Learn Graphic Designing
Graphic designing can be very fun and easy and learning it may take a long or short time! It will be worth the wait once you are done!
Steps
- Find how to learn graphic design pages and videos! They will explain how to do graphic designs with relative ease with much practice and repetition! Do many different projects to refine talents and skills.
- You may want to use your skills in "IT": internet tech/design.
- There are many things to learn. If you are computer literate then you probably know several of the basics already. Here are a few of the areas to learn:
- Scaling: Resize by percentages or by the desired dimensions (measurements), Reduce, Enlarge;
- Maintain aspect ratio, Symmetrical scaling, or not;
- Non-symmetrical scaling, Change only height -- or Change the width -- or both, but not in the original proportions (not maintaining aspect ratio, not symmetrical);
- Resample in terms of pixel per inch or per centimeter, etc.;
- Draw/Paint, fill a defined area with color, texture, or percentage screen values;
- Modify images/Photos, color "correction" or changes;
- Use different formats for saving graphics for differing purposes:
- GIF - Drawings with layers, transparencies, can be animated;
- JPEG - Photo images are great for the internet;
- PNG - Photo images with layers, transparencies;
- Cut (delete) a selected area, Remove background;
- Crop, Outline, Edge detection;
- Copy and Paste, Drag and drop, Duplicate;
- Flip, Rotate, Rotate by fine fractions of a degree;
- Move, Nudge, Change the nudge preference;
- Add a layer: Overlay Transparency;
- Color use for the purposes of design;
- Change color values: brightness, contrast, saturation;
- Color separations for process color;
- Convert to gray scale, or to Two color Black and White (no shades of gray), or Negative;
- Add Textures, Shadows and special effects (Posterize, Pixelize, Emboss, Blur, Sharpen, etc.);
- Borders, Star burst, Ruled lines;
- Background, foreground, perspective;
- Styles such as realism versus modern, etc.;
- Designing of symbols and logos;
- Page layout, use of white-space, simplicity, or use of clutter;
- Columns, gutters between columns, margins;
- Balanced, off balance, centered, flush left or right;
- Pyramid, inverted pyramid, step up or down, oval, random;
- Typography: size, bold, medium, light, italic, script, etc.;
- Headers
- Shading to add effect.
- Display type (headline text) modification tools to change shapes and add 3D effect, etc.;
- Scaling: Resize by percentages or by the desired dimensions (measurements), Reduce, Enlarge;
- Enter a contest! Winning may be very rare, but it will give you a chance to show your skill and be proud!
- Practice graphic design! This can be done on MS Paint or GIMP! MS Paint should come with all computers and GIMP is free and easy to download.
- Show your work off on websites! This will give you a chance to show off your graphics and enjoy your time of online fame!
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Tips
- For something like "engineering" drawings or industrial "drafting", there is another much more "mathematical" kind of computer design program called CAD (Computer-aided Design) for advanced "vector-graphics," in the drafting of engineering/technical designs that often must have symbols and specifications with information about materials, processes, dimensions, and tolerances, according to application-specific conventions of the industry.
- CAD may be used to design curves and figures in two-dimensional ("2D") space; or for curves, surfaces, and solids (objects) in three-dimensional ("3D") space.
Warnings
- This can take time so don't get stressed out about it.
- If you find designing fun or exciting, it can become a bit too addictive, if you really get into learning it and using your knowledge.
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