Introduction to DIGITAL  IMAGES
Make your pictures worth 1000 words

Updated and Revised, May, 2002

1  Which page would you prefer:  Page 1   or    Page 2?                          (What's the difference?)

2  Where do digital images come from?                     Digital camera                     Scanner                     Video capture                     The web (search and capture)                     E-mail attachments                     Screen capture  (See also CS Tip - Mac & PC)

3  Where do you use digital images?                     Web pages, documents, presentations, posters,...

4  Image Types                     Vector vs. Bitmap                     Types of bitmaps                     Animated  (see CS Tip: Using GIF Animator)                     Transparency:   Compare this and this.

5  Things to consider about image size.                     (How to make your images smaller.)                     Use Thumbnails on web pages                     (Ctrl-T in FrontPage generates Thumbnails automatically.)                     Image Resolution and Print Size from Office of Curricular Design

6  Software   (sharware available through http://download.cnet.com )                     Viewers -- ADCSee  --  ThumbsPlus                     Photo editors -- what's in the FCRC?                     Reviews

7  Assignment 1           Assignment 2           Assignment 3

8  References    The Digital Learning Center, from Kodak.    Seven Steps to Fabulous Digital Photos, from CNET.    A Short Course in Digital Photography, by Dennis Curtin    The Free Art Site! (See Paintshop Pro tutorials)    PaintshopPro Tips and Tutorials (from JASC)    Union College Office of Curricular Design

Thanks to the first class at Union.  As  luck would have it, the camera was set to video mode not still, so the pictures are small and compressed -- but you know who you are.

  (HOME   This image will always return you to this starting page.)
  Doug Klein's home page.            And, here's the dog: 

© 2002, 2001, 2000, J. Douglass Klein, Associate Dean for Information Technology at Union College
This page has been visited times since January 23, 2000.  Last revised 05/20/02 .