Computer Graphics Applications Tech Brief

Computer Graphics Applications Tech Brief

Popular Applications for Graphics Design

Graphics design has changed the way we look at content we dont spend time only looking at words on a paper of webpage. We spend time looking at images and other features that make up captivating images. Graphics nowadays play a huge role in making a name brand and creating an image for a company. In order to do this you need graphics design software that can help you create better images text and logos. One of the most popular companies to provide this software is Adobe. They have an application known as Adobe Photoshop with photoshop you can easily combine multiple images and even remove unwanted objects from the image. It offers basic features like perspective correction channel mixing and clone stamp tool. Photoshop runs on both Windows and Mac. Photoshop is also considered as one of the best graphic design software for beginners as it comes with simplified options. Another popular application that beginners might be interested in is GIMP or better known as GNU Image Manipulation Program. This program is an alternative product for photoshop. It provides similar features as photoshop but GIMP also runs on a Linux machine making it a cross-compatible graphics design software. If you are looking to create logos typography icons or even make complex illustrations then Adobe Illustrator is the program for you. This program is a vector drawing program unlike photoshop bitmap images that stores information on a grid of dots Illustrator uses math to draw its objects and shapes. Illustrator designing could never be faster. Illustrator comes with its own plugins that help in making a blank web page into a brilliant looking web page. These are just a few popular softwares that are commonly used today.

About Adobe

Adobe is one of the largest software companys today they offer products that can help you with all your printing publishing and graphics needs. But Adobe is mostly known for being a graphics design software company since it has grown to be so huge. Its headquarters is located in San Jose, California. The company was founded in nineteen eighty two by John Warnock and Charles Geschke. While employed at Xerox Corporations Palo Alto Research Center the two computer scientists had developed a programming language specially designed to describe the precise position shape and size of objects on a computer generated page. While this programming language called PostScript continued to bring in revenue for the company a much larger portion of their revenue came from application software originally only for Apple users but now for UNIX and Windows operating systems. The first application introduced was Adobe Illustrator a PostScript based drawing package for artists designers and technical illustrators. Later they introduced Adobe Photoshop an application for editing and creating images. These two applications became Adobes most successful programs.

Benefits of Adobe

Its crazy to think that the wallpaper on your computer screen the poster in your room or even the logos of the companies you shop at probably were made using software like this. This software hasnt only changed the way we create or make images it also has changed the way we see and look at objects. Photoshop was developed in the nineteen ninety and its impact has only increased since. It has grown in popularity with the rise of photography social media and competition among companies and people. Before photoshop you could look at an image and determine its originality. But now we look at an image and know that it was modified in some way. As Photoshop spread through the industry retouching quickly became faster cheaper and more extensive in its capabilities offering creative directors the opportunity to tweak every shot. The effect was much greater and more controversial than the sum of its toolset. Adobe Photoshop has allowed people to be more creative with their work and images. It also has saved companies a lot of money. Before photoshop retouching an image would cost a company thousands of dollars now we can retouch and edit images with just a single software. It has also changed how we advertise making a new logo or making a logo more appealing is easy now making marketing more efficient.

Conclusion

The best benefits of graphics design are the ability to express your creativity in your own way. With its flexibility graphics design can create appealing images that can capture peoples attention sell products or open new products. A good design should establish brand identity by showing a companys vision. Indirectly it could potentially save a company money to invest into a good graphics design. When you think about all the things that customers look at like webpages or logos it might be best to create a fresh design so that your company stands out from the rest. Some of the best graphics design software is made by Adobe. Adobe recently released its new product line called Adobe Creative Cloud. This is a set of applications that gives subscribers access to all of its software for graphics design web development video editing and photography. Although making Adobe software cloud based has had some criticism they can get away with charging people monthly fees to use the software. Adobe is one of the most recognized companies in this industry and no one really competes with them when it comes to brand recognition.

This page was created from W3Schools Responsive Web Design tutorial.

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