Pengertian Desain Grafis (English Language)

Graphic Design Reference Science of Understanding Graphic Design from the library. Graphic Design 2 pieces of the word comes from the Design and Graphic Design word means the process or act to organize everything before acting or designing. While the graphics are dots or lines associated with printing printing. So thus Graphic Design is a complex combination between words, pictures, figures, charts, photos and illustrations that require special thoughts of an individual who combines elements of bias, so that they can produce something special or very useful in the field of image .

Graphic Design is a branch of the science of the art design in the development of Graphic Design in computer aided designing an object.

The design usually translated as applied arts, architecture, and various other creative achievement. In a sentence, the word "design" can be used both as a noun and a verb. As a verb, "design" means "the process of making and creating new objects". As a noun, "design" is used to refer to the end result of a creative process, whether it is tangible a plan, proposal, or the shape of a real object.

The design process usually takes into account aspects of functionality, aesthetics and various other aspects, which usually data obtained from research, thinking, brainstorming, or from pre-existing design. More recently, processes (in general terms) is also regarded as a product of design, so that the term "design process".

Graphics are all ways of expressing and embodiment in the form of letters, signs, and images are reproduced through the printing process in order to be delivered to the audience. Examples are: photos, pictures / drawings, Line Art, graphs, diagrams, typography, numbers, symbols, geometric designs, maps, engineering drawings, and others. Often in the form of a combination of text, illustration, and color.

In the Indonesian language, the word "graphics" are associated with graphic arts (Printmaking) and graphic design or visual communication design.

Graphic design is a form of visual communication that uses images to convey information or messages as effectively as possible. In graphic design, text images is also considered as a result of abstraction of symbols that can be emitted. Graphic design is applied in communication design and fine art. As with other types of design, graphic design can refer to the process of making, methods of design, the product (design), or use disciplines (design).

Graphic design art include cognitive and visual skills, including typography, illustration, photography, image processing, and layout.

Graphic designer or graphic designer is often referred to (English: Graphic Designer) is the profession that creates illustrations, typography, photography, or graphic motion. A graphic designer creates work for publishers, print and electronic media, such as brochures and advertising products. They are responsible for the display to appear attractive, which can be applied in various forms of promotional material relating to the product and the public.

Graphic Designers tasked to deliver a desired information by product / client in the form of an attractive design. A designer should have a minimum of 7 (seven) Scientific Dimensions are:

Insight Technology

Insights Science

Art Insights

Social and Cultural Insights

Insights Philosophy and Ethics

Point one to five is used to determine the intended scope of work in accordance with a specific target.

A rate nirmana

Used to make the work interesting and the graphics have appropriate functions and benefits.

Graphic Design Software

Used to implement creative graphic ideas on electronic media or mass that can be made for other crucial needs. (Full article on the capabilities required graphic designer)

Lots of software that is used in the world of Graphic Design include: Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw, Illustrator and so on ... so a Graphic Designer can choose to work on the project's flagship software design.

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop is a software company created by Adobe Systems, which specialize to photo editing, image processing and manufacturing effects. The software is widely used by digital photographers and advertising company that is considered as the market leader (market leader) for image processing software. Although it was originally designed to edit images for paper-based printing, Photoshop is also used to produce bitmap images for the World Wide Web. Some versions also include an additional application, Adobe ImageReady, for this purpose.

Photoshop also has strong ties with some software for media editing, animation, and other Adobe authoring.

Advantages of Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop has many facilities that allow a designer create certain effects and can use many variations of the facilities provided by Adobe Photoshop, some of which are:

Create text with a certain effect.

Photoshop can change the writing to be more creative and innovative with the tools effect in it

Make a variety of textures and materials.

By certain measures, a designer can create images such as leaves, metal, water, and various other images

Editing photos and images that already exist.

With Photoshop we can change our image to be good bad or otherwise. In addition, Photoshop can change a person's photo into a cartoon picture. Or in Graphic Design called vector and vexel.

Web material processing.

Photoshop is also used for the web, for example: file compression image to a smaller size, cut into small images (slice), and create a web photo gallery. With Adobe Image Ready, existing images can be created for the web, such as a rollover and animated GIF.

Weakness Adobe Photoshop

With the current development version of Photoshop Computer specs to run Adobe Photoshop program also must be high and that will surely be offset by the high prices as well.

CorelDraw

CorelDraw is a software company created by Corel Corp used to create, process and print vector graphics object format. Nevertheless CorelDraw is also often used to process bitmap objects that are simple task or job of a general nature.

 Excess CorelDraw

Interface and is very easy to use tool

Very pronounced when we use the bezier tool, as opposed to using the pen tool in photoshop or adobe illustrator. When the object results processed using the shape tool without having a tool for changing the modes one by one line of smooth, symmetrical and cusp.

The process of creating and editing objects quickly

No visible layer or regardless of layer. Because of the layers in CorelDraw made invisible or are idle. Around this time, the object selection process is also fast. And also with one or two tools, we can create and edit objects.

There is a blending color or color mixing live

The purpose of blending is to mix the colors of the other colors. For example, mixing red with green color it will automatically result is a color mixing with certain scala.

Results trace, bitmap to vector conversion is quite good

The conversion from bitmap to vector is very widely used, is due to the nature of the vectors that are not broken when there is a process of transformation. Tracing bitmaps are available in a variety of fashion choices that can be tailored to the needs.

To print the results satisfactory

That is the difference between the display on the monitor screen and the print is not too much. So you could say the prints match what is displayed on the monitor screen. Also can be used for the separation of screen printing. Of course, in order to be optimal we must recalculate and adjust some has such a monitor, printer ink, printer paper and printer type itself.

Lack CorelDraw

The model used for the visualization of digital devices such as computers and other electronics can be less satisfactory results especially not as bright coloration Adobe Illustrator. Although it can be tricked but is still in a rather long time.