Применение графических редакторов в народном и декоративно-прикладном искусстве как фактор его функционирования в культуре

The purpose of article is describing the method contributing to reducing the burden of production of handmade products, and, therefore, its cost without losing the qualities because of which the products are handmade have its status and value, whereby such products can compete with imported analogues, expelling her from the domestic market. Urgency of the problem is due to the need to resolve conflicts between the recognition of decorating arts as one of the most important components of traditional culture and its underestimation in the modern economic area of Russia. Methods of using the graphic software in traditional and decorating art, aimed to help the traditional crafts not just survive, but to exist comfortably in the modern economic system of Russia are revealed. Pedagogical potential of using the graphical software in studying decorating arts and traditional crafts is described.