Lesson 7.5. Raster Images and Image Manipulation Techniques Flashcards
a single point or the
smallest single element in a display
device.
pixel
images are made of
pixels.
Raster Images/Graphics
- Formed by a digital camera
- Measured in picture elements or
“pixels”
Raster Graphics
Used for most digital
photos but “lossy”
(gradually losses quality
when resized or
manipulated).
jpeg
jpeg stands for
Joint Photographic Experts Group
Best for line
drawings and
animations. 256
colors maximum.
No loss
gif
gif stands for
graphics interchange format
gif vs jpg
- for images, jpg is better for quality and file size
- for line art, gif is better both for quality and file size
Other Common Raster Image Formats
bmp, tif, png, raw
bmp stands for
bitmap
every pixel stored individually
bmp
Standard in many technical applications. No loss
tif
tif stands for
Tag Image File Format
Lossless image format
png
png stands for
Portable Network Graphics
Data as captured by digital camera, particularly
DSLR camera.
raw
DSLR stands for
digital single lens reflex
five popular raster graphic software
microsoft paint, adobe photoshop, corel photopaint, pixlr, gimp
open source software similar to Adobe
Photoshop
Gimp
are created from
mathematical formulas used to
define lines, shapes and curves.
vector graphics
drawing points; square points on line/curved objects
node
blue line when drawing vector graphics
handle