What is the Graphics Software - What is graphics software??

Computer software applications that are used to display create and edit computer graphics While many types of software will support graphics these programs are usually limited in what they can do with graphics for example word processors can be used to create simple line art or to display images alongside text while some spreadsheet and database programs will allow data to be displayed in the form of graphs and charts but neither type of software will give you the ability to edit graphics in detail Graphics software however is capable of editing graphics in a multitude of ways and includes a number of types of software including paint programs illustration and design programs photo image editors presentation graphics software animation software computer aided design software and some desktop publishing software Graphics software can edit bitmap and or vector graphics and can be used to design label templates Examples of graphics software include Adobe Illustrator Photoshop InDesign CorelDraw Inkscape Microsoft Paint and Paint Net

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Desktop Publishing Software - What is desktop publishing software?

Definition of DESKTOP PUBLISHING SOFTWARE:

Also known as “page layout” software, this term refers to any software that is used for “desktop publishing”, or the creation and editing of documents on a general purpose computer.

This software allows a variety of elements to be combined on a page (including text, graphics, and placeholders for elements that will be added later) and arranged and edited to produce the best visual result. The final product may be printed (for example, newsletters, brochures, adverts, posters, reports, books, magazines, business cards etc) or displayed on a screen (for example, websites, ebooks and enewsletters, PDFs, slideshows etc).

Where word processing software allows for finer control over text and graphics software allows for finer control over graphics, desktop publishing allows for fine control when bringing these elements together and arranging them within a single document. This includes the spacing and alignment, styles and themes, and colour and transparency used. Documents may be created from scratch or developed from existing (or pre-designed) templates or style sheets. Desktop publishing often uses PostScript (a page description language developed by Adobe) as this allows for the creation of documents that can be printed at a high resolution. Common examples of desktop publishing software include Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe InDesign, Corel Ventura, CorelDraw, Microsoft Publisher, PageStream, and QuarkXPress.

A computer screen displaying a document being created using desktop publishing software.

Here is the Harvard-style citation to use if you would like to reference this definition of the term desktop publishing software:
Label Planet (2020) What is desktop publishing software? | Definition. Available at: https://www.labelplanet.co.uk/glossary/desktop-publishing-software/ (Accessed: January 1, 2024).

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