ASSIGNMENT #1“ Information technology in

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Name: syed salman mohiuddinSection: cTopic: Adobe photoshopDate: 07-03-13Submitted to: Dr saad azhar

ContentsQ1 :What is the main purpose of adobe Photoshop?.................3

Q2: History of adobe photoshop and versions available?..........3

Q3: Licensing of photoshop?.......................................................6

Q4: price range of photoshop??......................................6

Q5: Other similar softwares serving the same purpose as photoshop?......................................................6

GIMP: 6

GIMP stands for “GNU image manipulation program”, and it is one of the oldest and most well known alternatives to Photoshop in existence 6

Krita: 7

Krita has been lauded for ease of use and won the Akademy Award for Best Application in 2006 7

Paint.NET 7

Q6: Advantages over other softwares of photoshop?................7

Q1 :What is the main purpose of adobe Photoshop?Answer:

Photoshop is a graphics and image editing program by Adobe Systems. It is what most professionals consider to be the leader and industry standard in commercial and personal image manipulation. It is used to manipulate or enhance digital photographs and to create original digital artwork.

Q2: History of adobe photoshop and versions available?Answer:

In 1987, Thomas Knoll, a PhD student at the University of Michigan, found out that his new Mac Plus (third model of computer in Macintosh line) failed to display grayscale images on its 1-bit black and white display.

Then his brother, John Knoll, who was in charge of the special effects department for Industrial Light and Magic on the 1st Star Wars movie showed interest in the project and recommended that it be developed into a full image editing program. Hence it was named ‘Display’. The Knoll brothers then renamed Display to Image-Pro. Image-Pro could be used for rack card printing too and that wasn’t the only thing it could do.

Image-Pro had many advanced features for displaying images so in the year 1988, Knoll brothers started to sell Image-Pro commercially. And for this purpose they renamed Image-Pro to “Photoshop”.

The Knoll brothers approached many companies, but none of them were ready to purchase Photoshop. In Sept. 1988, a deal was struck between the Knoll brothers and Adobe. All the wholesale rights of Photoshop were purchased by Adobe. The Knoll brothers started working on their product and released the first version Photoshop 1.0 in 1990.

VERSIONS AND Computer Hardware requirements :

VERSION FEATURES REQUIREMENTPHOTOSHOP1 Color correction facility with

balance, hue and saturation and Image Output Optimization was introduced alsoCurves, Levels, and Clone tool were introduced in this version,In this version they introduced rasterizer for Adobe Illustrator files.

8 MHz, color screen and at least 2 MB RAM,Mac System 6.0.3,68000 processor,Floppy drive

PHOTOSOP 2 Slight changes like paths in which it furnishes with creation of line based drawings and thus it becomes easier in manipulating. And for this purpose Pen Tool was introduced,CMYK color mode support,Masking was introduced.

Mac System 6.0.7,4 MB RAM,68020 Processor,32-bit QuickDraw,Floppy drive

PHOTOSHOP 2.5 Supported Microsoft Windows for the first time.Also supports IRIX, Solaris.

Slight changes like Palettes were introduced and 16 bit channel support.

PHOTOSHOP 3 Layers and Tabbed palettes were introduced in this version which became an easy process in manipulating images

Mac system 7.0,16MB RAMS,68020 processor,25MB hard drive capability,Floppy drive.

PHOTOSHOP 4 Adjustment layers and macros were introduced in this version.They designed interface as the same like other Adobe Products

Mac System 7.1,Mac system 7.1.2 for Power Macintosh,16 MB RAM, 68030 processor,25MB hard drive capability,

Color monitor with an 8-bit video card,CD-ROM drive,Supports Macintosh and Windows only.

PHOTOSHOP 5 Undo command for multiple times,Managing color and Magnetic Lasso was introduced in this version.

Mac System 7.5.5,32 MB RAM,G3 processor,60 MB hard drive capability,Supports Macintosh and Windows only.

PHOTOSHOP 5.5 Supports Macintosh and Windows only.Save Web feature was added and the extract feature was introduced in this version,Image slicing property was first time introduced and added rollover effects.

Mac System 7.5.5,32 MB RAM,G3 processor,60 MB hard drive capability,Supports Macintosh and Windows only.

PHOTOSHOP 6 Vector shapes,Liquify Filter,Layer styles,Dialog box were added,User Interface was updated.

Mac OS 8.5,64 MB RAM,G3 processor,125 MB hard drive capability,Color display carrying 800 x 600 resolution and8-bit color video card,CD-ROM drive,Supports Macintosh and Windows only.

PHOTOSHOP 7 Healing Brush tool was introduced,Designed Text in vector,And Photoshop file browser was first time introduced.

Mac OS 9.1 or Mac OS X 10.1.3,128 MB RAM,G3 processor,320 MB hard drive capability,Color display carrying 800 x 600 resolution and16-bit color video card,CD-ROM drive,Supports Mac OS ‘Classic’/Mac OS X, Windows.

