Glossary
- artifacts
By-products of digital processing such as noise and JPEG compression, both of which will degrade image quality.
- aliasing
Square pixels can’t depict curved shape,s and when viewed in close-up they look like a staircase. Anti-aliasing filters, found between the camera lens and image sensor, lessen the effects of aliasing by reducing contrast, which has to be reinstated during image processing.
- bit
A bit is the smallest chunk of digital data, which can express two states. such as on or off, or if used to describe color, black or white.
- bitmap
All digital images are made from pixels arranged in a chessboard-like grid called a bitmap.
- byte
A byte is eight bits of digital data, expressing 256 different states or colors.
- CCD
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