Unit 23 Graphics: The evaluation of my ability to use Photoshop to create & edit computer graphics

This blog post will go into detail on my ability to use Photoshop to create and edit computer graphics for a given purpose such as splash art.

First, to edit/create any graphics  you are going to need the correct tools. The correct tools for the job range from selection tools, paint brush tools, resizing tools, cropping tools and sharpening/blur/gradient tools etc. And from my experience and time with working with Photoshop every single one of these tools is integrated into the software. These tools allow you to change the graphics colours, transport them onto different images, resize them and edit a lot of things out etc., which is essential.

The graphics software should also be able handle the right file types for keeping layers intact, allowing exportation to .jpg, .png etc. and should also handle vector and bitmap graphics. Photoshop allows you to save as a .psd file which can be quite large in size but keeps every single layer and its content in tact, the .psd can also be flattened into one layer so that it can literally be compressed and become a smaller file size. Photoshop can also let you import images as .bmp (bitmaps) and

The newest things I managed to learn in Photoshop were being able to click the paintbrush and set it up to the correct settings e.g. the flow, opacity, brush size etc. to make my graphic outline look not too big but not too small either. I also learnt how to use the clone

The things that went well with using Photoshop are that all the tools work seamlessly without error and easily allow you to work as-well as the fact that I was able to set up my brush very well to what was required for the work and that I could export/save the file so all the layers could be intact and would open to how they were last time I used them. The interface was rather simple and things were relatively easy to find comparing with GIMP where I find it harder to view the layers and the overall interface was split into separate windows which I found confusing.

To improve my use of Photoshop in the future I would like to suggest a "side by side" feature to view graphics in the same document but alongside one another for comparison or for editing both to see different effects, I think it could be a lot easier than the drop and drag via the small image windows in the file.