What is Graphics Designing.
A graphic is an image or visual representation of an object. Therefore, computer graphics are simply images displayed on a computer screen. Graphics are often contrasted with text, which is comprised of characters, such as numbers and letters, rather than images.
Computer graphics can be either two or three-dimensional. Early computers only supported 2D monochrome graphics, meaning they were black and white (or black and green, depending on the monitor). Eventually, computers began to support color images. While the first machines only supported 16 or 256 colors, most computers can now display graphics in millions of colors.
2D graphics come in two types- raster and vector. Raster graphics designing are the most common and are used for digital photos, web graphics, icons, and other types of images. They are composed of a simple grid of pixels, which can each be a different color. Vector graphics, on the other hand, are made up of paths, which may be lines, shapes, letters, or other scalable objects. They are often used for creating logos, signs, and other types of drawings. Unlike raster graphics, vector graphics can be scaled to a larger size without losing quality.
3D graphics started to become popular in the 1990s, along with 3D rendering software such as CAD and 3D animation programs. By the year 2000, many video games had begun incorporating 3D graphics, since computers had enough processing power to support them. Now most computers now come with a 3D video card that handles all the 3D processing. this allows even basic home systems to support advanced 3D games and applications.
Some Graphics designing software are:
Adobe PageMaker
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe illustrators
Freehand
CorelDraw
1) Adobe PageMaker:-
Adobe PageMaker is the most advanced and popular page designing desktop publishing application software developed by Adobe Company of America. We can prepare different types of designing like Identity Card, Visiting Card, Greeting Card, Advertisement, Brochures, Cover page, Simple Logos, Newspapers, Magazines, Article, and Certificates etc. in the PageMaker. Desktop Publishing has one main function page layout, the creation of attractive pages of text and graphics, for print magazines, posters, newsletters etc. all created on a computer. Paul Brainard and Aldus Company created the first DTP program: the program called “Aldus PageMaker 1.0” was release in July 1985 for the “Macintosh” and in December 1986 for the IBM. The official Adobe Support System developed the final version mode available is “PageMaker 7.0” release in July 2001, for the all platforms. Adobe InDesign is the upgrade from Adobe PageMaker.
2) Adobe InDesign:-
Adobe InDesign is a desktop publishing and page layout designing software application produced by Adobe and first released in 1999. It can be used to create works such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers, presentations, books and eBooks. InDesign can also publish content suitable for tablet devices in conjunction with Adobe Digital Publishing Suite. Graphic designers and production artists are the principal users.
3) Adobe Photoshop:-
Adobe Photoshop is bitmap graphic designing software. Adobe Company develops this program. This software is specially use for photo editing ; for special effects; to reinterpret photographs as paintings; and for creating graphic elements for use presentations, video, film, print projects and preparing image for the web and of creating interactive Web graphics. Bitmap graphics programs (like: Adobe Photoshop, Corel photo paint) are store graphics as pixels.
4) Adobe illustrators:-
Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor and design software developed and marketed by Adobe. Originally designed for the Apple Macintosh, development of Adobe Illustrator began in 1985. Along with Creative Cloud (Adobe’s shift to a monthly or annual subscription service delivered over the Internet), Illustrator CC was released. The latest version, Illustrator 2024, was released on October 10, 2023, and is the 28th generation in the product line. Adobe Illustrator was reviewed as the best vector graphics editing program in 2021 by hp Magazine.
5) Freehand:-
Freehand is a Vector-graphic drawing application. To get the most out of working in Macromedia Freehand MX, it is helpful to familiarize yourself with the Freehand workspace, which includes the Document window, command menus at the top of your screen, tools and panels for editing and adding objects, and the pasteboard in which you create your artwork. Using this program, we can set text in different style, design, logo etc. This program developed by macro-media Corporation. You can add more commands to the menus by installing software application called plug-ins, and you can add and rearrange tools in toolbars by customizing your work environment.
6)CorelDRAW:-
CorelDRAW is vector based drawing programs or it is a GUI(Graphics User Interface) application by using this program we can create visiting card, wedding card, book cover, id-card, professional art work, different logos, etc. This program involve in CorelDRAW Graphics Suites package, developed by Corel Corporation.