Photoshop as the medium

There are many things that Photoshop allows a user to accomplish using the program. When Photoshop is considered the medium it can be broken down into different categories of content. These are many in Photoshop including: styles, effects, paint brushes, patterns, gradients, backgrounds, files, shapes, and tools. The files can be broken down into pictures and images. The images can be broken down in to colors and the colors are made up from pixels in the photo. Photoshop as a medium allows messages such as being able to create collages of images to create pictures that never existed before; it allows shapes and colors to be blended for new and cool affects; it allows people to make new and innovative advertisements; it is like an extension of the human hand in the computer making what would have been drawn out in earlier times, digital, professional and focused.