Chapter 4 Images

1. Still Images

1.1. Bitmaps

1.1.1. Simple matrix of the tiny dots that form an image and are displayed on a screen or printed

1.1.2. Have varying bit and color depths

1.1.3. made up of individual dots or picture elements know as pixels or pels.

1.1.4. Bitmap Sources-Camera,photo/scanner,scratch

1.1.5. Bitmap Software-Adobe's Photoshop & illustrator, Corel;s Painter  & Coreldraw

1.2. Vector-drawn Graphics

1.2.1. Use in computer -aided design CAD

1.2.2. Graphic Artists Designing

1.2.3. 3-D Animation program

1.2.4. Applications requiring Drawing

2. Image File Types Used in Multimedia

2.1. Macintosh formats

2.2. Windows formats

2.3. Cross-platform formats

3. Colors and palettes in Multimedia

3.1. Additive color

3.2. Subtractive color

4. Vector-drawn images VS Bitmaps

4.1. Vector images use less memory space & smaller file size

4.2. Vector graphic in plug-ins download faster

4.3. vector objects are easily scalable without loss of resolution or image quality

4.4. Vector images cannot be used for photo realistic image

5. 3-D Drawing & Rendering

5.1. 3-D animation tools

5.2. Features of a 3-D appliacation

5.3. Panoramas