Automation of the prepress stage when creating digital graphic originals
The article discusses the issues of automating the process of creating graphic originals for the design of printed products. The traditional approach to the creation of original images is described, its limitations are noted. An assessment of the capabilities of modern graphic programs for creating images of different types is given. The types of images are identified that are subject to formalized description and computer synthesis in the form of vector graphics objects. The features of the mathematical description of objects for their representation in vector format are considered. The software implementation of the synthesis of symmetric traceries formed by curved paths in the Visual Basic for Applications programming language in the CorelDRAW vector graphics editor is described. An assessment of the considered approach to the automation of prepress processes is given and the scope of application of the developed software for image synthesis is formulated.