Introduction to Photoshop: An Essential Guide for Absolute Beginners

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K. WilsonIntroduction to Photoshophttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8963-1_9

9. Digital Images, Resolution, and Color Models

Kevin Wilson¹  

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WIDNES, UK

 

A digital image is an electronic representation of a photograph, image, or artwork encoded in binary and stored on an electronic system such as a computer, tablet, or smartphone.

A photograph of an I M A C computer, a wireless keyboard, a mouse, and a lampstand.

Image Types

There are generally two types of images: bitmap images and vector images.

Bitmap Images

Also known as raster images. These images are made ...