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    Graphic design involves combining text and graphics to communicate messages visually. Desktop publishing uses software to combine these elements for documents like newsletters. Graphic design is the creative process of concept and arrangement while desktop publishing mechanically turns those ideas into digital files. Vector images use mathematical equations and can scale without quality loss, while bitmap images use pixels in a grid. Metafiles contain both vector and raster data.

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    Chapter 01 | Fundamentals of Graphic Design

    01 Fundermantals of Graphic desgin


    What is the Graphic Design ?
    Graphic design is the process and art of combining text and graphics and communicating an
    effective message in the design of logos, graphics, brochures, newsletters, posters, signs,
    and any other type of visual communication.
    What is the Dsktop publishing?
    desktop publishing is the process of using the computer and specific types of software to
    combine text and graphics to produce documents such as newsletters, brochures, books,
    etc.
    Difference Between Graphic Design and Desktop Publishing?
    graphic design jobs involve the creative process of coming up with the concepts and
    ideas and arrangements for visually communicating a specific message
    desktop publishing is the mechanical process that the designer and the non-designer use to turn their ideas for newsletters, brochures, ads, posters, greeting cards, and
    other projects into digital files for desktop or commercial printing
    CMYK/Process Digital printing
    The CMYK, also known as Process colours are generally used in digital printing for signage. CMYK refers
    to the four colours used; Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and
    Black to generate a colour. It is these four colours which
    are mixed together to make up other colours, much the
    same principal to how paint is colour matched.
    RGB System Screen Viewing Only!
    RGB colour system is only suitable for screen reproduction such as LCD and
    CRT computer monitors and TV screens. This is not suitable color matching
    for printing or to colour match from, as each screen may represent colours
    differently. What may look fine on one screen, may be look completely different on another. This can be due to a number of reasons, whether it be
    due to individual screen settings such as brightness and contrast or even
    may be due to different monitor manufactures; i.e. Sony or LG.

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    Vector & Bitmap
    Vector images are made up of many individual,
    scalable objects. These objects are defined by mathematical equations rather than pixels, so they always
    render at the highest quality. Objects may consist of
    lines, curves, and shapes with editable attributes such
    as color, fill, and outline. Changing the attributes of a
    vector object does not effect the object itself. You can
    freely change any number of object attributes without
    destroying the basic object. An object can be modified not only by changing its attributes,
    but also by shaping and transforming it using nodes and control handles. For an example
    of manipulating an objects nodes, see my CorelDRAW tutorial on drawing a heart.
    Common vector formats include:
    AI (Adobe Illustrator)
    CDR (CorelDRAW)
    CMX (Corel Exchange)
    CGM Computer Graphics Metafile
    DXF AutoCAD
    WMF Windows Metafile

    Popular vector drawing programs are:


    Adobe Illustrator
    CorelDRAW
    Xara Xtreme
    Serif DrawPlus

    Bitmap images (also known as raster images) are made up of pixels in a grid. Pixels are picture elements; tiny dots of individual color
    that make up what you see on your screen. All these tiny dots of color
    come together to form the images you see. Most computer monitors
    display approximately 70 to 100 pixels per inch--the actual number
    depends on your monitor and screen settings.
    Common bitmap formats include:
    BMP
    GIF
    JPEG, JPG
    PNG
    PCX
    TIFF
    PSD (Adobe Photoshop)

    Popular bitmap editing programs are:


    Microsoft Paint
    Adobe Photoshop
    Corel Photo-Paint
    Corel Paint Shop Pro
    The GIMP

    What About Metafiles?


    Metafiles are graphics that contain both raster and vector data. For example, a vector
    image that contains an object which has a bitmap pattern applied as a fill, would be a
    metafile. The object is still a vector, but the fill attribute consists of bitmap data.
    Common metafile formats include:
    EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
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    PDF (Portable Document Format)

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