09-11-2011, 12:26 AM
I think I posted on your previous thread a similar opinion. From what I've seen online about example questions from the ACE exams, it seems like the tests focus on vexing people with trivial, obscure details about the least-often-used features in the applications, and have little to do with problem solving and actually creating a document/image efficiently and elegantly. I've used Illustrator since 1988, Photoshop since c. 1991, InDesign since pre-CS1 days, and am very proficient and professional with them, but there are big chunks of these applications I NEVER use -- I would fail these tests. If the certificate doesn't earn you a job or teaching opportunity, why bother pursuing one??