One thing that I learned last summer was how to use photoshop and I constantly am learning more to improve my skills with the program. Recently I have been doing a lot with photoshop, yet I don't know that people understand the process of making things with it.
Using photoshop is fun because it allows me to be creative and there is a lot you can do with this $1,000 program. (available at a student discount for $180) Certainly I would say that it was worth the investment as it has greatly increased my ability to provide well designed content.
Most things that I make involve cutting out photos. This is extremely time consuming, or can be depending on the photo. I'd say that each photo on average takes 20-30 minutes to cut out. Sometimes it can take a lot less time, but if you want to be accurate it takes a good amount of time.
So every different photo cut out requires 20-30 minutes.
Everything after that is usually about as time consuming. So without getting into all the details after cutting out photos there is another 20-30 minutes of playing around, changing opacity, re-arrangement, measuring to center things etc. A good hour goes into most projects. The good thing is that hour usually goes by quickly when you are creating.
Some of the things you have to do at the end is search for any imperfections in the photo.
When I make things I am also careful to use the proper font and colors for whatever "brand" I am working for. For example UConn has official Blue, Red and Grey colors to be used. It's not just blue, it's a certain amount of different colors. There is also certain fonts that sometime need to be used. I tend to use the same font for everything, but sometimes I change it up if there is a lot of text.
Some fonts just don't look good when used to write a lot of text.
There is a small look into what it takes to create things on photoshop. I went as far in depth as I could to make it easy enough for those who haven't used the program to understand.
Where did you find Photo Shop for students at $180.00?
ReplyDeleteOhh just saw this. I got it at the Co-op. It's really the only affordable way to get the program.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was first working as a gameday assistant at Athletic Marketing I saw the people who designed posters and fliers using photoshop all the time. It was a skill that everyone there needed. It's a great thing to have for presentations and also a great thing to have for a resume since not a lot of people know how to use it.
Photoshop is used by a lot of people, including communications. Communications also uses Indesign to design media guides.
I have found the program very useful and I am glad that I learned how to use it last summer. One of my friends who worked in Marketing told me he was able to get a job at a law firm based on his ability to use photoshop. Another friend of mine learned how to use photoshop and it helped her get a job in Marketing.