Graphic design before computers was all done by hand and exacto blades. Many graphic designers used blue pencils as it would not show up on photocopies and allowed them to create a grid . Pretty much this old school way was like a analogue photoshop however the designers would need to be so much more careful. Ruby lith was another techique used by graphic designers to create tints onto films before photoshop was a thing. In 1985 the laserwriter supported scalable text. This was the first time a graphic GUI software could facilitated the ready combination of text and graphics in columns. The mac 2 was the first colour computer and was the first networkable desktop to be able to access the internet which was massive for designers at the time.The top digital specs in 1980s
early floppy disk 800kb
normal floppy disk 1.44mb
massive ram would be 512kb
big hard drive 40mb
example of page maker that graphic designers had to use in the 1980s
Compared to modern day computer specs. Graphic design has came along way and has evolved drastically with the average desktop computer consisting of 1tb of storage and around 16-32gb of ram. Drastically showing how far design has come not only the computer specs but also the programs designers use. Which not only forces designers to constantly change and adapt to the new software coming out but also to also rely on their creative skills.
