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Photoshop in the Lab
March 06, 2015

Photoshop in the Lab

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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CS5

Overall Satisfaction with Adobe Photoshop

I work as a research assistant in the Reh Lab at the University of Washington. I mainly use Photoshop to compile various images off of FluoroView imaging software. To put it short, we take images of various cells with different markers and indicators and each of them come off as a different color. After saving each TIFF file in FluoroView and uploading them as a new layer in a Photoshop PSD, I can screen them to see which cells have multiple indicators or markers. I can then use Photoshop capabilities to see each layer separately and count which cells have multiple markers and which ones they have. The whole lab uses Adobe Bridge and Photoshop to do this. FluoroView cannot be used effectively to see each layer and count cells and Photoshop enables us to do so.
  • Photoshop can overlap various layers and you can choose which layers to see at which times, which helps when you are trying to see specific layers independently.
  • Photoshop allows to make a completely new transparent layer to make marks on. Later, you can simply close the eye icon on this layer to remove all the marks you made and turn it back on when necessary.
  • Photoshop can saturate certain colors that cannot be seen very well through the regular image.
  • When multiple things are done wrong consecutively, the normal Ctrl+Z does not work very well. You have to go into the image itself and delete each action on history.
  • Photoshop can be better in detecting color differences when using the magic wand tool. For example, it cannot tell the difference very well from a black fence and black hair.
  • Photoshop has allowed for more accurate cell counting in my research lab.
  • The combination of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Bridge together has allowed for quick and efficient photo compiling.
I have not used any other products besides Microsoft Paint, which only has the bare basics of cropping and adding text to images.
Photoshop works miracles for any image that needs simply more than cropping or adding text. I used to use the default Paint application on my PC to edit pictures and after learning even basic Photoshop, I can make simple pictures uploaded to Facebook look tons better. I would recommend any person who enjoys uploading pictures for viewing to get Photoshop. It is worth the investment.