Digital Periodical Design and Art Editing

The rapid development of computer technology and Internet technology has brought humanity into a new “digital age”, which has had a significant impact on people’s work, life, and communication methods, and has also deeply impacted people’s ideas. After incorporating the unique charm and visual effects of the digital era, there have been major and profound changes in the traditional journal design field. Therefore, fine art editors should choose and use computer software properly to improve work efficiency. They should better absorb the essence and improve the quality from the all-inclusive Internet so that the design of journals can be raised to a new level.

The core of design focuses on creative ideas

Computers replace traditional design techniques. The modern periodical design uses computers as the main creative platform, combining the features of various traditional painting tools, and embodying a variety of new artistic styles, so that the creative techniques are constantly being innovative. At present, the rapid development of computer technology, especially a series of brand-new, full-featured design software, such as Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc., has provided art editors with unprecedented convenience and speed, replacing the original pens in the hands of fine art editors. paper. The journal design application software has superior processing capabilities in terms of creative implementation, text, image trimming, graphic group edition, special effects processing, etc., and it is also very convenient and quick to operate in graphic and text mixing, image output, and so on, which greatly shortens the The time spent in manual design such as the layout, illustration, font selection and change of text. In addition, art editors can use their professional computer software to create a variety of images as they wish, achieving surreal effects that cannot be represented by photography or hand-painting.

Promote design creativity and enrich performance techniques. Professional computer software has promoted the germination mechanism and deepening of the creative process. Many things that were previously impossible to achieve can now be quickly completed through computers. Computer-based alternative art editors complete most of the processing work, so that the art editors have more time devoted to high-level creative work such as creative ideas and choices. After the concept is mature, they are modified, expanded, and implemented by the computer. In other words, computers allow art editors to work more at a higher level, so that art editors can focus their work on the core creative ideas. Computer digital technology also enriched the artistic realization and performance of art editors.

Learn to operate professional editing software

The function of the professional editing software is almost omnipotent and can create unimaginable visual effects. Now briefly introduce several.

1.Adobe Photoshop software is one of the most outstanding image processing software. It integrates graphic image processing software such as image scanning, editing and modification, image production, creativity, and image input and output. It is popular among graphic designers and computer art enthusiasts. Loved ones. Photoshop can be divided into image editing, image composition, school color and special effects production section. Image editing is the basis of image processing. You can do various transformations on the image, such as zooming in, zooming out, rotating, tilting, mirroring, and perspective. Copying, despeckling, repair, damage to the modified image, etc. can also be performed. Image compositing is to compose several images through layer operations and tool applications into a complete image that conveys clear meaning. This is the only way to design art. The drawing tools provided by Photoshop allow the original image to blend well with the creative, making the composition of the image seamless. School Hue is one of the most powerful features in Photoshop. It can quickly and easily adjust the color and darkness of the image, and can also switch between different colors to meet the image in different areas, such as web design. Printing, multimedia and other applications. Special effects production in Photoshop is mainly accomplished through the integrated use of filters, channels, and tools.

2. Adobe Illustrator software is a professional vector drawing tool, is an industry standard vector illustration software for publishing, multimedia and online images. It has a complete vector graphics environment, allowing art editors to explore more effective design approaches through gradients and new transparency. Illustrator also provides many advanced drawing tools, visual brushes, and time savers, as well as integration with Adobe CS Live online services, providing users with extremely high precision and power. You can achieve accurate drawing in perspective, create variable-width strokes, and paint with realistic brushes. Illustrator has full control of variable-width, stroke-scaled strokes, arrows, dashed lines, and artistic brushes. You can visually merge, edit, and fill shapes on the artboard without accessing multiple tools and panels. Illustrator can also handle up to 100 different sized artboards in one file and organize and view them as you wish.

3. Adobe InDesign software is a design software that is positioned in the field of professional typography. Based on a completely new open object-oriented system and providing a high degree of extensibility, art editors can create attractive page layouts for journals through built-in creative tools and precise layout control. WYSIWYG can greatly improve the work efficiency of art editors. InDesign, on the other hand, uses the same technical cores as Photoshop and Illustrator, so the paths, images, etc. in Photoshop and Illustrator can all be invoked directly in InDesign, making InDesign's capabilities virtually limitless.

Adobe InDesign integrates several key technologies, including image, font, print, and color management technologies that are now owned by all Adobe professional software. Through these programs, Adobe provides the industry's first ability to achieve consistent screen and print (also known as What You See Is What You Get). In addition, Adobe InDesign includes support for Adobe PDF.

The so-called layout design is to arrange the processed text, images, and graphics through pleasing arrangements so as to achieve the purpose of highlighting the theme. Therefore, during the layout, word processing is an important link that affects creative work and work efficiency. Whether it is flexible to deal with words is very critical, and InDesign’s superiority in this regard is reflected most vividly.

4. Photoshop and InDesign are very close. First of all, in the interface design, InDesign is almost the same as Photoshop. The original art editor who used Photoshop can get started easily by simply training and understanding the differences and features. In fact, Photoshop's interface, such as layering (Layer) processing, the same file multi-window and modular Palette also received acclaim, received many awards, chose to use the same interface, is Adobe's correct choice, and played for InDesign User base.

The tight integration of InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator enables these software to further expand and leverage their strengths. In InDesign, not only can you load other software to modify the processed image, but the placement of the image will also show the latest production status. More importantly, the three softwares share the core processing technology. For example, using Adobe Graphics Manager, the EPS image can be achieved. The true WYSIWYG display uses the Adobe CoolType display font effect and uses RainbowBridge to accurately manage colors. These core technologies ensure smoother workflows and production results. They do not appear to have problems with printing and display after the drawing is completed. This is difficult for other typesetting software.

Good at using internet resources

With the rapid development of Internet technology, most of our journal practitioners face huge Internet resources and sometimes they are unable to start. At this time, they should be proficient in Internet search techniques. The most basic and effective method for searching the Internet is to learn to choose one or more keywords. Learn to quickly and accurately find materials or materials that are useful to you from a vast amount of information. The all-encompassing Internet resources provide rich creative materials for the fine arts editors and open up new horizons for design creativity. Art editors should be good at using Internet resources, keep abreast of the latest related technologies, and learn from the advantages of similar journals.

But at the same time, we should also clearly realize that in the current digital environment, the essence of journal design has not undergone qualitative changes. Whether the use of computers as a design tool or computer technology to expand visual communication, it should be made clear that computers are merely extensions of the human brain. Simply mastering tools and techniques does not mean that you can become an excellent art editor.

The era of digital technology requires clear and distinctive journal design. Computer software is only a tool for American editors to increase their work efficiency. It must not be reversed and lost the core value of creative work: creativity and creation. Therefore, excellent fine art editors must be proficient in computer professional design software in order to improve work efficiency, but also to focus their efforts on creative innovation. Art editors should use digital technology to make their own design ideas more perfect, and create extraordinary internal and external charms through extraordinary creative ideas, which will increase the visual impact of journals.

In short, the application of digital technology in journal design undoubtedly brought new changes to journal design and fine arts editing. Fine art editors should choose and use professional computer software properly to improve work efficiency. They should also be good at extracting the best from the all-inclusive internet to improve the quality of periodicals so as to raise the level of journal design to new heights. At the same time, it must be clearly understood that the core of the US-based editing work is still creativity and creation.