What software does graphic design need to learn?
0. Software: If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools and learn software tools well, otherwise your idea will not be realized no matter how good it is. Photoshop (ps), coreldraw (cdr) and illustrator (ai) are the mainstream graphic design software on the market. Needless to say, Ps is definitely to be learned. Mainly used for image processing and image synthesis. There are also many examples of ps graphic design tutorials in the PS tutorial channel of Design Discovery Network. You can have a look if you are interested. Coreldraw and AI are similar in that they are both vector graph design software. If you think you have learned too much software, you can learn it selectively. Many designers use PS+AI to complete the design, many designers use PS+CDR to complete the design, and some designers use PS+CDR+AI. It depends on the individual, as long as you can meet the design requirements, but Design Exploration Network recommends that you learn all three design softwares. Of course, not all tools and commands are learned, and many tools are basically useless. But remember one thing: software design!
2 Color matching: As we all know, any design works need the participation of color, whether you are graphic design, web design or any other design. Some people may say, can't I match colors by feeling? I want to ask you: Do you think NB? Color matching is not something you can imagine. Color matching has rules to follow and rules to follow. We say that we can be willful in art and "honest" in design.
What's more, painting needs to learn color, not to mention commercial graphic design. Color You need to master the basic knowledge of color, such as RGB, CIYK, hue, lightness, purity, similar color, contrast color, adjacent color, color separation and complementary color, etc. There are also colors designed based on the market positioning and culture of products, and so on. In short: learn "RGB" well and travel around the world to pretend to be B! It's very important, study hard!
3. Layout design: Like color matching, layout design is also a study subject that many people easily ignore. What is layout? Is the layout of the picture! Generally speaking, it is a means to arrange the elements (graphics, images, words, colors) in the picture reasonably. We should consider composition, balance, point, line, plane, priority, level and other factors. Let the audience capture the theme and information that our pictures need to convey more quickly, intuitively and obviously. Many of your ideas, ideas and considerations based on the product will be displayed. You can understand that a person who goes out to make up and a person who goes out without makeup and dressing up are doing "layout design"!
People who go out to dress up will think: this dress is more suitable for today's occasion, today's hairstyle is suitable for this coat, this dress is a little fat with it, change it, you can't wear this pair of high heels today, etc ... Of course, the layout design is not based on coolness and beauty, although beauty is very important. The process of typesetting is a process of constant polishing and trial and error. Just remember that layout design is the place to open the gap between graphic designers.
@, Printing: Learning printing is not to make you a printer, but to better represent the design works on the computer into tangible finished products. Many designers' works are either chromatic aberration or do not meet the printing standards after printing. Then I just don't know what materials to choose and so on. For example, many novice flyers are designed as 2 10*297mm(A4 size), while printing houses are designed as 2 10*285m. Doing so will only increase the printing cost and waste money if it fails to meet the standard. For example, when we design business cards, many people only know to use coated paper and four colors, but there are many other papers and techniques to choose from. Wait, learning prepress knowledge can make your work taller and make you a mature graphic designer!
2. How to teach graphic design by yourself based on zero foundation?
The first step is to understand graphic design.
As a novice to learn graphic design from scratch, we must first understand what graphic design is. When you can explain graphic design yourself and let people around you understand it, you will basically get started.
Learning graphic design should also know what basic knowledge and professional knowledge you need to master, so that you won't be confused and lost in the process of learning. At this stage, you need to know what kind of books to read and what kind of software to learn, and you don't have to worry about whether your aesthetic standards are high. Instead, you should know what the basic things in the field of graphic design are at this stage of human civilization development, and then talk about how to learn faster and more.
Software to learn: PS CDR AI ID, plane software.
The wrong way for beginners to get drunk is to read books. Beginners should not read books here. If you have a very good foundation and know how to design, you can read some theoretical books to supplement your brain knowledge.
Step 2: Determine the learning direction.
There are many categories of graphic design. According to the different job responsibilities of your industry, the following different contents will be designed in graphic design, and they are also staggered, so don't worry about classification!
Printing design: You need to learn some printing knowledge, such as the design of business cards, VIP cards, leaflets (also called DI sheets), posters and POPs.
Outdoor inkjet design: store signs, light boxes, flags, posters, stage backgrounds, etc.
(4). Image design: enterprise VI, logo design, font design, which requires a very skilled grasp of vector graphics software to be competent;
Web design: Web design, UI design, Taobao shop decoration, H5 page design, study at ordinary times (5).
Knowledge of html+css3.
After understanding the graphic design contents related to these different industries, ask yourself which one is your favorite or best, and then you can start your own learning journey. Of course, you may not know these industries or what you like. You just like playing photoshop to do some cool effects, like graphic design, and are eager to see your works appreciated. That would be great.