Abstract
The relationship between artists and their tools has become very dynamic in the age of digital content creation. In the early days of computers the limitations of the software tools at least partially dictated the style of art produced on the computer. With advances in computer graphics the tools have become more flexible, prices have dropped, and some capabilities have been extended to the Web. This chapter provides an historical overview of the evolution of software tools for drawing and imaging and a classification of the tools being used today.
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Abbreviations
- DNG:
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Digital Native Specification
- DPI:
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Dots Per Inch
- GUI:
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Graphical User Interface
- PPI:
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Pixels Per Inch
- SPI:
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Samples Per Inch
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Gatter M (2006) Software essentials for graphic designers: photoshop, illustrator, quark, indesign, quarkxpress, dreamweaver, flash, and acrobat. Yale University Press, New Haven, 240 pp. ISBN-10: 0300118007, ISBN-13: 978-0300118001, 28 Nov 2006
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Maher, K. (2012). Design Tools: Imaging, Vector Graphics and Design Evolution. In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79567-4_157
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