1. Basic Terminology
Key
Concepts
digital
images
resolution
pixel dimensions
bit depth
dynamic range
file size
compression
file formats
ADDITIONAL
READING
Glossaries of Digital Imaging Terms:
Glossaries,
PADI: Preserving Access to Digital Information, http://www.nla.gov.au/padi/format/gloss.html
"Glossary" in Digital Toolbox (Colorado Digitization Project), http://coloradodigital.coalliance.org/glossary.html
Anne R. Kenney and Oya Y. Rieger, Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging for Libraries and Archives, Mountain View, CA : Research Libraries Group, 2000. http://www.rlg.org/preserv/mtip2000.html
Franziska Frey, File Formats for Digital Masters, Guide 5 to Quality in Visual Resource Imaging, http://www.rlg.org/visguides/visguide5.html
RLG DigiNews contains various features on file formats and compression techniques. Use the browse option to find articles, highlighted Web sites, and other information, http://www.rlg.org/preserv/diginews/browse.html.
Technical Advisory Service for Images, New Digital Image File Formats, http://www.tasi.ac.uk/advice/creating/newfile.html
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