Adobe certification

Adobe Certified Professional exam preparation

Adobe Certified Professional is Adobe’s own certification for its applications. Adobe writes the exam objectives, Certiport administers the exam, and Adobe awards the credential. We teach the objectives. This page explains how that works, and which of our courses prepares you for each exam.

Read this before you book anything

MyLearnPlus is a training provider. We do not award Adobe credentials, we do not administer Adobe exams, and no course anywhere can guarantee a pass. What we do is teach the published exam objectives, set practice tasks in the same shape as the real thing, and tell you honestly whether you look ready. The exam itself is booked, paid for and sat through Certiport, separately from any course fee.

How the certification works

The certification is per application. There is no single Adobe Certified Professional qualification: you sit an exam for Photoshop, or for Premiere Pro, or for whichever application you use, and you hold that credential for that application.

The exams are practical. They ask you to work in the application against a brief with a clock running rather than to answer questions about it, which is why a course built around real files prepares you better than a revision guide does.

Above the individual exams sit the Specialty Credentials. Those are not sat as an exam of their own: Adobe awards one when you hold two related professional certifications.

The exams, and what prepares you for each

The certification currently covers ten applications. Beside each is the course we run that is built against its published objectives. Where we do not run one, it says so: we would rather tell you than sell you something adjacent.

We run courses built against 8 of the 10 exams.

Adobe Photoshop

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Courses that prepare you

  • Photoshop Level 1 Prepares for the Adobe Certified Professional in Adobe Photoshop exam
  • Photoshop Level 2 Extends the Adobe Certified Professional in Adobe Photoshop exam objectives introduced in Photoshop Level 1

Adobe Illustrator

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Courses that prepare you

Adobe InDesign

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Courses that prepare you

Adobe Premiere Pro

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Courses that prepare you

Adobe After Effects

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Courses that prepare you

Adobe Animate

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We do not run a course for this exam yet.

Adobe Dreamweaver

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We do not run a course for this exam yet.

Specialty Credentials

Adobe also awards four Specialty Credentials. They are not separate exams: each is awarded when you hold two related professional certifications.

  • Visual Design

    Awarded on two related professional certifications

  • Video Design

    Awarded on two related professional certifications

  • Web Design

    Awarded on two related professional certifications

  • Marketing Design

    Awarded on two related professional certifications

Adobe sets and updates which pairings count towards each credential. Check the current combinations on Adobe’s own certification pages before you buy exam vouchers, because a pairing that counted last year may not be the one that counts today.

Prepare with a programme

Programmes that include one or more of the exam-aligned courses above, taken as a block rather than one at a time. The exam is still booked and sat through Certiport.

9 courses in the programme

Adobe Certified Professional Prep Track

Choose four courses mapped to the published Adobe Certified Professional exam domains, with timed practice tasks and a readiness review before you book.

$4,710.00

3 courses in the programme

AI for Creatives Certificate

Firefly, prompt engineering and generative AI for designers. Four days taking generated images all the way to artwork you can sign off and sell.

$1,395.00

4 courses in the programme

Graphic Design Certificate

Four courses over eight days plus a reviewed portfolio project: retouch, draw, lay out and hand over a complete brand set that is ready for print.

$2,445.00

2 courses in the programme

Motion Graphics Intensive

After Effects Level 1 followed by the four-day Motion Graphics Bootcamp. Six days from first keyframe to tracking, keying, templates and a showreel piece.

$1,860.00

2 courses in the programme

Photoshop Complete Bootcamp

Photoshop Levels 1 and 2 run back to back over four days: layers and masking on to compositing, colour grading, actions and press-ready output.

$1,265.00

3 courses in the programme

Video and Motion Certificate

Premiere Pro Levels 1 and 2 plus After Effects Level 1. Six days that take one shoot from rushes to a graded, mixed, titled and delivered film.

$1,855.00

Questions people ask about certification

Does MyLearnPlus award the Adobe Certified Professional certification?
No. Adobe awards it and Certiport administers the exam. We are a training provider: we teach the published objectives and set practice tasks in the same shape as the exam. The credential itself comes from Adobe and can be verified independently of us.
Is the exam voucher included in the course fee?
No. Vouchers are bought separately from Certiport or an authorised reseller, and their price, validity and retake rules are set by Certiport and Adobe. We will tell you what one currently costs if you ask, but we do not sell them.
Can you guarantee I will pass?
No, and it is worth being wary of anybody who says they can. What we can do is set a timed practice task in the shape of the real exam and tell you honestly whether you look ready. Some people are told to sit next week and some are told to spend another fortnight on export settings and colour management.
Do I have to take a course before I can sit the exam?
No. The exams are open to anybody who books one through Certiport. A course is a way of preparing, not a prerequisite.
Which exam should I sit first?
Usually the one for the application you already use most. The exams are practical and per application, so the fastest credential to earn is the one covering the work you do every day.

Training a team?

We run any course in this track privately, on your dates, at your office or online, built around the work your team actually does. Tell us what you need and we will send a quote and a proposed schedule.