Production Tools

The tools used to create your production for the most part will be Editors. Editors are designed to create, alter, enhance, and publish different elements. No one editor can handle all the elements of your project, so several may be used.

Key to User Level symbols

         Text editors are used to write stories and edit them. The formatting features are for selecting the font style, size and color.

 Text editors are also Publication Tools.

If you want to improve pictures (still images), use a graphic editor. You can resize, correct contrast, brightness, color hue and saturation, and remove unwanted scratches from your pictures. 

Note: A little bit about the common graphic file types.

Resolution, expressed as Dots per Inch (DPI), determines picture quality. The higher the DPI, the sharper and clearer the picture will be. Computer monitors usually display at 72DPI, so 80DPI is sufficient for images displayed on computers only.  Most household and small office printers print at 300 DPI, so a higher resolution picture will not improve pictures no matter how much  "high quality" glossy photo paper is used.  Actually the brightness of the paper can improve the printed image.

Audio editors capture and edit sound files. Sound is captured through the Microphone or Line-In jack on the computer's sound card.

Web Page editors are used to compose web pages for publication to the internet.  Reserving a Domain Name and selecting a Web Hosting Service will get your page on the internet.