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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.

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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.

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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.