Study Graphic Design

Definition of Graphic Design According to Slamet Riyanto: is a form of painting (picture), which applied to provide freedom to the designer (the designer) to choose, create, manage or appearance elements such as illustration, photo, writing, and the line above the surface with a purpose to be produced and communicated as a message. Images and signs that can be used typography or other media such as images or graphics fotografi.Desain generally applied in the world of advertising, packaging, film, and others.

According to Suyanto graphic design is defined as "the application of art and communication skills to the needs of business and industry." These applications can include advertising and selling products, creating a visual identity for the institution, products and companies, and environmental graphics, design, information and refine the visual messages in the publication.

Meanwhile, Jessica Helfand in the site http://www.aiga.com/ defines graphic design as a complex combination of words and images, figures and graphs, photographs and illustrations that requires a special mindset of an individual who can combine elements eleman this, so that they can produce something special, very useful, surprising or subversive or something easy to remember.

According to Danton Sihombing graphic design employs various elements such as markings, symbols, verbal descriptions of divisualisasikan through typography and images with good technique photography or illustration. Elements applied in the two functions, the device as a visual and communication devices.

According to Michael Kroeger visual communication (visual communication) is the training theory and concepts through visual terms by using colors, shapes, lines and juxtaposition (juxtaposition).

Warren Suyanto that sure in graphic design as a translation of ideas and places to
in order that some type of structural and visual.

While Blanchard defines graphic design as a communicative arts-related industry, art and the process produces a visual picture on all surfaces

Category Graphic Design
Graphic design divided into several categories:
1. Printing (Printing) for the design books, magazines, posters, booklets, leaflets, flyers,
pamphlets, advertising, and other similar publications.
2. Web Design: design for the web page.
3. Movies, including CD, DVD, CD multimedia for the campaign.
4. Identification (Logo), EGD (Environmental Graphic Design) is a design professional
which includes graphic design, architecture, design, industrial design, architecture and gardens.
5. Product design, Delivery and the like.

PROGRAM processors GRAPHIC / GRAFIS
Graphic design is divided into several categories of facilities to prepare any different, terrgantung on the needs and design goals
1. Applications Processors Layout (layout)
Often used for the creation of brochures, pamphlets, booklets, posters, and other similar. This program is able to manage the placement of text and image, taken from other programs (such as Adobe Photoshop), Example:
- Adobe FrameMaker
- Adobe In Design
- Adobe Pagemaker
- Corel Ventura
- Microsoft Publisher
- Quark Xpress
2. Applications Processors Vector / Line
This program is able to create an image of vectors / line so often referred to as the Illustrator program. All items produced some form of a combination of lines, either in the form of straight or curved lines. Example:
- Adobe Illustrator
- Beneba canvas
- CorelDraw
- Macromedia Freehand
- Metacreations Express
- Micrografx Designer

3. Application processing pixels / Picture
This program can be used to manipulate the image / photo manipulation (photo retouching). Objects that are considered to be a set of dots / pixels that have a certain density and color, for example, images. Figure in some of the images formed from a group that has a pixel density and a certain color. But this program can also prepare the text and lines, however seen as a collection of pixels. Objects are imported from the processor vectors / line, after processed by the program processing pixel / point will automatically be converted into pixel / point. Example:
- Adobe Photoshop
- Corel Photo Paint
- Macromedia Xres
- Metacreations Painter
- Metacreations Live Picture
- Micrografx Picture Publisher
- Microsoft Photo Editor
- QFX
- Wright Image
4. Applications Processors Film / Video
This program can be used to process film in various formats. Giving the title text (such as karaoke, text translation, etc.), can also be processed using this program. Giving special effects (special effect) as the sound of explosion, desingan bullet, waves, and others can also be made using this application. Example:
- Adobe After Effects
- Power Director
- Show Biz DVD
- Ulead Video Studio
- Element Premier
- Easy Media Creator
- Pinnacle Studio Plus
- WinDVD Creator
- Nero Ultra Edition
5. Multimedia Applications Processors
The application program is usually used to create a paper in the form of Multimedia promotion, company profiles, and the like and packed in the form of CD or DVD. These can include multimedia film / movie, animation, text, images, sound and the dirancan such a way so that the message was delivered interktif and more interesting. Example:
- Macromedia
- Macromedia Authorware
- Macromedia Director
- Macromedia Flash
- Multimedia Builder
- Ezedia
- Hyper Studio
- Ovation Studio Pro
- Macromedia Director
- Macromedia Flash
- Multimedia Builder
- Ezedia
- Hyper Studio
- Ovation Studio Pro.