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Graphics and other visual presentations inform, illustrate, or entertain. The best graphics are both functional and artistic. Graphics can be produced by traditional or digital tools, the choice being dependent on the particular project. Graphic design encompasses the artistic methods for professional presentation with symbols, images and words that represent ideas and messages.
Art and artists
The method of arrangement, presentation style, and medium of graphics impels a designer to use creativity. The designer must also have good observational skills and use critical, quantitative and analytic judgment for content decisions, such as design layouts and rendering. Traditional tools, as well as computers and electronic tools, are used to in all phases of design.
Art websites exist for web graphics artists and host their communities. These places exhibit and discuss the works and include photography, digital art, traditional art, literature, Flash, filmmaking, skins for applications and others. There are also download-able resources at such sites, such as tutorials and stock photography.
Visual arts
Bring works into existence that are visual in nature.
Visual graphic arts disciplines
- drawing
- painting
- printmaking
- design
- photography
- video
- film-making
Applied arts
- industrial design
- graphic design
- fashion design
- interior design
- decorative art
Page layout
Graphic design
- arrangement of work's content
- style of work's elements
Interface design
Chromatics
Software
Graphics or image editing software enable a person to manipulate visual images on a computer. Web graphics can be made with drawing and graphics packages and, along with presentation and desktop publishing software, such as:
Web browsers can now display JPEG, PNG and SVG, and to some extent VML, images in addition to GIFs. If needed, plugins to render in the web browser animated, interactive and 3-D graphics contained in the appropriate section can be installed.
Further reading
21st Century
- Fry, B. (2008). Visualizing data. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media.
- Wright, S. (2008). Compositing visual effects: Essentials for the aspiring artist. Amsterdam: Elsevier/Focal Press.
- Kelly, J. F. (2009). Don't spend a dime: The path to low-cost computing. Berkeley, CA: Apress.
- Belzunce, A. (2008). OpenOffice.org 2.x draw guide. Airlie Beach, Qld: Friends of OpenDocument.
- Zarri, M. (2007). OpenOffice.org 2.x: Impress guide. Airlie Beach, Qld: OpenDocument.
- Peck, A. (2006). Beginning GIMP From novice to professional. Berkeley, Calif: Apress.
- Shirley, P., & Ashikhmin, M. (2006). Fundamentals of computer graphics. Wellesley, Mass: Peters.
- Al-Ubaydli, M. (2005). Free software for busy people. Cambridge: Idiopathic Pub.
- Brundage, B. (2005). Photoshop elements 4: The missing manual : the book that should have been in the box. North Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media.
- Frost, J., Goessner, S., & Hirtzler, M. (2004). Learn SVG: The web graphic standard. Columbia, Mo: Learn SVG.
- Huss, D. (2004). How to do everything with digital photography. How to do everything with—. New York: McGraw-Hill/Osborne.
- Baron, C., & Peck, D. (2003). The little digital camera book. Berkeley, Calif: Peachpit Press.
- Watt, A. H. (2002). Designing svg web graphics. Indianapolis, Ind: New Rider.
- Chi, E. H.-h. (2002). A framework for visualizing information. The Kluwer international series on HCI, 1. Dordrecht [u.a.]: Kluwer Acad. Publ.
- Strothotte, T., & Schlechtweg, S. (2002). Non-photorealistic computer graphics Modeling, rendering, and animation. San Francisco, CA: Morgan Kaufmann. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781558607873.
- Neumann, S. (2000). GIMP pocket reference. O'Reilly.
20th Century
- Buch. (1999). The Art and science of digital compositing San Diego [u.a.]: Academic Press [u.a.].
- Browne, S. E. (1998). Nonlinear editing basics: Electronic film and video editing. Boston [u.a.]: Focal Press.
- Foley, J. D. (1998). Computer graphics: Principles and practice. Addison-Wesley systems programming series. Reading, Mass. [u.a.]: Addison-Wesley.
- Hess, H. D. (1915). Graphics and structural design. New York: John Wiley & Sons; [etc., etc.].
- French, T. E. (1918). A manual of engineering drawing for students and draftsmen. New York: McGraw-Hill book company, inc.; [etc., etc.].
19th Century
- Tracy, J. C., & Lockwood, E. H. (1899). Introductory course in mechanical drawing. New York: Harper & Brothers.
- Willson, F. N. (1898). Theoretical and practical graphics; An educational course on the theory and practical applications of descriptive geometry and mechanical drawing, prepared for students in general science, engineering or architecture. New York: Macmillan.
- Peale, R. (1835). Graphics: A manual of drawing and writing, for the use of schools and families. New York: J.P. Peaslee.
External articles
General
- Web Graphics : World Wide Web Consortium on format comparisons, integration into HTML and XML.
- Optimizing Web Graphics, webreference.com
Communities