Unit 30: Digital Graphics P1, M1
The Role of Components within a given computer system in the Production and Manipulation of Graphics
Introduction: In this assignment, I will explain the role of hardware and software components within a computer system. Furthermore, I will explain how they relate to digital graphics.I will also recommend suitable components for Cambridge Industrial Design. (P1)
I will then compare the limitations of different software packages used in graphics work. (M1)
Digital graphics are in their own way an art form, digitally constructed to create phenomenal images. However, you need to have some sort of artistic ability combined with a suitable computer system before you can design the perfect graphic.
Graphics Card
Starting the recommendations with the most important –graphics card. A graphics card is perhaps the most effective and important when running graphics based software such as Photoshop. This is because all graphics based software such as Photoshop or illustrator demands RAM and CPU power. Furthermore, the card takes digital information from the OS resulting in what is shown to be the picture on the screen. It then produces a signal that the display understands. A graphics cardhas its own CPU and RAM and it affects the performance of the core CPU by processing its own graphics or at least assisting with the process.Colour depth is the number of bits used by the graphics system to hold the colour of each pixel.Professional graphic designers tend to work with 32-bit colour depth, this gives true colour (32 bits for each pixel: 24 bits for the colour and 8 bits giving transparency information of 256 values, from opaque to fully transparent). 24-bit colour depth means the number of colours available on a system would be 16.7 million. ‘Pixel’ is short for picture element which is a spot of colour on an output device.A suitable graphics card would be the Asus AMD Radeon HD 6670 Graphics Card (1GB, PCI-Express, GDDR5 and dust-proof Fan). Moreover, the graphics card
Introduction: In this assignment, I will explain the role of hardware and software components within a computer system. Furthermore, I will explain how they relate to digital graphics.I will also recommend suitable components for Cambridge Industrial Design. (P1)
I will then compare the limitations of different software packages used in graphics work. (M1)
Digital graphics are in their own way an art form, digitally constructed to create phenomenal images. However, you need to have some sort of artistic ability combined with a suitable computer system before you can design the perfect graphic.
Graphics Card
Starting the recommendations with the most important –graphics card. A graphics card is perhaps the most effective and important when running graphics based software such as Photoshop. This is because all graphics based software such as Photoshop or illustrator demands RAM and CPU power. Furthermore, the card takes digital information from the OS resulting in what is shown to be the picture on the screen. It then produces a signal that the display understands. A graphics cardhas its own CPU and RAM and it affects the performance of the core CPU by processing its own graphics or at least assisting with the process.Colour depth is the number of bits used by the graphics system to hold the colour of each pixel.Professional graphic designers tend to work with 32-bit colour depth, this gives true colour (32 bits for each pixel: 24 bits for the colour and 8 bits giving transparency information of 256 values, from opaque to fully transparent). 24-bit colour depth means the number of colours available on a system would be 16.7 million. ‘Pixel’ is short for picture element which is a spot of colour on an output device.A suitable graphics card would be the Asus AMD Radeon HD 6670 Graphics Card (1GB, PCI-Express, GDDR5 and dust-proof Fan). Moreover, the graphics card