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Contents
Introduction............................................................................................................................................3
Hardware................................................................................................................................................3
Screen.................................................................................................................................................3
GraphicsTablet...................................................................................................................................3
Mouse.................................................................................................................................................3
DigitalCamera.....................................................................................................................................3
Scanner...............................................................................................................................................4
USBStorageDevice.............................................................................................................................4
HardDrive...........................................................................................................................................4
GraphicsCard......................................................................................................................................4
Processor.............................................................................................................................................4
RAM.....................................................................................................................................................5
StorageDevicesComparison..................................................................................................................5
SoftwareTypesComparison...................................................................................................................6
Conclusion...............................................................................................................................................7
Sources....................................................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
InthisreportIwillbecomparingdifferenthardware,softwareandstoragedevicesexplainingwhat
eachisandhowtheyareusedincreationofdigitalgraphics.

Hardware
Thereareanumberofhardwarecomponentsandperipheralsthatarerequiredincreationofdigital
graphics.

Screen
Acomputerscreenoramonitorisanelectronicvisualdisplayfor
computerswhichdisplaystheimagesandinformationthatison
thecomputer.Amodernmonitorusedingraphicsdesignusually
anLCD(LiquidCrystalDisplay)orFlatpanelledLEDdisplay,inmost
casestheyaretouchscreentoallowusersamorefluidandprecise
movementswhendrawing.GraphicsDesignwouldbealmost
impossibletoaccomplishwithouttheuseofmonitortogivethe
artistarealtimevisualrepresentationofwhatheisdoing.

Graphics Tablet
Adigitaltabletisacomputerinputdeviceor(peripheral)that
enablesausertohanddrawanyimages,animationsand
graphicswithapenlikestylusonaspecialisedsurfacethat
convertsthemovementontoacomputer,muchlikedrawingon
paper.Thesetabletsareusedtodirectlydrawimagesonthe
computer;thescreenalsoallowstheusertotraceadrawnimage
fromapaper.Thedifferencethatthesegraphictabletsmakeis
phenomenalitmakesiteasierforanartisttocreatemorenatural
strokesanddrawingsonacomputerthanwithamouse,italso
hasmanyfeaturesthatamousecannotdosuchaspressure
sensitivitywhichcancreateamorenaturalstrokesasifpainting
withabrushonapieceofpaper.

Mouse
Acomputermouseisaperipheralandapointingdevicethat
detectstwodimensionalmotionsrelativetothesurfacethat
themouseislocatedon.Motionofthemouseisusually
transferredthroughthecomputerandcontrolsthemotionof
thepointeronthecomputerscreen.Amouseusuallyconsists
ofobjectwithtwobuttonsandascrollorwheelsthatcanalso
beusedasathirdbutton.

Digital Camera
Adigitalcameraisacamerathattakespicturesandvideosandencodes
themdigitallyandstorestheminmemorycardssuchasSDcardsor
flashcardsforthefilestobeusedorviewedlater.Digitalcamerasare
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usedbyartisttocapturereallifephotosthattheycanlatermanipulateoruseasreferencesfortheir
work.Thisisextremelyhelpfulasanartistmaywanttodrawapictureofsomethingheseeswhile
outsidebutcantwithoutthecomputeranddigitalcameraallowstheartisttocapturetheimage
whichhecanthenlatertransferontoacomputer.

Scanner
ImageScannerisapieceofhardwarethatscansanyimages,objectsor
textandconvertsitintoadigitalimageafterbeingplacedonthe
window.Artistsmayusedigitalscannersinordertoconvertanywork
thattheyhavemadeordrawnonthepaperontoacomputer,artists
thatdrawhumanoidshapesoftendrawoutlinesonpaperfirstthen
tracetheimageoncomputerafterwhichtheycolouritandshadeit.

USB Storage Device

PenDrivesorUSBFlashDrive,isatypeofstoragethatusesflashmemory
withintegratedUSBinterface,theyarearemovaldevicesthatcanbe
accessedbyanydevicewithaUSBport.PenDriveshighestcapacityis
1TB.Ithasawritespeedof60mbpsandreadof120mbps.Anartist
usuallyusesanUSBstoragedeviceinordertotransferanydataorwork
thattheyhavecompletedtoadifferentpieceofhardwareforexample
whentheyareswitchingacomputer.

Hard Drive
HardDrivesaremassmemorystoragecomponentsthatstoresandretrieves
informationordigitaldatathatthecomputercreatesoruses.Anartistuses
aharddrivetostoreanydatathattheymayneedinordertocreateanartor
storethefilesoftheartitself;anartistalsousesaharddrivetoinstallany
softwarepackagesthattheymayrequiresuchasPhotoshop

Graphics Card
Graphicscardisanexpansioncardwhichisresponsibleforrenderingimages
thataredisplayedonthemonitor.GraphicscardalsocomewithAudioCards
whichallowstheGraphicscardtooutputsoundalongsidetheimagesor
video.Anartistusesagraphicscardtorendertheimagesthathecreatesin
realtimeandcanviewitinhighestquality.

Processor
ProcessorisamicrochipimplantedinCPUsthatcarriesouttheinstructionsof
thecomputersoftwarebyperformingarithmetic,logical,controland
Input/Outputoperations.TheartistneedsapowerfulCPUsothathiscomputer
mayrunanysortofsoftwarethatanartistmayrequireassomeofthesoftware
packagesrequireapowerfulCPUinordertoruntheinstructionswithinthe
code.

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RAM
RAMorRandomAccessMemory,allowsdataitemstobeaccessed
inthesameaccesstime(timeforRAMtoreadorwritethedata)
thatitisallocatedwith.ThetimeittakesforRAMtograba
programinstructionsaffectsthespeedatwhichaprogramruns.

