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Light
Light is a form of energy that has two aspects: An electromagnetic wave aspect A corpuscular aspect (photons) The light emitted by...
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Computer representation of colour
In order to be able to handle colours correctly and to exchange colorimetric information it is necessary to have the means to...
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CIE / Lab (L*a*b) coding
Colours may be perceived differently depending on individuals and may be displayed differently depending on the peripheral display...
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RGB coding
The RGB coding (Red, Geen, Blue), developed in 1931 by the International Lighting Commission (Commission Internationale de...
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HSL (TSL) coding
The HSL Model (Hue, Saturation, Luminance), based on the work of painter Albert H.Munsell (who created the Munsell Atlas), is a...
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CMYK (CMJN) Coding
CMY Coding (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow) is to subtractive synthesis, what RGB coding is to additive synthesis. This model consists in...
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Computer graphics
The field of the IT concerning the creation and the handling of digital images is called computer graphics. Computer graphics cover...
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vector and bitmap images
There are two main categories of images: bitmap images (also called raster images): these are pixeled images, i.e. a set of points...
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Graphic file formats
We previously learned the way in which an image was coded to be shown on a monitor, however, when we want to store an image in a file,...
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The BMP format
The BMP is one of the simplest formats. It was jointly developed by Microsoft and IBM, which explains why it is particularly...
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GIF format
The GIF format (Graphic Interchange Format) is a bitmap (raster) graphic file format developed by Compuserve. There are two versions...
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PCX format
The PCX format was developed by ZSoft, publishing the PaintBrush software which Microsoft Windows operating systems were equipped with...
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PNG format
The PNG format (Portable Network Graphics or Ping format) is a bitmap (raster) graphic file format. It was developed in 1995 in order...
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TIF format
The TIF format (Tagged Image File Format) is a bitmap (raster) graphic file format. It was developed in 1987 by Aldus (now belonging...
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Data compression
Nowadays, the computing power of processors increases more quickly than storage capacities, and is much faster than network band...
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RLE Compression
Pixel packing is a method which allows pixels to be stored in an optimal way: for a monochrome image there are, by definition, only...
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Huffman coding
In 1952, David Huffman proposed a statistical method allowing a binary code word to be assigned to the various symbols to be...
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LZW Compression
Abraham Lempel and Jakob Ziv are the creators of the LZ77 compressor, invented in 1977 (hence its name). This compressor was then used...
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JPEG compression
The acronym JPEG (Joint Photographic Expert Group comes from the meeting held in 1982 of a group of photographic experts, whose main...
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Image processing
The set of techniques allowing a digital image to be modified with the aim of improving it or of extracting information from it, is...
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