Renee19 asked: My boyfriend is going to college for graphic design. I gave him a graphic design tablet for his birthday and he already has photoshop. I don’t know a lot about graphic design. Are there any other graphic design tools will help him in college and also use in his future job?
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adobe illustrator. we used that program a lot in my graphic design class
adobe after effects is a great program.
The Adobe Creative Suite is industry standard these days. It comes with Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, etc. Get the latest version of it and you really don’t need anything else, unless he wants to get into Flash animations. Flash is made by Macromedia and you can do more than make animated internet ads with it. Games and applications are possible as well. A graphic interface HTML compiler/editor is great, as well. GoLive comes with the Adobe Creative Suite, but others are available. Wish him luck as this field is getting quite crowded and competition is fierce.
If he already has all the basic adobe suite programs for graphic design like, photoshop, illustrator, indesign, flash, and dreamweaver. he will not need any more programs for now. plus they are very expensive!
I would get him a really nice wireless mouse, or some big color full graphic design books. he can use them for design ideas (graphic designers need a source for ideas) or you could get him a subscription to one of these great magazines.