In enormous variety of software packages for designers and other creative professionals is available today. These range from small paint packages like Paint Brush that come with any standard Windows installation to more independent commercial packages like Corel Draw: From advanced painting software like Adobe Photoshop to cutting-edge 3D rendering and animation software like Alias Max and others, The aim of this project is to fully explore and apply design principles to any one of the mentioned softwares, my choice being paint packages such as Photoshop, Fractal Design Painter, and Power Goo. The packages mentioned herein can be broadly classified into two groups, namely, paint packages and animation packages.

The versatility of animation software is well known, and so the possibility of using features of paint packages for creating animations, etc., is being studied in my special project. Hence, I have chosen to work with Photoshop and Fractal Design Painter with all the plug-ins that are compatible with these packages.