Monday 18 November 2013

Graphics Lesson - Week 7-8

Vector graphics are comprised of paths, which are defined by a start and end point, whereas Raster graphic are digital images represented by a matrix or grid of pixels called a bitmap.

Vector images scale well, but lack the color depth of raster images.                                                          Raster images cannot scale without loss of quality.


Aspect ratio is the ratio of the width to the height of an image. 30:17

Wednesday 2 October 2013

Hardware Lesson 3

Hardware Lesson 3/5


Motherboard - Main part of the computer (The Hat) all connections go to this.

RAM - Random Access Memory. 

LAN - Local Area Network 

Cache Memory - is the faster version of RAM.
Level 1 and Level 2 Cache, level 1 is the faster type, level 2 is slower that level 1. 

BiosA set of computer instructions in firmware that control input and output operations - Basic programming. 

Post - Power-On-Self-Test.

Boot Sequence - Booting (also known as "booting up") is a bootstrapping process that starts operating systems.

Disk partitioning - The act of dividing a hard disk drive into multiple virtual hard disk drives. 

ROM - Read-Only Memory   








Tuesday 24 September 2013

Postsmouth F.c Logo


Portsmouth's Logo's




 
Portsmouth's old badge consisted of a star and a rotated moon, with the text underneath the logo in an ancient font. It has a curvy top and has contrasting colours. In comparison Portsmouth new logo is brighter and has a straight top, also the lettering is in a modern font and is now incorporated into the badge instead of being below it. It is also now called an ideogram.





 

Tuesday 17 September 2013

Apple Logo

http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/old-apple-logo.jpg 

Old apple logo, detailed but doesn't really represent apple as a company, very dark and plain colours. 

http://cdn.ismashphone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/apple-logo.jpeg

Newest apple logo, more futuristic and modern, plain colours but presents apple as a company.