Digital media is any media that is encoded in a machine-readable format. wikipedia.org

Graphic design is a creative process - most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form (i.e., printers, signmakers, etc.) _ undertaken in order to convey a specific message (or messages) to a targeted audience. wikipedia.org

Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways. wikipedia.org

Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Adobe Systems. wikipedia.org

Adobe Photoshop is a graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems Incorporated. wikipedia.org

Adobe InDesign is a software application produced by Adobe Systems. It can be used to create works such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers and books. InDesign can also publish content suitable for tablet devices in conjunction with Adobe Digital Publishing Suite. wikipedia.org

Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash) is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements, games and flash animations for broadcast. wikipedia.org

Adobe Premiere Pro is a timeline-based video editing software application. wikipedia.org

Autodesk Maya, commonly shortened to Maya, is 3D computer graphics software that runs on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and Linux. wikipedia.org