Chapter 2: Digital Painting and Photoediting- 2D Raster Graphics

This corresponds to the reading in The Computer In the Visual Arts: Chapter 2 pp38-86

Core Terms:

• The Pixel: "...a point sample- That is, the value of a continuous thing at a single point (with zero dimensions)"-Alvy ray Smith: Read more
• Local Touch
• Global -Touch
• Composition
• Alpha Channel: Read more

Core Concepts:

• Filtering
• High frequency Areas
• Low Frequency Areas
• High Pass Filters
• Low Pass Filters
• Simple Transformations
• Algorithmic Touch
• Plug-ins
• Selection
• Masking
• Image size
• File size
• Resolution
• Color depth