Hardware components in Digital Graphics

Hardware components in digital graphics

The Mouse

A mouse is a pointing device that functions by detecting two-dimensional motion relative to its supporting surface. Physically, a mouse consists of an object held under one of the user's hands, with one or more buttons. It sometimes features other elements, such as "wheels or scrollers", which allow the user to perform various system-dependent operations, or extra buttons or features that can add more control or dimensional input. The mouse's motion typically translates into the motion of a cursor on a display, which allows for fine control of a graphical user interface. I would use the mouse  to manipulate images by changing their position ,distorting them, changing the colour, resizing ,cropping and cutting them

The Screen/ Monitor

A computer monitor is an electronic device that shows pictures. A monitor is usually used to see programs and data on a computer. It usually displays the soft ware programmes that is stored on the main hard drive. The main difference between a monitor and a television is that a monitor does not have a television tuner to change channels. Some models of monitor can be used as a television, and some televisions are used with computers. A monitor has a better display resolution than a television to make it easier to see smaller letters and graphics on it.

I would use the computer screen/ monitor  to see what I am doing when I am manipulating  to see when I am changing the size or changing the image in anyway.

A Graphics Tablet

A graphics tablet or digitizing tablet, is a computer input device that enables a user to hand-draw images and graphics, similar to the way a person draws images with a pencil and paper. These tablets may also be used to capture data or handwritten signatures. It can also be used to trace an image from a piece of paper which is taped or otherwise secured to the surface. Capturing data in this way, either by tracing or entering the corners of linear poly-lines or shapes is called digitizing.

 I would use a graphics tablet to create and distort different images in digital graphics also I will use it for blending and digitizing images onto the monitor. Here is a like it gives you an example of how you would use a graphics tablet à  http://youtu.be/-HrBO4u6UOU ß

A Digital camera

A digital camera is a camera that takes video or still photographs, or both, digitally by recording images via an electronic image sensor. A digital camera are available in many different quality ranges which are calculated in mega pixels and some cameras can even record in high definition. It is the main device used in the field of digital photography. Most 21st century cameras are digital. Digital cameras can do things film cameras cannot: displaying images on a screen immediately after they are recorded, storing thousands of images on a single small memory device, and deleting images to free storage space.

With a digital camera I would be able to record videos and take images then I would be able to upload them to the computer also the camera has a capture colour which lets you choose a certain colour type like lack and white negative and sepia.

A Scanner

A scanner is a device that captures images from photographic prints, posters, magazine pages, and similar sources for computer editing and display. Scanners come in hand-held, feed-in, and flatbed types and for scanning black-and-white only, or colour. Very high resolution scanners are used for scanning for high-resolution printing, but lower resolution scanners are adequate for capturing images for computer display.

I would use a scanner as I would draw an image or two and then scan it in and then I would put it on a image editing programme such as Photoshop and then I would edit it.

Flash Cards

A memory card or flash card is an electronic flash memory data storage device used for storing digital information. They are commonly used in many electronic devices, including digital cameras, mobile phones, laptop computers, MP3 players, and video game consoles. They are small, re-recordable, and able to retain data without power.

 I would use the flash card in digital graphics to store images that I will  take with my digital camera and then putting them into software to manipulate them.

A USB Storage Device

A USB flash drive is a data storage device that consists of flash memory with

an integrated Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface. USB flash drives are

typically removable and rewritable, and physically much smaller than a floppy

Disk they can come in a variety of sizes and shapes and they can come in vast

memory sizes ranging from  256 megabytes to 256 gigabytes

I would use a USB storage device in digital graphics by taking in images I have

from home in to the SRC computers so that I can use there software to

manipulate the images.

  

Printers

A laser printer is a common type of computer printer that rapidly produces high quality text and graphics on plain paper. It also stored up to 250 sheet of paper in the A4 storage drawers and it prints very quickly and needs a lot of paper. I would use a printer in digital graphics because any images that I complete in Class or at home I would print them out and show them to the teacher so he/she can mark it and give me some feedback on it.