Tools of The Trade
Graphic artists applying for positions in today's job market are expected to be familiar with computers and a variety of software in order to create the most appealing, up to date designs.
Graphic art software includes applications such as:
- Adobe Illustrator – an application that allows artists to manipulate vector graphics
- CorelDRAW – similar to Adobe Illustrator, it is another vector graphic manipulation tool
- Adobe Photoshop – a bitmap graphics software including powerful graphics editing tools that provide a large variety of editing functionality
- Adobe Dreamweaver – a tool that facilitates the creation of webpages and dynamic internet content
- PhotoImpact – a digital photo editor
- Adobe InDesign – desktop publishing software used for layout and design manipulation
- QuarkXPress – similar to Adobe InDesign, it is another desktop publishing software tool
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