exporting work, partly through hands-on tasks.

Yes. Every app exam includes objectives on working in the design industry — understanding the client brief, copyright and licensing, visual hierarchy, typography and colour — alongside the technical skills in the app itself.

Yes. The test is online, in English and free everywhere — people take it from India, the US, the UK, Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Your certificate is dated with your own local date and can be verified from anywhere at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/.

25 questions — 5 from each of 5 skill areas — with a 25-minute limit. You need 70% (18 of 25) to pass and 90% for distinction.

We rate it Advanced: assumes years in the role or deep specialist knowledge. It has 25 scenario questions — 5 from each of 5 skill areas — and a 25-minute limit. You need 70% (18 of 25) to pass and 90% for distinction.

Nothing. There is no fee to take a test, to receive the certificate, to have it emailed or to verify it, and no sign-up.

On our server, not in your browser. The answers never reach the page until you submit, so a certificate can only be earned by passing. Each certificate gets a unique credential ID stored by Science of Apps.

You see your score for each area and every question with the correct answer and why, with the published source behind it. You can retake after 30 minutes, and the retake draws questions you haven't seen yet.

No. Every certificate is dated, so it always shows when you passed. Retake a test any time for a newer date or a higher score.

Yes. After you pass, Add to LinkedIn opens the Licenses & certifications form with the certificate name, Science of Apps as the issuer, the issue date, your credential ID and the verification link filled in. You can also download it as a PDF or PNG, and it's emailed to you as a PDF.

Every certificate has a credential ID and a QR code. Scanning it, or entering the ID at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/, shows the holder's name, the certification, the score and the issue date from our records.

No. They are Science of Apps' own assessments of applied skill. They aren't issued by a university or standards body, and they work best alongside a portfolio that shows the skills in real work.