PHOTOSHOP CS Camera RAW 2.x,Highly modified “Slice Tool”,Shadow/Highlight command,Match Color command,Lens Blur filter,Smart Guides,Real-Time Histogram was introduced in this version.A feature that detects and ignores images of banknotes was added.

Mac OS X 10.2.4,192 MB RAM,G3 processor,320 MB hard drive capability,Carrying 1024 x 768 resolution of monitor with 16-bit video card andCD-ROM drive,Supports Mac OS X only.

PHOTOSHOP CS2 Camera RAW 3.x,Smart Objects,Image Warp,Spot healing brush,Red-Eye tool,Lens Correction filter,Smart Sharpen,Smart Guides,Vanishing Point was introduced,It furnished Memory management for 64-bit power PC G5s.

Mac OS X 10.2.8,320 MB RAM,G3 processor,750 MB available hard drive space,Carrying1024 x 768 resolution of monitor with 16-bit video card andCD-ROM drive,Supports Mac OS X, Windows 2000 / XP.

PHOTOSHOP CS3 Black-and-white conversion adjustment,Auto Align and Auto Blend,Smart (non-destructive) Filters,Mobile device graphic optimization was introduced in this version,Furnishes native support for Intel base Macintosh platform and improved support for Windows Vista,Revised user interface, alterations to Curves, Vanishing Point, Channel Mixer, Brightness and Contrast, and the Print dialog were also introduced.Features like cloning and healing were improved.

Mac OS X 10.4.8,512 MB RAM,G4 processor,2 GB available hard drive space,1024 x 768 monitor resolution with 16-bit video and64 MB of VRAM, DVD-ROM drive,Supports Mac OS X, Windows XP.

PHOTOSHOP CS4 New Adjustments window,Use dodge/burn without affecting other areas,Auto blend feature improved,Content aware cropping,Pixel grid for editing individual pixels,New Adjustments panel,New Masks panel,Content aware scaling,Extended depth of field ,Fluid canvas rotation,Smoother panning,Smoother zooming,Support for colour-blind,3D object painting,3D object/property editing,3D animation,2D conversions to 3D,Volume rendering

1.8GHz or faster processor,Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended) or Windows Adobe Photoshop CS4 Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (certified for 32-bit Windows XP and 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista),512Mb of RAM (1Gb recommended),1Gb of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on flash-based storage devices),1024×768 display (1,280×800 recommended) with 16-bit video card,Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0DVD-ROM drive,QuickTime 7.2 software required for multimedia features,Broadband Internet connection required for online services

PHOTSHOP CS5 Content Aware Fill,Intelligent selection technology,Advanced HDR processing,Improved raw processing,Extended painting effects,Localised Warp tool,Auto lens correction,Workspace management,Advanced 3D options (CS5 Extended),and 30 JDI (Just Do it) additions

Windows XP (Service pack 3) Vista Home, Business or Enterprise Edition, Windows 7 Mac,Processor: Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 processorMemory: 1GB RAM + 1Gb Hard-disk spaceMonitor Resolution: 1024X768 (1280×800 recommended)Windows Mac OSOS X v10.5.7 or 10.6.3 or later,Multicore Intel processor,1GB RAM + 2Gb Hard-disk space

Q3: Licensing of photoshop?ANSWERS:

“2.4 Server Use. You may install the Software on Computer file server(s) within your Internal Network only as permitted The total number of users (not the

concurrent number of users) able to use the Software on such Computer file server(s)may not exceed the Permitted Number. By way of example, the foregoing does not permit you to install or access (either directly or through commands, data or instructions) the Software:

(a) from or to a Computer not part of your Internal Network,

(b) for enabling web hosted workgroups or services

available to the public,

(c) by any individual or entity to use, download, copy or

otherwise benefit from the functionality of the Software unless licensed to do so by

Adobe,

(d) as a component of a system, workflow or service accessible by more than the

Permitted Number of users

(e) for operations not initiated by an individual user

Q4: price range of photoshop?? ANSWERS:

Its depends on the version it starts from 25 $ to 350$

Q5: Other similar softwares serving the same purpose as photoshop?Answer:

GIMP:GIMP stands for “GNU image manipulation program”, and it is one of the oldest and most well known alternatives to Photoshop in existence

Krita:Krita has been lauded for ease of use and won the Akademy Award for Best Application in 2006

Paint.NETPaint.NET has grown out of a simple replacement for the well known MSPaint into a fully featured open source image editor with a wide support base.

Q6: Advantages over other softwares of photoshop?Answer:

Photoshop is a large graphic design software program created by the Adobe company. It enables a novice photographer to touch up recent photos, and experienced graphic design professionals to create advertisements, logos and marketing pieces. Through a vast collection of filters, tools and palettes, Photoshop offers benefits to users of all skill levels.