unit 30 - P1

P1 - To create the materials needed, you will need to create graphic images.  You need to specify and describe the hardware and software needed to create the imagery digitally.  Consider the computer system, input devices, and output devices and also file storage

To have a computer that fully works with creating images and shapes, the computer will need basic things such as the monitor for the user to look at and evaluate their work. Also the computer needs a keyboard so you can write things onto the computer to either help you with your work, or to write reminders on what you need to do. Then one of the most important things a computer needs is the mouse, this is important because you need the mouse to click on to different documents and software’s in order to complete the work that you want to do. These are the basic things that you need with a computer to do most of the things that you need to do, if you didn’t have a monitor, a keyboard or a mouse then you basically won’t have a computer.

To create graphic images and materials, you will need certain software’s; for example Photoshop and serif for example. On software’s you will find photo manipulation, this is an application where you can edit images using techniques to photographs in order to create an illusion or deception through analog or digital means. On Photoshop you can also use drawing packages for logos for example, drawing packages are readily available and range from CAD packages, through adaptable drawing, drafting and illustrating packages via multimedia and photographic to specialist flowcharting and brain mapping. Desk top publishing is also a software available on a computer; desktop publishing can produce text and images with attractive layouts. A desktop publishing system allows you to use different type faces, identify different margins and reasons, and insert illustrations and graphs directly into the text. The most powerful desktop publishing systems enables you to create illustrations; while less powerful systems let you insert illustrations created by other programs. You need software’s such as Photoshop and Illustrator in order to create different graphic images and change the layout of the images used to make it look a lot better if it’s by blending, shading or transforming the image. Photoshop and Illustrator have lots of different things on them to enable you to create lots of different images; these are really useful programmes because it has allowed lots of different images to be created that are really famous.

There will have to be input devices in the computer to make sure that you can create images or make changes to them to fit the way you like your work for example a digital camera, this helps because a digital camera captures information and stores it on the device via the memory card (which is a storage device). There are a few devices you can use this on, most of the time you use them on an Apple Mac computer though. A scanner has to be in the computer, this stores data in a computer, this also can be used to scan and input data onto the computer. This is very useful because you can scan images and store them onto your computer then make changes to it. Another input device that a computer needs is a graphics tablet, a graphics tablet is an input device used by artists to allow them to draw a picture onto a computer screen without having to use a mouse or keyboard. It consists of a flat, touch-sensitive pad and a drawing device, usually a pen. The tablet is most suited for artists and those who like to have that natural feel of a pen-like object to use the marker on the computer screen.

There also needs to be output devices for the user to show their work off to everyone. These include things such as a printer, this is needed because if you didn’t have a printer, then you would not be able to show your work to people because it will constantly be on the computer at all times, without having a hard copy. A projector is also an output device that would be needed. This is used for showing work onto a bigger screen, the projector helps with this because it can connect to the computer and what is shown on the computer screen, will be shown on the projector. A vinyl cutter is also an output device; the vinyl cutter is an entry level machine for every signage business. It's important for sign making. Vinyl cutters are mainly used by to make signs, banners and advertisements. Advertisements seen on automobiles and vans are often made with vinyl cut letters, vinyl cutters can also be used to cut out shapes from thin cardboard. 

All of these output devices, input devices; software’s and basic computer things all make creating and adjusting images work.