Sunday, December 6, 2009

Daniel R. The use of graphics and imaging software in professional writing

In professional writing, there are many different forms of graphics and images used to express someone’s ideas or thoughts. Graphics are mostly used when words alone is not enough to explain what you are trying to say, graphics help illustrate your point. A few examples are graphs, photographs, drawings, charts or maps. Graphics that are used in professional writing helps the reader comprehend the data easier.

Some graphics show how to build houses, buildings boats, or any specific design you want. This graphic design gives a layout on how to build the item.



To show numerical information, you can use a bar, line, or pie graph. An example would be for a business to show the financial growth or decline. This helps the reader understand what is going on easier.



Some programs like photoshop offers a way for you to alter your pictures so that you can make your point or just have some fun making it look better. With photoshop you can change colors, people, and make graphics that would be appropriate with your information.



Tips for using graphics:

- Keep your graphics simple
- Use the least amount of words as possible
- Make sure the graphic has explanation close by

Sources:
http://meghan-webofwriters.blogspot.com/2009/03/use-of-graphics-and-imaging-software-in.html
http://virtualinkslinger.blogspot.com/2009/03/use-of-graphics-and-imaging-software-in.html
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4 comments:

  1. jdfernanDecember 7, 2009 at 6:27 AM

    Nice post! I like how you used a lot of pictures and how you wrote a simple little paragraoh which did not overwhelm the post. Good thinking about putting visual aids to further explain rather than just using text.

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  2. Brandon WrightDecember 7, 2009 at 8:31 AM

    This is a nice post. This post basically goes hand and foot with my blog subject for this week. You talked about the different kinds of visuals you can use and I'm supposed to go over how to design them. Great job. I like how you used visuals to help with your post on visuals.

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  3. ManiDecember 7, 2009 at 4:28 PM

    Great job on the last post. I like the graphics for each examples you give, make it a lot easier for people to understand. I also like the tips that you gave.

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  4. kaitdl15December 7, 2009 at 5:28 PM

    Great job in this post. You gave great information and examples. Also, the last three tips were a good reminder.

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