QuarkXPress – QuarkXPress is an industry standard page layout and publication application. Its primary function is for the design and creation of all varieties and sizes of digital documents used in a wide range of businesses. It allows for total control of text and graphics with unlimited pages. It provides a seamless way to have documents printed professionally by a print shop or locally to an in house-printer. After learning QuarkXpress, other page layout applications will be much easier to understand. Quark Class pdf

Photoshop – is the industry standard for photo manipulation and pixel based imagery. The possibilities are endless with this program. It is used for photo scanning, photo repair, photo enhancement, effects, color repair and adjustment, and the list goes on. It allows for total control over scanned images used for film reprints, high end color images and web design images. The ability to use this program correctly is priceless in working with any kind of graphic design concepts whether they are being prepared to promote a business through printed material or for a business promoting it self on the web. Photoshop Class pdf

Illustrator – is a vector based program that is used to create logos or any type of image that needs to be created as lineart. It allows for precise control over anything you need to create. This program works well for any type of drawing art or text that you may need to create whether it is a company logo or a web
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Dreamweaver – which is the industry standard for designing web pages. Photoshop and Illustrator are the art programs used to create web art, and Dreamweaver is the “page layout” application for the web, just as QuarkXpress is the page layout program for the prepress or print in dustry. Learning these programs will give any person serious about working on the computer a foundation that will be solid in all types of career and job situations. Dreamweaver Class pdf