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Unit 30: P1

 

Unit 30: Task 1

P1 + M1

 

Windows PC

 

 

Hardware:

 

 

Intel 10400i Configurator - Ultimate Workstation & Gaming System

 

Case  

Lian Li PC-P80N Full Tower Case – Black

 

Processor

Intel Core i7-3960X 3.30GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor

 

CPU Cooler  

Intel Liquid Cooling Solution CPU Cooler

 

Motherboard 

Asus P9X79 DELUXE Intel X79 Motherboard (DDR3 Motherboard)

 

Memory 

Team Xtreem 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 2600MHz C10 Dual/Quad Channel Kit

 

Graphics Card 1 + 2

OcUK Value GeForce GTX 590 3072MB GDDR5 x2

 

Hard Drive 1 + 2  

Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive x2

 

RAID Option

RAID 1 Setup

 

Optical 

Pioneer BDR-206MBK 12x BDXL BluRay RW / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM)

 

Sound Card

Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone AMP

 

Power Supply

Antec High Current Pro 1200W Modular PSU

 

Operating System - Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit

 

Monitor

Benq XL2420T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red

 

Mouse + Keyboard

Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 3000 Keyboard and BlueTrack Mouse 

 

Drawing Tablet

Trust Wide Screen Design Tablet TB-7300 - 32-btn Digitizer, digital pen - Wired - PC

 A drawing tablet helps to create digital images as though you were drawing them in real life. You can use it to create images much easier and once mastered, you can create much better images that are much more proffesional.

Printer + Scanner

KODAK HERO 5.1 All-in-One Printer

You can use the scanner to scan real images into your computer to see on the monitor. By doing this, you can edit a picture, give it touch-ups, share it with people you usually couldn't, and print it off with either better quality than the original, bigger, smaller or the same.

 

Software – Adobe Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Design Premium

 (package)

 

Contains graphic software such as:

 

  • Adobe Photoshop

Photoshop is a graphical package which allows the user to create an image and then save it as various file types e.g. bitmap types. This software works especially in the fields of creating graphics images more so than others. Photoshop is compatible with a drawing tablet which allows sketching and further actual drawing techniques.

  • Illustrator,

Adobe Illustrator is a vector creating program. (A program which creates only line and curve images without  distortion. Different format than a bitmap image that uses pixels).

  • InDesign

 

 'Adobe InDesign CS6 software is a desktop publishing application that gives you control over design and typography. Create elegant and engaging pages for print, tablets, and other screens. Easily adapt layouts to look great on a variety of page sizes, orientations, or devices.' 

 

  • Dreamweaver

Dreamweaver is a a program for web design and creating your own website (https website). You can use coding or design straight onto the web page.

  • Flash Professional

Flash Professional is a animation package which allows the user to create a digitally animated GIF or movie depending on the project.

  • Flash Catalyst

Adobe Flash Catalyst is a design package which allows the user to prototype methods in image enhancement. You can create user interfaces, interactive components for other applications, etc...

  • Fireworks

Fireworks is a graphical package which allows you to create images and gifs. This program can be used in conjunction with dreamweaver to create interactive buttons and links to other pages.

  • Acrobat Pro

 Adobe Acrobat is a program made to view any PDF file - Quote from web page "Adobe Reader software is the global standard for electronic document sharing. It is the only PDF file viewer that can open and interact with all PDF documents. Use Adobe Reader to view, search, digitally sign, verify, print, and collaborate on Adobe PDF files."

 

Evaluation

By using a computer as the above and one of the selected programs from the Adobe package for example: Adobe Photoshop, you can create graphic images specific to what you need and by using a mouse or a drawing tablet, you can draw images onto the program. You can use the keyboard to add text to an image and use shortcuts on the program. The scanner is used to scan real images into a computer and convert them into virtual files - once you modify the picture, you can print it off using the printer.

There are some limitations to the machine above take for example ther free space and how much you can store on it. The machine above also has limitations in mobility. It would be very hard to lug around everywhere and keep it from getting damaged during the move. It's all very expensive and so you would have to have it delivered to the location you wanted it to be taken.

The only program from the software above that has no real limitations in its area is Adobe Acrobat Pro because it is the only program that does what it does. Limitations for Dreamweaver are that you can't make your website look top-end unless you know how to code the program and so unless you know how to put the right figures in, you have to stick to what the program offers you to do without the coding.