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Creative Design

The process of creating seamless integration of images/graphics, photos and text.

Illustrator

Drawing software

Photoshop

Photo editing tool

InDesign

Layout software

Acrobat

Software that renders an image file as a finished product

Increased productivity, design flexibility, greater complexity, minimal production cost, easy, fast, and effective data transfer

Advantages of computers in creative design process

Paul Brainerd

Coined the term desktop publishing

Aldus Corp

Founded by Paul Brainerd

300 dpi printing and WYSIWYG

These revolutionized publishing because of DTP

Computer Layout Specialist

Profession created by Desktop Publishing

PageMaker

Originally developed for the Apple Macintosh

High speed processor (at least i3) , High capacity Hard Disk Drive, large amount of RAM, Dedicated Graphic Accelerator Card, wider monitor, ergonomic mouse and keyboard

DTP Hardware Requirements

Graphics and Photo Editing Software

Designed to edit photos

Adobe Photoshop and Corel Photopaint

Examples of Graphics and Photo Editing Software

Vector Line Art Software

Used in image and graphic creation and illustration

Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw

Examples of Vector Line Art Software

Desktop Publishing Software

Used to manipulate text, graphics, photos, and other visual elements in a page.

Adobe InDesign and QuarkXpreds

Example of DTP

Resolution

Refers to the quality, sharpness, or clarity of an image.

Dpi

Dots per inch

True Color

Other name for 24 bit pixel.

Lossy and Lossless

Two types of image file compression

Lossy Compression

Discards some information in the picture

Lossless Compression

The kind of compression where the image quality is not diminished even when you re-size the image

Joint Photographic Experts Group

Meaning of JPEH

JPEG files

A type of lossy image format used for many applications.

Portable Network Graphics

Full name of PNG

PNG

A lossless format that supports true color (16m colors).

BMP Files

A file format developed by Microsoft and has a larger file size since it is not compressed.

Tagged Image File Format

Full name of TIFF

TIFF

Best quality of image used for commercial use.

RAW

Raw Image Format

Graphics Interchange Format

Full name of GIF

Photoshop Document

Full name for Photoshop Document.

Personal and Professional Photos, Scanned Images, Stock Photo Library

3 sources of photos

Personal and Professional Photos

Photos taken by amateur or professional photographers using digital camera.

Scanned Images

These files are transferred from printed photos and graphics to our computer using a scanner.

Stock Photo Library

Photos available online that are usually royalty free.

Composition

Putting together elements of painting, photography, graphic design, and other artworks with conscious effort in arranging the parts and ingredients in order to enhance viewer interaction and visual experience.

Rule of Thirds

A composition technique where an image is divided into nine equal squares, and important elements are placed on the intersection of the line.

Rule of Odds

Using an odd number of elements in a picture.

Rule of Simplicity

Limiting distracting elements in a composition so the viewer can focus on the primary subject.