Software Choices: Practice with Photoshop

 This week I will be practicing with creating a presentation board for a gallery in Wix to display my final portfolio in. 

I started with opening Photoshop 2023. 

I clicked on 'File' and chose 'New', after which a dialog box opened. I then clicked on 'Print' and clicked on the 'View All Presets' button, after that I chose the A3 size for my canvas with a 300 pixel resolution. For the orientation I chose 'Landscape' and white for the background colour. Then I clicked on 'Create' to open my white canvas, pictured above.

I added my title by clicking on the 'Text' tool in the menu on the left, I then clicked on my canvas and typed in the title for my project. I selected the text and changed the font to 'Sylfaen' in the top menu, I also changed the font size to 48pt in this menu. I clicked on the 'Move' tool in the menu on the left and dragged my title to the top left of my canvas. To create the subtitle I used the 'Text' tool again and changed the font to 'Sylfaen' and the font size to 30pt. I used the 'Move' tool to drag the subtitle under my title, I aligned them by using the grid lines in Photoshop. 

I made a logo using freelogodesign.org, which I will be using for the coming terms. I downloaded it as a PNG so it would work in Photoshop. I opened it in Photoshop by clicking 'File' and 'Open' in the top menu. When it opened, I chose 'Select' in the top menu and clicked 'All', I then clicked on 'Edit' and 'Copy'. On my concept board canvas I clicked on 'Edit' and 'Paste'. I moved my logo using the 'Move' tool and dragging it to the top right corner. I changed the size of my logo by clicking 'Edit' and 'Transform', in the transform menu I chose 'Scale', this allowed me to drag the corners of the selection to resize my logo. 

I opened my concept sketches, which were saved as PNG, by using 'File' and 'Open' and used the 'Object Selection' tool to select one of the sketches. I used 'Edit' and 'Copy' to copy the selection and chose 'Edit' and 'Paste' in my concept board canvas to paste the selection onto my canvas. I used the 'Edit' and 'Transform' and 'Scale' process to resize my sketch and moved it by using the 'Move' tool. 

I then added text by using the 'Text' tool to write out my concept. I chose the font 'Sylfaen' and changed the font size to 24pt by using the top menu. When I was satisfied with my text, I clicked on 'File', chose 'Export' and then 'Quick export as PNG' to save the board to my device. I saved my file as a 'PSD' as well, so it saves the layers and I can edit it at a later time if I want to. I did this by clicking 'File' and 'Save as'. My finished concept board mock-up now looks like this.

Update:

I replaced the initial design sketch with a better quality finished and coloured sketch.