Graphics Software

Graphic software is program that used for graphic design, image editing and image development on computer. Art software uses either raster graphic or vector graphic to read, create and edit images. Nowadays, many creative professionals use computers rather traditional media. Graphic software requires less hand-eye coordination and less visualization skills than traditional art. However, computer graphic art require learn more of computer graphic skills than traditional visual art. Graphic art software includes many common functions, such as, hue/saturation, brightness/contrast, multiply, and lighten. Most of the software is designed to enhance a specialized skill or technique.
In computer graphics, graphics software or image editing software is a program or collection of programs that enable a person to manipulate visual images on a computer.

Computer graphics can be classified into two distinct categories: raster graphics and vector graphics. Many graphics programs focus exclusively on either vector or raster graphics, but there are a few that combine them in interesting ways. It is simple to convert from vector graphics to raster graphics, but going the other way is harder. Some software attempts to do this.

In addition to static graphics, there are animation and video editing software.

Most graphics programs have the ability to import and export one or more graphics file formats. It also can export files to one or more files. Computer graphics also can be used by other editing software such as Adobe Photoshop, Pizap, Microsoft Publisher, Picasa and etc. Other software that can be used is animation software, video editor software such as Windows Movie Maker etc.

The use of a swatch is a palette of active colours that are selected and rearranged by the preference of the user. A swatch may be used in a program or be part of the universal palette on an operating system, it is used to change the colour of a project, that may be text, image or video