Unit 30 M1

Monitor: A Monitor has limitations such as the resolution of the monitor because if you use an old monitor you can’t be accurate with the pixels. Meaning the piece you’ve made on Photoshop for example does not look the same overall printed out because the monitor could not keep up with the software. However to resolve this you could buy a calibrated printer meaning the colour schemes are linked. Therefor the overall piece looks the same on the paper as it did on the monitor.

Digital camera: When using a digital camera the pixels can be blurred when enlarged. This is because the picture taken is small and enlarging it stretches out the original photo. A SD Card is used to store memory of your pictures. The mega pixels of a camera determines the amount of pictures you can take. For example a 1GB will only allow you around 20 pictures.

Scanner: The limitations of a scanner are that the scanning screen itself may not be big enough to cover what you want to scan. For example if you have an A4 scanner then you can only scan A4. Unless you scan A3 you have to scan both sides and join the 2 pieces together on Photoshop. More limitations are that the scanner must be cleaned frequently unless you end up with finger prints and scratches on the scanning screen. These marks will show up on the monitor when you scan something it will make the piece blurred where the marks are.

Printer: The limitations of a printer include the replacing of the ink. Ink can be very expensive comparing to what printer you have. The better the printer is the more expensive the ink. The ink must be replaced to be able to print. The print size is also a limitation. If your printer can only print to A4 you cannot print off A3. But you can by printers which printer a variety of print sizes.

Photoshop is very time consuming it takes ages to learn how to use all the tools on the software and put them into action. You have to know how big to make an image resolution. The price is also a limitation as it is very expensive it is over £400.

Illustrator: Illustrator is very expensive. It is a vector so you can always change the size of the image. However it is very time consuming and will take a long time to get a hand of the software as it is very confusing. Another disadvantage is that it is very expensive software to have. Although it is worth the money.