© Himanshu Singh 2019
Himanshu SinghPractical Machine Learning and Image Processinghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4149-3_2

2. Introduction to Image Processing

Himanshu Singh1 
(1)
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
 
In this chapter we examine exactly what an image is, and its related properties. By the end of the chapter, you should have an understanding of the following concepts:

  • Images

  • Pixels

  • Image resolution

  • Pixels per inch (PPI) and dots per inch (DPI)

  • Bitmap images

  • Lossless compression and lossy compression

  • Different image file formats

  • Different types of color spaces

  • Advanced image concepts

Images

Visual representation of a real-life object (a person or any other object) in a two-dimensional form is called an image. An image is nothing but a collection ...

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