| Graphic design is the art of visual communication that | | | | Paint |
| combines text, pictures and illustrations, colours and | | | | Scribus |
| shapes. | | | | InDesign |
| The graphic designer uses these elements in order to | | | | Illustrator |
| create posters, brochures, websites, magazines, | | | | QuarkXpressiStudio Publisher |
| books, billboards, logos and other types of media. | | | | Corel Ventura |
| Graphic design is present everywhere. From billboards | | | | Adobe PageMaker |
| in the street and buses to magazines and | | | | Adobe FrameMaker |
| newspapers; from product packages to websites. | | | | Ability PhotoPaint |
| Some of the most usual forms of graphic design are: | | | | Adobe FireWorks |
| Advertisements | | | | ArtWeaver |
| Logos | | | | Deluxe Paint |
| Websites | | | | Deneba Canvas |
| Business cards | | | | GIMPiPhoto |
| Posters | | | | A graphic designer needs to have many skills in order |
| Product Packages | | | | to be successful. Some of them are: |
| Magazines and newspaper layouts | | | | * Ability to use photoshop and understand the basic |
| Books covers | | | | aspects of photo manipulation. |
| Brochures | | | | * Ability to work with vector based graphics, which is |
| Billboards | | | | essential for logo designing and other types of |
| Credit Cards | | | | artwork. The most used program for this purpose is |
| Banners | | | | Adobe Illustrator |
| Sides of buses | | | | * The ability to use a page layout software. This kind |
| Post Cards | | | | of software is used to create print work including |
| Flyers | | | | book covers, magazines, newspapers and brochures. |
| Newsletters and bulletins | | | | The most common programs used for this purpose |
| Many different softwares are used for graphic design. | | | | are InDesign and Quark Express. |
| Some of the most popular are: | | | | * The ability to use flash |
| Xara | | | | * Generation of ideas. A good graphic designer has |
| Photo Pos | | | | the ability to come up with new and great ideas all |
| Magix Xtreme | | | | the time. |
| Corel Draw | | | | * Basic business skills. Every graphic designer should |
| Photoshop | | | | have some general knowledge on marketing, sales |
| Print WorkShop | | | | and accounting. These abilites are really important for |
| ACD Canvas | | | | freelancers and independent graphic designers. |