Graphics Software, ContinuedImage-editingImage-editing programs are used primarily with preexisting images such aspictures and photographs, scanned into memory for manipulation. Image-editing software shares many of the features and options available in image-creation programs with higher resolution and greater pixel manipulation.Image-editing programs often have greater selections of blending tools andstylizing filters than image-creation programs.programsImage-presentationprogramsImage-presentation programs offer cookbook solutions to the task ofpreparing information for presentation in briefs or in training environments.You select slide or viewgraph formats from menus in memory and pluginformation into it. You may import photographs and illustrations throughscanners or select from stocks of copyright-free artwork held in memory asclipart. You program how the image appears and disappears from the screenand for how long the slide remains on the screen.CommongraphicssoftwarefeaturesFeatures common to graphic software applications include the use oflayering, movement tools, auto-trace tools, shape tools, rendering tools,blending tools, and stylizing filters. Each software program has its own setof tools. Your software program may have any or all of the following listedtools and features, You may have additional features that are program orplatform specific but, whatever features and tools your software offers, get toknow and understand how to use them.LayeringLayering is creating art in stages or on electronic overlays. Every element ofa design is placed on separate layers. Because the number of layers canbecome excessive, it is a good idea to combine or group layers that containsmall design elements. Any layers so grouped may also be ungrouped. Mostgraphics programs create art in multiple layers with the exception of paintingprograms, which may use only one layer. Working in multiple layers givesyou complete control of every drawing element and is convenient whenpreparing color separation work or isolating segments for changes. Thedisadvantage of multiple layers is that it complicates the creation process bymaking it difficult to select the appropriate layer to change and to assess howchanges made affect previous and subsequent layers.Continued on next page8-39
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