WHAT IS EDITING?
The phrase “Editing and Graphics of Communication” has three content words and two structural words. The content words are the keywords and they are: “Editing”, “Graphics” and “Communication”. The structural words are “and” and “of”. These conjunctions, though often meaningless in themselves, are joined to the content words in order to make the phrase “editing and Graphics of Communication, complete and meaningful. For a proper definition, it is necessary to pick the content words one after the other and describe it as this move will logically provide the platform to evolve a proper definition of the term. One can only delve into the details of this course on the platform of proper definition.
Editing:
This is a process of enhancing the quality of texts or graphics through amendment, as well as addition and subtraction of materials. Editing is an improvement process by which a graphic item is made adequately
readable, understandable or communicable. Editing can be done on images, as well as on texts. Different kinds of editing that can be performed on texts including structural, copy as well as proofreading. Most layout and graphic software applications like Photoshop, QuarkXPress and Corel Draw (and Corel PhotoPaint) have the capacity to edit, as well as manipulate graphics and texts.
The more the number of professionals who edit a graphic or editorial item, the more the quality improves. This is why in editing, two heads are better than one. Part of this course is devoted to editorial and graphic editing.
2. OVERVIEW OF GRAPHICS OF COMMUNICATION
Graphics of Communication: Social Sciences
Graphic Communication is simply the process of producing graphics to communicate to an audience. Whether what you are communicating is through a composed text, drawing, photograph, illustration or slides, you are either communicating an idea, passing an instruction, sending a message in a way that is culturally meaningful to your audience. The term “culturally meaningful” means that what you are communicating must be doing one, two, three or four of the following:
•Persuading
•Informing
•Educating
•Entertaining