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    This document discusses the history of digital graphics and design from the 1960s to the 2000s. It describes how design became fragmented in the 1960s and the early development of computer graphics in the following decades. Key events and innovations discussed include the introduction of the graphic user interface and WYSIWYG in 1981, the development of raster graphics and pixel art in the 1980s, and the introduction of the LaserWriter and PageMaker, which helped launch desktop publishing in 1985. The document also discusses the transition between file formats like PostScript, TrueType, and OpenType and how digital tools began to impact the graphic design profession.

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    This document discusses the history of digital graphics and design from the 1960s to the 2000s. It describes how design became fragmented in the 1960s and the early development of computer graphics in the following decades. Key events and innovations discussed include the introduction of the graphic user interface and WYSIWYG in 1981, the development of raster graphics and pixel art in the 1980s, and the introduction of the LaserWriter and PageMaker, which helped launch desktop publishing in 1985. The document also discusses the transition between file formats like PostScript, TrueType, and OpenType and how digital tools began to impact the graphic design profession.

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    This document discusses the history of digital graphics and design from the 1960s to the 2000s. It describes how design became fragmented in the 1960s and the early development of computer graphics in the following decades. Key events and innovations discussed include the introduction of the graphic user interface and WYSIWYG in 1981, the development of raster graphics and pixel art in the 1980s, and the introduction of the LaserWriter and PageMaker, which helped launch desktop publishing in 1985. The document also discusses the transition between file formats like PostScript, TrueType, and OpenType and how digital tools began to impact the graphic design profession.

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    This document discusses the history of digital graphics and design from the 1960s to the 2000s. It describes how design became fragmented in the 1960s and the early development of computer graphics in the following decades. Key events and innovations discussed include the introduction of the graphic user interface and WYSIWYG in 1981, the development of raster graphics and pixel art in the 1980s, and the introduction of the LaserWriter and PageMaker, which helped launch desktop publishing in 1985. The document also discusses the transition between file formats like PostScript, TrueType, and OpenType and how digital tools began to impact the graphic design profession.

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    Digital Revolution

    Chee Sim Erica Ochoa

    Setting the Scene


    Design fragmented into specialties Computer Graphics 1960s

    Early Stages
    Analog VS. Digital Leon Harmon and Kenneth Knowlton

    1981
    Graphic User Interface (GUI) WYSIWYG Bitstream

    Pixel
    Raster Graphic. Bitmap. Resolution dependant,

    Raster Graphics
    Used in photographs. Photo editors. 72-130ppi Screen Display MacPaint and MacDraw in the 80s.

    Pixel Art
    Susan Kare

    Vectors
    Mathematical equations Points > Lines Smaller file size Infinite resolution Large size printing

    MacDraw

    Catalina Estrada

    LaserWriter
    PostScript 1985 by Apple Mass Market Desktop publishing

    PageMaker

    Emigre Magazine
    1984-2005 Design discussion Rudy VanderLans Zuzana Licko

    1984

    1986

    2005

    PostScript, True Type, Open Type


    PostScript 1985 Two files types True Type Late 1980s One file Open Type 1990s Cross Platforms

    Susan Kare
    Sometimes called the Betsy Ross of the personal computer, Ms. Kare did pathbreaking work on the original Macintosh. - THE NEW YORK TIMES

    Designed original Mac icons City based typefaces

    Digital Revolution for Graphic Designers


    The tools of the designer were confused with the skills of the designer...The accessibility of production tools undercut the design profession since anyone can make a flier or a brochure.
    Johanna Drucker

    Work Cited
    http://funky70s.wordpress.com/category/apple-computer-2/ http://prehysteries.blogspot.com/2008/06/leon-d-harmonkenneth-knowlton-nude.html http://sophia.javeriana.edu.co/~ochavarr/computer_graphics_ history/historia/ http://www.arts-humanities.net/image/fig_2_vector_raster_ representations http://www.imug.com.au/museum-collection/publishing.php http://school.anhb.uwa.edu.au/personalpages/kwessen/web/ software/software.html http://site.seremeres.com/index.php?page=pixel-art http://murder-one.blogspot.com/2008/01/e-boy-godfathers-ofpixel-is-pixel-art.html http://www.re-nest.com/re-nest/decorating/nerd-chicbookcase-turned-into-pixel-art-icoeye-153288

    Work Cited
    http://more-of-chaiyen.blogspot.com/2008/09/isometric-pixelart.html http://freerangestock.com/understanding/vector_bitmap/Part1_ Bitmap.html http://catalinaestrada.com/ http://designhistory.org/Digital_Revolution.html Graphic Design History: A Critical Guide, Johanna Drucker and Emily McVarish

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