In order to set up a successful graphics department, a few components are required. These components will be outlined within the content of this leaflet.
Graphics Card: A graphics card is an expansion card which generates a feed of output images to a display. Most offer various functions such as accelerated rendering of 3D and 2D graphics or the ability to connect multiple monitors. Video hardware can be integrated into the motherboard expansion ports. Modern low-end to mid-range motherboards often include a graphics chipset manufactured by the developer of the motherboard. This graphics chip usually has a small quantity of embedded memory and takes some of the system's main RAM, reducing the total RAM available. This is usually called ‘integrated graphics’ or ‘on-board graphics’ and is usually low in performance and undesirable for those wishing to run more high quality graphics. A dedicated graphics card on the other hand has its own RAM and Processor specifically for processing video/images and thus offloads work from the CPU and system RAM. A good graphics system is required as it will allow more complex and higher quality products to be made.
RAM: RAM (Random-Access Memory) is a form of computer data storage. A random-access device allows stored data to be accessed quickly in any random order. In contrast, other data storage media such as hard disks can only read and write data in a predetermined order (ie: consecutively) because of mechanical design limitations. Therefore the time to access a given data location varies significantly depending on its physical location. Today, random-access memory takes the form of integrated circuits and is often associated with volatile types of memory (such as DRAM memory modules), where its stored information is lost if the power is removed.
Processor: A CPU (Central Processing Unit) carries out the instructions of a computer program by performing the basic arithmetical, logical, and input/output operations of the system. In older computers, CPUs required one or more printed circuit boards. With the invention of the microprocessor, a CPU could be contained within a single silicon chip. Since the 1970s the microprocessor class of CPUs has almost completely overtaken all other CPU implementations. Modern microprocessors are large scale integrated circuits in packages typically less than 4cm², with hundreds of connecting pins. A computer can have more than one CPU; this is called multiprocessing. Some microprocessors can contain multiple CPUs on a single chip; those microprocessors are called multi-core processors.
Digital Camera Drivers: A driver is a small piece of software that tells the operating system and other software how to communicate with a piece of hardware. A digital camera driver will tell your software exactly how to translate image data across from the camera to the computer. This required otherwise captured images cannot be implemented with the computer design process.
Hard Drive: Data storage is the holding of data in an electromagnetic form for access by a computer processor. One of the most common methods of data storage is through the use of a hard disk (otherwise known as; disk drive, hard drive or hard disk drive). This method stores and provides relatively quick access to large amounts of data. The information is stored on electromagnetically charged surfaces called 'platters'.
Graphics Tablet: A graphics tablet is an input device consisting of a flat, pressure-sensitive pad which the user draws on or points at with a special stylus, to guide a pointer displayed on the screen.
Printer: A printer is a peripheral which produces a representation of an electronic document on a physical medium, such as paper or transparency film. Many printers are connected directly to a nearby computer but are often designed to support both local and network connected users at the same time. Some printers can print documents stored on memory cards or from digital cameras and most modern printers include a scanner that can copy physical media and convert it to a digital format to be manipulated with particular software.
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