UI Designer Vs Graphic Designer

 

First of all, let's see what are the broad differences between UI designers and graphic designers. UI designers, where UI is the short form of ‘user interface’, the job is to figure out that how users and software interact with each other. On the other hand, a graphic designer chooses colors, images, icons and carries out some tasks e.g. visuals in order to make the final product according to their preferences. Below we will discuss in detail these two terms.

What UI DESIGNER: It's a science, where UI DESIGNER can see that how software and user interact. For example, when a user gives a command to software, it performs some tasks and we can say that users and software are interacting with each other. A practical example is  when a user search for the location of a bank, google shows exact direction to the user. So the prime goal of a UI designer is the ensure a positive experience of a user with software without any complexity. There is no hard and fast rule for UI design to ensure a positive experience to users but one should make sure to keep users attracted for example doing spoon feeding which means that showing all directions/tasks a user might be willing to perform.

How UI design work: In order to ensure a positive user experience, it is important to understand the user’s behavior, for example, while using an app, game, or website what are some visuals/buttons/signs users use to navigate or to complete his/her tasks using that software. The job of a UI designer is the ensure the availability of those visuals or buttons that the user will use for navigation. A UI designer has to tackle the human mind, so in order to make it easy for the user to navigate without spending a lot of time with software, some visuals, and colors are important as well as the size of the button for instance.

What is a Graphic designer: graphic designers are visual communicators, they communicate their messages through artworks that can be done both by hand and by computer software like ADOBE PHOTOSHOP. Graphic designers use his/her skills to communicate messages non verbally to impress and inspire people and attract their attention towards themselves. Almost every organization uses images/visuals to stay in the viewer's minds for different reasons. Examples of typical graphic designer employers are advertising agencies,  television and broadcasting agencies, book magazines, and newspaper agencies.

How graphic design work: there are many tools/software which can be used to carry out graphic design work. Examples of some very easy to understand and simple graphic design software are ADOBE PHOTOSHOP, ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR, and COREL DRAW. A graphic designer uses different software to create logos, icons, photos, and layouts for companies like books and magazine publishers, websites, apps, brands, NGOs and government departments, etc. A simples logo, for instance, can be created by combinings different colors, signs, icons and fonts etc which will communicate some meaning about the product/service inline with the mission or vision statement of the organisation.

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