Graphic Designing

Years ago, Quark XPress and Adobe InDesign were the two main "graphic design" programs. And by graphic design, I meant mainly working in print. That said, graphic designers back then were also using Photoshop and Illustrator in conjunction with InDesign or Quark XPress. Photoshop and Illustrator are more general tools for modifying raster based and vector based images respectively. InDesign (and Quark XPress) are tools to create documents intended for print specifically. They have all sorts of features that would be relevant to a printing press company that you would be handing your designs off to.

A "graphic designer" may create some logos in vector format, for example, then color correct and retouch some photos that were part of the layout in Photoshop. Then they would bring these into InDesign.

These days, a graphic designer is also designing for the web. Though the role of "web designer/web developer" is a bit more blurred. The graphic designer may come up with the overall layout and other graphical resources, then hand them over to a developer to convert into a web page or a web template to be used in a content management system such as Wordpress.
 
Graphic design is the art of communication, stylizing, and problem-solving through the use of type, space and image. The field is considered a subset of visual communication and communication design, but sometimes the term "graphic design" is used interchangeably with these due to overlapping skills involved. Graphic designers use various methods to create and combine words, symbols, and images to create a visual representation of ideas and messages.
 
Serif - Design unique logos and add filter effects, colours and 3D effects to help your business or organisation stand out from the crowd.
 
I mean by web design that Web designers must be fluent in HTML and CSS or you will have a near impossible task in creating responsive and adaptive webdesign. HTML5 and CSS3 are the new standards.As designers we need to choose the method that best fits the content that we need to present to the web. What this method is, is entirely up to the person who's creating the site.
 
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