Session 1 Lesson Plan
Intro to Session
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What is covered in this session
Hardware and Software components for a graphics computer.
Know the hardware and software required to work with graphic images
Hardware: graphics cards and their features; role of internal memory, eg cache,
RAM; role of processors in relation to the manipulation of graphic images; other
internal hardware devices, eg digital camera drivers and card; file storage, eg
CD ROM, DVD, hard drive, flash cards, USB storage devices; input devices, eg graphics
tablet, mouse, digital camera, scanner
Output medium: printer; computer monitor; other, eg mobile phone, PDA, plotter
Software: dedicated vector graphics software, eg CorelDRAW; dedicated bitmap
software, eg Paintshop Pro, Paint; dedicated photo manipulation software,
eg Photoshop; graphics facilities embedded within other application packages;
other tools, eg image viewers, photo galleries, file conversion software.
Exercise 1 Mind Mapper Exercise Solution
Hardware.
Virtually all computers can undertake graphics. Some are better suited than others.
To Understand what is required we need to know what each part does.
Motherboard
Processor
Ram
Graphics Card
Monitor
Hard Disk
DVD Rewriter
USB
Other things required
Operating System
Graphics Software
Looking at the system requirements
The minimum hardware requirements for Microsoft® Windows XP Professional include:
- Pentium 233-megahertz (MHz) processor or faster (300 MHz is recommended)
- At least 64 megabytes (MB) of RAM (128 MB is recommended)
- At least 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available space on the hard disk
- CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
- Keyboard and a Microsoft Mouse or some other compatible pointing device
- Video adapter and monitor with Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher resolution
- Sound card
- Speakers or headphones ( from the microsoft web site )
Minimum Requirements for Photoshop CS4 (latest version)
1.8GHz or faster processor
Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended) or Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (certified for 32-bit Windows XP and 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista)
512MB of RAM (1GB recommended)
1GB of available hard drive space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on flash-based storage devices)
1024×768 display (1280×800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0
DVD-ROM drive
QuickTime 7.2 software required for multimedia features
Exercise 2 The optimal specification
What other devices are required?
Printer - what type?
Input devices, eg graphics tablet, mouse, digital camera, scanner?
What tools are missing from the lists?
Homework Work on Assignment 1