D1

Vinyl cutters
Recently, vinyl cutters and vinyl wrapping have developed by mean of now being able to print on the sides of vehicles (introducing full colour images all the way around the vehicle), we can now add "glow-in-the-dark" images to the side of vehicles.

Laser cutters
Recent developments now allow the constant movement of the material through the cutter while the cutting is in progress, the cutting is now more accurate and vastly reduces waste, there is a vacuum to make sure the material is secure throughout the cutting (this will help to avoid mistakes in cutting), you can also cut material that is larger than the actual cutting area.

Laser printers
With today's Duplex printers, you can now print more than one sheet of paper without them coming out separately, they also staple or bind together the papers so you don't have to. Perfect for printing leaflets, books or flyers. HP have been working on new laser printers and have just recently released 4 new ones, each with differing technologies and advantages: The HP Color LaserJet Pro M252 series which is built for small workgroups and offers mobile printing options as well as fastest first page out in its class, according to internal tests; The HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M277 series, the smallest laser MFP, is equally efficient, according to the firm. It offers the fastest two-sided printing in its class as well as a range of productivity and workflow features; Finally, the HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M552 and M553 series offer time- and money-saving print capability to larger workgroups. The products feature high-speed printing, the lowest total energy consumption and the fastest double-sided printing speeds in their class.


3D printers
Recently, many people have been working on improving the capabilities of 3D printers. Now, it is possible to add more colour depth to your prints by using certain software's and upgrades available for Adobe Photoshop. It is now also possible to print much higher quality prints at much higher speeds and across a lot bigger areas, this is done by using high-power UVA LEDs, two DLP light engines that move over the build area, allowing high resolution across the large build area. Using  Roland’s MonoFab, 3D Systems’ ProJet 1200 with new materials, and the open source Autodesk Ember, it is now possible to add large amounts of detail to much smaller prints.

P4

This is my logo for the Geography Department at Kingswood. I have chosen Geography because it is my favourite lesson. The globe is a vital part of the logo because Geography is all about the study of the world, so the globe is the perfect main picture for the logo.

D2

Different file types can alter the size of files. For example, a JPG file reduces the quality of the file itself in order to make the file size smaller. This is the best way to conserve file size, but at the expense of quality. There are other types of files that also make the file size smaller, but no where near as much as JPG's, these are PSD and TIFF files. These don't alter the quality of the file at all, thus not really altering the file size much at all, but still a little bit. These are known as LOSSY file formats.

Graphic file compression programmes reduce file size by taking away pixels from images. This is an excellent way to reduce file size, however, you need to be careful because too much compression will lead to the distortion or pixelation of the image.

Image resolution is the size of the actual image itself, measured by DPI (dots per inch). For example, an image may be 500x350, meaning that for every inch of imagery, there are 500 vertical dots (pixels) and 350 horizontal dots (pixels). This is also how the quality of a TV screen is measured: A full HD TV is measured as 1920x1080 DPI, or 1080p. The file size and quality are parallel, meaning they go up and down together. The higher the resolution of the image (higher the quality), the bigger the file size.

Colour depth is the amount of colours used in an image. There are three main types of colour scheme, GS (Greyscale), RGB (Red, Green, Blue) and CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black). Each colour scheme you go up in, the more colours can be made, obviously. For example, you can't have the colour red in an image that is using greyscale as it's colour scheme. And RGB can only cover red, green and blue, as well as the colours those three can make.

P5

This is my original idea. I am going to change the writing to white however because my peer Ashley believes it may be easier to read.

The version with the white writing is my final logo, Ashley suggested I change the writing to white from red and I am happy with how it looks. Ashley also believes this version of the logo is better.

This is my logo on the school website.

This is my logo on a poster.

P6

Copyright: Copyright is the right to own a piece of work or writing. If you produce a piece of work or writing and then someone copies it in order to make money, they can be sued for Copyright. For example, Eminem was sued for his use of the lines "Lookin' boy" in his song "Rap God", this is because Hip-hop group Hot Stylz originally used these lines in their song, also called "Lookin' Boy". Copyright is represented by a small circle with a capital "C" inside.

Trademark: Trademark is very similar to copyright, apart from the fact that Copyright is mainly focused on writing and literal pieces of work, whereas trademark is mainly logo's and pictures. One example of this is, is when Matthew Reed was selling unlicensed Arsenal FC merchandise outside the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal FC sued Reed because he was making money from his own products, even though the club had not given him permission to use the club's logo, colour scheme etc.

Intellectual Property: This is basically any kind of creative piece of work. This is more to do with plagiarism than copyright or trademark. One final example is that with my school coursework, if somebody else copies my work and uses it as their own, that is plagiarism and so a breach of Intellectual Property.

P3 and M2

To do this combination, I used Adobe Photoshop. I used this because it is very easy to take two images and blend them together. Because the image needs to be big enough to see, but not too big, I made the resolution 1135x280. This also works because it's not too big so that the image gets distorted. The colour scale is RGB. It is also very easy to add pictures and text onto pictures, so Photoshop is the perfect programme for this job.

Unit 30 M1

Monitor: The monitor is a limitation because older ones may not be able to reach the same resolution as newer monitors, which means poorer image quality. The size of the monitor is also a limitation because if you have a small monitor then you may not be able to get as much on the screen as you need.

Digital Camera: The first limitation is the actual quality of the pictures taken, this is measured by the number of megapixels the camera can handle. The second limitation is the size of the screen on the camera, if you want to take a large picture, you may not be able to see all the details of the picture on the screen. Thirdly, most digital camera's have a very low amount of storage so without an SD card, you will not be able to store very many photos.

Scanner: The scanner's limitations are: the quality of the lens inside the scanner, this can lead to poor results when scanning something through. Most scanners are slow and so you could end up paying quite a bit of money on something that takes ages to run. The maintenance on a scanner can be very expensive. Finally, scanners are generally very big and so not exactly portable, which is bad if you need to scan something on the go.

Printer: One of the major limitations is that the printer may run out of ink. Another limitation is the speed of the printer, most printers are generally quite slow (the faster ones can get up to 20/25 prints per minute), but in order to get a printer that fast you will need to spend quite a bit of money. Finally, printers are big, and so not the most portable of objects.

Software: Photoshop is software and one it's limitations is that it is expensive, it ranges from £48-£268 depending on how long the subscription is you buy.

Unit 30 P2

	Graphic type	Describe how the graphic is constructed and why you chose the graphic type	How will the final file be saved?
Internet graphic	Bitmap	Bitmap is better quality because it uses separate tiny blocks called pixels.	JPEG
Van sign graphic	Vector	You can enlarge the picture/graphic without distorting it because unlike Bitmap, Vectors are made from lines rather than pixels, which means the lines can be easily enlarged without distorting the quality.	EPS
Brochure	Bitmap and  vector	Bit map are very high quality and since you wouldn't have to enlarge the image, it would be fine to use bitmap.	PDF