IMAGES & GRAPHICS
COMPONENTS OF MULTIMEDIA
COMP2: MULTIMEDIA AND WEB DESIGN
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
01 Images and Graphics
02 Variety of Image
IMAGES AND
GRAPHICS
IMAGES AND GRAPHICS
• IMAGE
✓ is the graphical and visual
representation of some
information that can be
displayed on a computer screen
or printed out.
IMAGES AND GRAPHICS
• IMAGE
✓ An image is also called as Still
Image and Digital image which
is the binary representation of
any type of visual information.
IMAGES AND GRAPHICS
• IMAGE
✓ An image on a screen is made
up of dots called pixels.
✓ A pixel is the smallest part of the
screen that can be controlled by
the computer or other device.
✓ The total number of pixels on a
screen is called its resolution.
IMAGES AND GRAPHICS
• GRAPHICS
✓ Two-dimensional figure or
illustration
✓ Could be produced manually
(by drawing, painting, carving,
etc.) or by computer graphics
technology.
IMAGES AND GRAPHICS
• GRAPHICS
✓ A graphic, or graphical image,
is a digital representation of
non-text information such as a
drawing, chart, or photo.
IMAGES VS GRAPHICS
• Image is composed of pixels, while
graphics are composed of paths.
• An image is a 2-dimensional plane
of pixels where every pixel have a
domain of colors. A Graphics is a
graphical object-oriented
framework, which can be 1-dim
(vector), 2-dim (plane), 3-dim
(object), 4-dim (animation).
VARIETY FORM OF
IMAGE
VARIETY FORM OF IMAGE
• PHOTOGRAPHS
✓ It is a picture made using a
camera, in which an image is
focused onto film or other light-
sensitive material and then made
visible and permanent by chemical
treatment, or stored digitally.
VARIETY FORM OF IMAGE
• PHOTOGRAPHS
✓ It is an image created by light
falling on a photosensitive surface,
usually photographic film or an
electronic image sensor, such as a
CCD or a CMOS chip.
VARIETY FORM OF IMAGE
• PHOTOGRAPHS
VARIETY FORM OF IMAGE
• DRAWINGS
✓ is a form of visual art in which a
person uses various drawing
instruments to mark paper or another
two-dimensional medium
✓ most common support for drawing is
paper, although other materials, such
as cardboard, wood, plastic, leather,
canvas, and board, may be used.
VARIETY FORM OF IMAGE
• DRAWINGS
VARIETY FORM OF IMAGE
• PAINTINGS
✓ It is the practice of applying paint,
pigment, color or other medium to a
solid surface (called the "matrix" or
"support").
✓ the medium is commonly applied to
the base with a brush, but other
implements, such as knives, sponges,
and airbrushes, can be used. The final
work is also called a painting.
VARIETY FORM OF IMAGE
• PAINTINGS
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VARIETY FORM OF IMAGE
• SEMANTICS
✓ It describes the visual content of
an image by correlating low level
features such as color, gradient
orientation with the content of an
image scene.
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