hardware components for digital graphics

There are various hardware components that can be used to create and manipulate digital graphics. I will describe these components.

Mouse:
•A mouse is a hand-held object that is connected to a computer. It is used to open programs and websites.

•It can be used to resize, delete backgrounds and rotate images.

Monitor:

•A monitor is used to see programs, websites etc that are being loaded on a computer

•It is used to see how you are manipulating a digital graphic



Graphics Tablet:

•A graphics tablet is a device used to allow a user to input a hand writing into a computer

•It can be used to draw pictures that can be saved on a computer

•Here is an example of it being used : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZQWhOCEc3s

Digital Camera:

•It is used to take pictures of anything that exists.

•You can zoom in on pictures that have been took and the pictures can be saved on to a computer for extra editing

  

Scanner:

•It is used to send pictures that are on pages to a computer

•Picture that have been sent on a computer can be edited from there

USB Flash Drive:

•A USB flash drive is used to send files to another computer or to back up files

•File can be sent to different computers so they can be manipulated by different people

Flash Cards:



•A flash card is used to save pictures on a digital camera or files on a mobile phone

•Computers with a slot for flash cards can open the files on a flash card and from there the files can be manipulated

Firewire:

• Firewire is used to connect digital cameras and digital video cameras up to a computer
• they have a faster connecting speed than usb and don't depend as much on the processor
• Files on cameras and video cameras can be be sent to a computer via Firewire to be manipulated by the computer.

Printer:

• A printer is used to print out pages that are on computers, the pages can have writing, pictures or both.
• Pages can be printed out to see what they look like on paper to see if anything is out of place when printed or the pages can be given to other people to scan on to their computer to be edited.