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Computers are necessary, of course, to
make digital alterations. To run most digital editing software, we
suggest a computer with a Pentium processor and at least 32
megabytes of RAM and a large hard drive(2 gigabytes or larger). For
Macs, we suggest you have a Power Macintosh with Mac OS 7.5 or
later, 32 megabytes of RAM, and at least a 16-bit video
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Scanners allow you to take real
photos or drawings and scan them into your computer. There are
several types of scanners: flat-bed scanners, hand-held scanners,
desktop paper-fed scanners, photo scanners, and slide/film
scanners. Flat-bed or photo scanners are the most common ones
available for student projects. The flat-bed scanners are large and
can scan almost anything, while photo scanners handle only smaller
photos.
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Digital Cameras are gaining popularity.
Instead of using film, it stores digital pictures on a floppy disk
or to memory within the camera. The ones not using floppy disks
must be cabled to your computer and the images are transferred to
your hard drive via the cable. Once on the hard drive, the picture
files can be used in other applications. The cameras that use
floppy disks allow the images to be used in any computer with a
floppy drive.
Many different software imaging
packages are available today. We used Adobe Photoshop because that
is what we have available at both schools. Most inexpensive photo
software programs offer options that will alter or fix photos as
described in the Photo Enhancement section. Morphing requires
an additional program. Constructing images from other photos
requires more robust programs, such as Adobe Photoshop or Corel
PHOTO-PAINT, which are more expensive. For a complete listing of
references and software programs used in this site, please see our
references page.
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