During a playtest, a tester notices that a UI health bar becomes difficult to read when the player character stands in front of a bright sky. The UI is rendered in screen space. Which configuration change would most directly improve readability without altering the game's art style?

Add a subtle drop shadow or outline to the UI elements to increase contrast against varying backgrounds.

Increase the resolution of the UI texture atlas from 1024x1024 to 2048x2048.

Reduce the color depth of the UI from 32-bit to 16-bit to make the colors more vibrant.

Change the UI rendering order so the health bar is drawn before the 3D scene.

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Part of the Graphics Testing domain, which makes up ~18% of our current practice bank. ISTQB does not publish an official question count, but from its 60-minute exam (~25–40 total, ~5–7 in this domain), expect 1–1 from this objective — we provide 26 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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During a playtest, a tester notices that a UI health bar becomes difficult to read when the player character stands in front of a bright sky. The UI is rendered in screen space. Which configuration change would most directly improve readability without altering the game's art style?

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