PHOTOSHOP

EXPERIMENTS
TO TRY
U SE T H I S LI ST I F YO U N E ED H E LP
G E T T I N G S TA R T E D W I T H I N D E P E N D E N T
E X P E R I M E N T S O N P H O T O S H O P.

A-LEVEL
FOR THE HIGHEST MARKS IN AO2
ENSURE THAT ALL EXPERIMENTS
ARE PURPOSEFUL, LINK TO
YOUR IDEAS AND ARTISTS, AND
SHOW PROGRESS FROM ONE
EXPERIMENT TO THE NEXT.
AO2 CRITERIA:
EXPLORE AND SELECT
A P P R O P R I AT E
RESOURCES, MEDIA,
M AT E R I A L S ,
TECHNIQUES AND
P R O C E SS E S ,
REVIEWING AND
REFINING IDEAS AS
WORK DEVELOPS

For 20-24 Marks:

An exceptional ability to
explore and select
appropriate resources,
media, material,
techniques and processes.
Reviews and refines ideas
in a confident and
purposeful manner as
work develops.

GCSE
FOR THE HIGHEST MARKS IN AO2
ENSURE THAT ALL EXPERIMENTS
ARE PURPOSEFUL, LINK TO
YOUR IDEAS AND ARTISTS, AND
SHOW PROGRESS FROM ONE
EXPERIMENT TO THE NEXT.
AO2 CRITERIA:
R E F I N E W O R K BY
EXPLORING IDEAS,
SELECTING AND
EXPERIMENTING
W I T H A P P R O P R I AT E
M E D I A , M AT E R I A L S ,
TECHNIQUES AND
P RO C ESS ES .

For 20-24 Marks:

An exceptional ability to
thoughtfully refine ideas
with discrimination. An
exceptional ability to
effectively select and
purposefully experiment
with appropriate media,
materials, techniques and
processes.

THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH

PHOTOSHOP

This is not a definitive

list!

Change the colours

Change brightness and
contrast
Use filters
Liquify to distort (in filters)
Transform size/warp/
skew/distort/ rotate
Blur foreground/background
try Gaussian blur
Add lighting effects by going
to filter/ render/ lighting
Add text

Layer multiple images

Change opacity

Select sections to edit on a different layer

Clone sections to copy something into another area

Dodge tool lightens

Burn tool darkens

Sponge tool saturates or desaturates

Auto blend multiple layers in edit