1. DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY
FACULTY OF SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS
UNIVERSITI PENDIDIKAN SULTAN IDRIS
ASSIGNMENT 4
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN BIOLOGY
SBI3013
GROUP A
STUDENT’S NAME AND
MATRIC NUMBERS
MOHAMAD AZRIN BIN MOHAMMAD KUDUS (D20152071983)
NUR HIDAYAH BINTI ABDUL HAMID (D20152071979)
NURULATIKAH BINTI ABDUL KHALID (D20152071971)
LECTURE’S NAME ENCIK AZMI BIN IBRAHIM
TITLE ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
2. Introduction:
Adobe Photoshop is a raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe
Systems for macOS and Windows.
Photoshop was created in 1988 by Thomas and John Knoll. Since then, it has become the de
facto industry standard in raster graphics editing, such that the word "photoshop" has become
a verb as in "to Photoshop an image," "photoshopping" and "photoshop contest", though Adobe
discourages such use. It can edit and compose raster images in multiple layers and
supports masks, alpha compositing and several colour models including
RGB, CMYK, CIELAB, spot colour and duotone.
Photoshop has vast support for graphic file formats but also uses its own PSD and PSB file
formats which support all the aforementioned features. In addition to raster graphics, it has
limited abilities to edit or render text, vector graphics (especially through clipping path), 3D
graphics and video. Photoshop's feature set can be expanded by Photoshop plug-ins, programs
developed and distributed independently of Photoshop that can run inside it and offer new or
enhanced features.
Advantages:
There are many advantages and benefits in using Photoshop Actions. Learn more of Photoshop
through actions, this is more advantageous for beginners for as you see each action work, you’ll
learn more about how Photoshop works. You can even explore and combine the different steps
in an action. For sure, your knowledge and skills will be sharpened with what you will discover.
If you use actions made by others, do not merely use it but also try to look into the steps and
study what he used in creating it. This way, you will know which tool and effect is used to give
a good result. This could also help you to make your own Photoshop Action.
Save you from repeating steps, if you have about a hundred photos to edit, isn’t it tiring? It is
really arduous to edit so many photos. So, instead of repeating the same steps from photo one
to the last, you can just record your steps in Actions and it will do the same to the rest. Now,
you won’t get tired with the boring work of repeated editing. Allows you to enhance photos in
one click. As you opt to use an action, you can now apply it to your photos with just one click.
Just click play and the changes will immediately apply. Apply various effects easily. You might
have browsed the web and found great Photoshop Actions. Download these creative actions
3. and make elegant imagery as a result of combined techniques in just one action. You have
saved yourself from editing and applying some effects. Actions have it all done.
Disadvantages:
Adobe Photoshop is relatively simple to use but it is not a program designed for the beginners ,
It is primarily a photo-editing program for the professionals that plan on editing many photos
on a regular basis , There are many different tools that do very different things , so , You will
take long time to learn how to use each one correctly .
Adobe Photoshop is not free, it is a proprietary software, meaning its source code is a secret,
Source code is the code in which any computer program is written by the human programmers.
Adobe Photoshop is relatively expensive , When compared with other photo-editing software ,
It has so many features and it is thus regarded as the industry standard in the graphic designing ,
You will spend much more for Adobe Photoshop , If you do not plan on editing the photos
every day .
Most beginners will not begin to touch the functionality of this program, and they could get
what they need from another program, many people who are unfamiliar with editing the
photos in Adobe Photoshop, The advanced functionality will be useless for them.
There are many free and lower cost graphics and photo editors, they are available for the casual
users and the enthusiasts who do not need all of the powerful features Photoshop offers.
Adobe Photoshop requires a well-equipped computer, It is a heavyweight program, and many
of the tools are computationally intensive, It takes up a large space of room on your computer
as well as RAM memory.
4. Procedure:
Step 1: click FILE New Resolution table will pop up
For example, we adjust the resolution. Make sure use 1200 pixel long and 240 pixel width.
This resolution usually for blog header.
5. Step 2: Click File Open Choose photo from the file
After adjusting the resolution, we upload the photo that we want to make background picture.
Make sure, the photo is suitable to use as the background.
6. Step 3: Click Lasso tools crop the needed part of picture Move tools
Edit (copy) Paste at the first photo (background photo)
Then, we crop the picture at the center of picture. Make sure when cropping the picture, the
image are balance. So this is the background. We adjust the brightness and the contrast.
8. Step 5: Click Horizontal Type Tool Add text Change the colour of font
using set foreground colour
After putting the image, add the text to center of image. Edit the text until the text is clearly to
see.
Step 6: Click Filter to add the effect on the photo.
9. Step 7: Click Save as Choose JPEG or PNG format to save
Result:
10. Conclusion:
As a conclusion, Adobe Photoshop, the ubiquitous and industry standard graphics software for
photographers, designers, digital artists, as well as casual enthusiasts, can be a baffling
application to understand the first time you fire it up. Adobe Photoshop is very interesting to
be learning as a student. Even there are many steps to produce one photo but if we do it slowly,
we can get the great result. We can do various type of filter to edit our photo. There are
advantages and disadvantages in using the photoshop like the cost, skills or the time.
References:
1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Photoshop
2) https://www.online-sciences.com/computer/adobe-photoshop-advantages-and-
disadvantages/
3) http://mashable.com/2010/08/12/12-beginner-tutorials-for-getting-started-with-
photoshop/#p2jPnARgzmqX
