Blue Moose Design Services began in 1990's as Desktop publishers using a computer and software available at that time to typically design and create the graphics that accompany text, convert photographs and illustrations into digital images, and manipulate the text and images to display information in an attractive and readable format such as the size and style of type, column width, and spacing.

Blue Moose Design Services now designs page layouts, develops presentations and advertising , and do color separation of pictures and graphics material. Both of the Owners have a background in writing some of the text or headlines used in newsletters or brochures. In fact one owner is also on staff with a local newspaper as a reporter and the other has written and published a book. Print formats are stored in the computer and displayed on a computer monitor. Images and text can be rearranged, column widths altered, or material enlarged or reduced. New information, such as charts, pictures, or additional text can be added. Scanners are used to capture photographs, images, or art as digital data that can be either incorporated directly into electronic page layouts or further manipulated with the use of computer software. with the list of additional services available through Blue Moose Design Services we can make adjustments or compensate for deficiencies in the original color print or transparency. An entire newspaper, catalog, or book page, complete with artwork and graphics, can be created on the screen exactly as it will appear in print. Digital files are then provided to professional printers to be used to produce printing plates.

Like photographers and multimedia artists and animators, desktop publishers also can create special effects or other visual images using film, video, computers, or other electronic media.