SCREEN BASED DESIGNFor graphic (print) designers

First edition: JULY 28, 2010 Updated: JAN 9, 2013

by Bow Kraivanich

http://www.inmysmallroom.com | bow@inmysmallroom.com

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PRINT DESIGN VS.

WEB DESIGN

.... What is the differences?

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Types of mediaAudienceLayoutColorFonts

Graphics

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Types of mediaPrint Web & Screen based

LogoBusiness cardPosterMagazine advertisingProduct packagingBillboardEnvironment graphicETC.

Standard HTML websitesFlash websitesEmail newsletters, E-Direct MailBanner advertisingWeb application interfaceMobile ApplicationsMobile GamesETC.

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In Print

Tangible & Physical perception

Audience?

In Web

User-friendly & User Experiences

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In Print

Know what’s space, measured in inches

Layout?

In Web

Monitor sizes & resolutionliving by pixels

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Screen Resolution Stats

others20.0%

1920x12004.6%

1680x105010.0%

1440x90010.5%

1280x80017.0%

1280x102418.0%

1024x76820.0%

1024x768 1280x1024 1280x800 1440x900 1680x1050 1920x1200 others

*in 2010

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Screen Resolution Statsin 2012

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Screen size1680x1050 - 10%

1024x768 - 20%

1280x800 - 17%Wednesday, January 9, 13

Fixed size layout vs. Fluid layout

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Fluid Page Design examples

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In Print

CMYK - Monitor to physical materials

Color?

In Web

RGB - Monitor to Monitor

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CMYK vs. RGB

RGB color VS. CMYK

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RGB CODE Red Green Blue

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In Print

All in your font library

Fonts?

In Web

Use standard fonts* These days, there are a lot of font embed solutions provided to use on the web, but still limited for designer

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HTML safe fonts

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In Print

300dpi - TIFF, EPS

Graphic?

In Web

72dpi - JPG, GIF, PNGToday, the screen resolution tends to be larger and larger.Giving time, the hight-resolution screen such as ‘retina display’ will replace the standard 72dpi as we all have seen in the mobile devices such as iPhone & iPad and the latest, Macbook Pro with Retina display.

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Vector vs. Bitmap

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JPG vs. GIF vs. PNG

+ Super high quality file+ Can have transparent background+ May be the next standardfor image file in future; both vector and bitmap

- Big file size- May be not supported by some old browsers

+ Perfect for vector basedgraphic with low-detailed,not much colors+ Can have transparent background but not as goodas PNG

- Small file size

+ This is a standard file typeused over the world today+ Best use with bitmap filee.g. photograph+ Can optimized:best quality to poor qualitydepends on file size desire.

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FAQ. & GlossariesFlash vs. HTML based website

HTML&CSS

web programming, database and CMS?

Backend vs. Frontend

SEO

Domain name, Hosting

FTP upload?

Cloud computingGoogle can answer your clues better than me!

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WHAT’S NEXT?‣ How’s web & internet works‣ Basic HTML knowledges‣ website usabilities‣ web design tool (photoshop, illustrator, firework)

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๏ http://www.smashingmagazine.com/๏ http://www.alistapart.com/๏ http://www.noupe.com/๏ http://www.uxbooth.com/๏ http://mashable.com/๏ http://www.sitepoint.com/๏ http://www.webdesignerwall.com/

Wanna learn more?

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http://www.dynamit.us/blog/2009/01/web-design-vs-print-design/

http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/printvsweb/a/print_vs_web.htm

http://webdesign.about.com/od/layout/i/aa060506_2.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_resolution

References

THANK YOU

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