Application of Adobe Photoshop in Graphic Designing

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Adobe Photoshop is a graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Systems for Mac OS and Windows. This software application allows the user to manipulate and edit digital images. It has multiple tools that can help the users to edit the image easily. The study aims to show the proper application of Adobe Photoshop in graphic designing to illustrating graphics, layout, and design, to name a few.

METHODS

Descriptive research design was used in the study to show the application of Adobe Photoshop in graphic designing. The participants of the study are thirty (30) selected Senior High students of Alfonso National High School for school year 2018-2019. The researchers used random sampling technique in conducting the survey. The Four-point Likert scale was used to obtain the responses of the participants.

RESULTS

The findings showed that the use of Adobe Photoshop in graphic design have positive impact on the students interest in learning computer editing. The results of the study indicated that the participants agreed that the application of Adobe Photoshop improved their skills in terms of graphic designing.

DISCUSSIONS

The study revealed that using Adobe Photoshop helped the students to gain knowledge about manipulating images using the editing tools that the software provided. Also, constant practice will help them to produce better outcomes. Application of this educational tool may also enhance the skills of the students to become more efficient in editing images as future graphic designers.