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IF PHOTOSHOPDIDN'T eXist then I would be dea

on my feet. Photoshop to me s like a brick to a bUil

Iwo rk almost eXclusively With games companies

these days, Who on the whole require detailed,

intricate and exciting imagery to surrOund

and encompass their Sites, so Photoshop

allows me to amalgamate their assets intoWhat are eSSentially very detailed collages. I

am Usuallyprovided with miXed assets, ike

characters With transparent backgrounds,

environment renders, flat texture files and

in truth, little else. It is USually my ob to

take all those loosely connected assets and

create detailed interfaces, and complex

surrounds for the websites . lf you look at

the Natural Selection 2 example (www.

natura/selection2.cOm ) was given a

render of he corridor, one

of he Hive creatureand a

flat textureof he organic '

growth material. From hereI Spent many hours cutting bits

out, adding additional ighting

effects and creating a Whole scene

to thrust the USer deep nto a very

atmospheric webpage, making

them feel as though they were in

the game tself. The core interfaceelements Were Constructed from

pieces chopped out of he corridorrenderand far doorway.

So as you can see, without

Photoshop, Id be inished, as it is this

tool alone that allows me to create

these types of complex images andIwould never Consider using anything else. I think my

favourite finishing and effects tools With in Photoshop

would be adjustment ayers, ayer effects and blending

OPtions, as these can create some awesome ight effectsto really tie a piece together.