Technologies Used in Graphic Design

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Graphic design, also known as conversation design, is the art and custom of preparing and projecting experiences and ideas with textual and visual content.

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Graphic design expands into the realm of web design, its also wise to acquire a working knowledge of web development languages like JavaScript.Industry-Standard Technology

Fundamental Graphic Design Software

Graphic Designersrely on powerful software to get their jobs done. Complex visual manipulations that used to be laboriously done by hand are now performed easily and quickly on a computer.

Mac Hardware

Mac hardware is more widely used in the graphic design world than PCs

Graphic Design Tablet

How Do Graphic Design Tablets Work?A graphic design tabletalso called a digitizing tablet or graphics padis a substitute for a mouse, trackball or other device.

The tablet consists of a flat surface where the designer can draw, and a pen that has been programmed to work with the pad.

Wacom is considered the leader in the industry and they provide tablets that integrate with small home office setups as well as larger professional offices.

List of Softwares for Graphic Design Adobe Photoshop

Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Flash

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 Adobe Indesign

Corel Paint

Art Rage 3.5

Xara Designer Pro

Wacom Tablets

Web/Graphic Designing

If web design is your area of specialty, more and more websites are designed and maintained using content management systems like WordPress and Drupal, which can be plugged in to a site and then used to create a consistent layout and structure without extensive knowledge of programming languages.

Tools for Web Graphic DesignGraphic designers who work on websites will find it valuable to know at least the basics of the coding language that is the building block of every web page: HTML.

CSS-Cascading Style SheetCSS (cascading style sheets) are used to create a consistent look and feel throughout the various pages of a site, so theyre another important tool for graphic designers to know about.

Scripting LanguageMany sites also make use of scripting languages like JavaScript in order to pre-load images or create dynamic galleries and menus.

Graphic Design Technology is to develop media agile, productive and problem solving professionals for industries related to Design Drafting, Media Design, and Graphics Design.

Technology does not create good design - but it is an important tool, and can help designers develop something original.

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