Storage Devices Comparison

Storage
Devicve

HardDrive

USBStorage

MaxStorage
CostperGB
Weight
AccessTime
Pros

Cons

Comparison

8Terabytes
0.02
62g
0.03ms
HardDriveisthemost
spaciousofthestorage
devices.
Hasthefastestread
andwritesspeed.
LowestCostperGB

FlashCard

CDROM

128Gigabytes
0.20
10g
0.22ms
Nomovingparts
meaningitisless
pronetomechanical
damageorfailure.A
flashcardisextremely
portableandeasyto
use,itssizeallowsfor
itbecarriedina
pocket
Itcanbeeasilylostdue Itisstillquite
Dependingonthe
toitssize.
expensivetobuya
capacityitcanbe
Itcanbeeasily
flashcardthathasa
costly.
Itcanbeknockedoff
damagedanditwould goodcapacity.
Itcanbeeasilylostdue
thedeskanddamaged rendertheUSB
accidently
unusablemeaningthat toitssize.
Ifitisdamagedit
anydatacouldbelost. Datacanbecome
damagedduringthe
meansthatitusually
transfer.Needsa
hastobesent,
specialportinorderto
meaningthatthedata
willbewhipped
accessandtransfer
data.
Whencomparingthe
Whencomparedto
Theharddrivewhen
CDROMtheFlash
comparedtoastorage USBtoaFlashCardit
Cardwinsinalmostall
devicethatisrelatively winsinalmostall
aspectswhichinclude, areaswhichare,Max
similar,theUSB,it
muchhigherMax
storage,Costper
winsonmanypoints
Storage,costperGB
Gigabyte,Weightand
suchasmaximum
Access.
storageandcostper
andaccesstime.
Howeveradownfallof
GB.
Itloseshoweveron

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1Terabyte
0.14
54g
0.04ms
AUSBdeviceis
extremelyportable
andeasytouse,itssize
allowsforitbecarried
inapocketandtouse
itallauserneedstodo
istoplugitintoaUSB
portofacomputer

700Megabytes
0.37
15g
100ms
Itcanbeboughtin
bulks;theyusually
comeinbulksof10,
20,50and100per
packet.

CDROMsare
extremelysusceptible
todamagesuchas
scratching.
Itisthemost
expensiveoutofallof
thestoragedevices.
CDdrivescandieeasily
leavingyouwithno
accesstothedataon
theCDROM
WhenComparedto
theHardDriveitloses
onallaspectswhich
areMaxStorage,Cost
perGigabyte,Access
Timeanditrequires
moreequipmentthan
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ItsonlyProagainsta
aflashCardisthatit
requiresaspecialinput harddriveisthe
slotthatmost
weight.
computersdonot
possessunlikeaCD
ROM.

weight.
TheAverageAccess
Timeisaboutthe
same.
HoweverUSBdevices
aremuchmore
portableandeasierto
usethanaregularhard
drive.

Software Types Comparison

Software
Package
Example

VectorGraphics

Bitmap

Cost
Definition

Pro

PhotoManipulation

Upto599
VectorGraphics
softwareusepolygons
torepresentimages.
VectorGraphicsare
basedonvectors.

Upto75
Bitmapgraphicsare
imagesthatarestored
inaseriesofdots
calledpixelswhere
eachpixelisassigneda
colourandarrangedin
apatterntoforman
image.
Compatiblewiththe
SinceVectorgraphics
twomostpopular
arenotmadeupof
dotstheycanbescaled formatsusedonthe
toalargersizeandnot web,GIFandJPEG.
loseimagequality

EmbeddedGraphic
Facilities

Upto3,400
PhotoManipulation
softwareareusedto
transform,alterand
createimagesthatuse
manydifferenttoolsin
ordertoachieve
desiredeffects.

PhotoManipulation
Softwareautomatically
enhancepropertieslike
colourselection,
exposurereduction
etc.Youcanlayeryour
work.
Itcanbedifficulttouse
Whentheimageis
enlargeditcanbecome forbeginnerbeforehe
extremelyblurredand learnsthetools.Some
blockyandareusually softwarepackagescan
biggerinfilesize.
beextremelyexpensive

Con

VectorGraphics
softwarecanbea
costlybuytoany
graphicsartist.
Vectorimagesarenot
wellsupported.
Comparison VectorGraphicsareagreatchoiceforcreatinga
logosincetheimagecanbescaledupanddown
withoutlosingimagequalityandsincethefile
sizeisusuallylowerthanBitmap.However
Bitmapisbettertouseonimagesthatrequirea
widerangeofcolourandcanbeusedtocreate
imagesforwebsitesincetheysupportthe
formats.
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Upto60
EmbeddedGraphics
Facilitiesarebasic
editingtoolthatare
embeddedinto
softwaresuchasWord
orPowerPoint

Itcomeswiththe
softwarethatyoubuy
whichisusuallyquite
cheap.

Ithasverylimited
amountoftoolsthat
canonlyperformvery
basicediting.

PhotoManipulationisamuchbetterchoicefor
editing,alteringandcreatingimagesand
artworksthananembeddedgraphicsfacilitiesas
itcontainsalotmoretoolswhichallowanartist
morecontrolovertheeditingoftheimageandif
theartistknowshowtousethem,he/shecan
utilisethefullpowerofthosetool.Howeverthey
aremuchmoreexpensive.

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Conclusion
Inconclusiontheredifferenthardware,softwareandstoragedevicesthatanartistneedsinorderto
createhighqualitygraphics.

Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_monitor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_tablet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_mouse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_camera
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_scanner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randomaccess_memory
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http://backpacktactics.com/prosandconsofphysicalharddrives/
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