随着数字技术的发展,各种设计软件不断完善以及输入、输出设备的普及,在视觉传达设计领域,计算机几乎成了设计所离不开的工具。从数字时代设计工具的无限性和有限性的特性进行论述,提出设计师与工具的关系,即设计师的主导性、工具的不可缺、设计师与工具的完美结合等。设计师只有主动地迎接数字时代的洗礼,充分合理地运用数字工具,才能彻底推动视觉传达设计在数字时代的大发展。 With the development of digital technology, various design softwares are continuously improved and the input and output devices are popularized. In the field of visual communication design, the computer has become almost a tool that can not be separated from the design. From the infinite and limited characteristics of the design tools in the digital age, the author puts forward the relationship between designers and tools, namely, the dominance of designers, the indispensability of tools and the perfect combination of designers and tools. Designers only take the initiative to welcome the digital era of the baptism, the full and reasonable use of digital tools to fully promote the visual communication design in the digital age of the great development.