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February 21, 2025
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Best Graphic Design Tips for Security Service Websites?

  • February 21, 2025
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Hey everyone,

I’m working on a website for a security services company and want to ensure it looks professional, trustworthy, and visually appealing. Since security is all about reliability, I want to use the right colors, fonts, and layouts that give a sense of safety and professionalism.

I’ve seen some great examples of security service websites that use clean designs and a professional feel. But I’d love to hear from you all—what design principles or Adobe tools do you recommend for making a security service website stand out?

Looking forward to your insights!

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Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 24, 2025

You should sit down with company stakeholders and find out what THEY expect from the website. They may have strict guidelines about which fonts, colors and branding you can use to ensure customer recognition of their identity.

 

What happens behind the scenes is every bit as important as how the site looks on the outside. If the site isn't secure and fully functioning, it's useless as a website.  Talk to your clients about their expectations.  Enumerate their objectives and priorities in a written contract before you begin.

 

WEB GRAPHICS:

  • Use Adobe Illustrator to create math-based vector graphics and export them to SVG for the web. 
  • Use Photoshop to create pixel-based raster images and export to WebP, JPEG or PNG for the web.

 

WEB SOFTWARE:

Adobe has exited the consumer web software space. They moved Dreamweaver to minimal maintenance status in 2021.  Before that they ended their other web products -- Muse, Brackets, Business Catalyst, Contribute, Edge and GoLive.  😞 

 

Use your favorite coding tools or site building platforms. There are dozens to choose from depending on what you need.

If you want recommendations, let me know.

 

Good luck.

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Leslie Moak Murray
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 22, 2025

I'd stick with "serious" colors such as black and gray, maybe a touch of red to suggest alarms, and the font matters too. A substantial blocky font that suggests strength etc. If the company name has a word in it that you can turn into an icon, that can be useful (like Firefox's fox etc). Any icon or shape that suggests strength or power is good. ADT's logo is in the shape of a Stop sign, which subconsciously suggests "Hold it right there, Buster!" 

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jane-e
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 22, 2025
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what design principles or Adobe tools do you recommend for making a security service website stand out?

By @Exuberant_society5364

 

Since this is not a question about how to use Photoshop, I've moved your post the to The Lounge community.

 

Jane