Images
Bit Depth
- The word “bit” is a contraction for “binary digit” and refers to a digit in the binary number system
- Beginning with black and white the use of more bits per pixel (picture element) adds more color possibilities to an image and increases the file size for the image as well.
- The most common bit depths in use today re 8, 16, and 24-bit.
- Bitmap: images are represented in the computer’s memory as a grid of colored pixels.
- Vector: images are composed of lines, shapes, text, color, gradients, and other image objects that can be described with mathematical formulas.
The file example below was originally edited in Affinity Design (afdesign) format. But the most manageable image format shared on the web today is either a PDF or TIFF.
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Web Formats
- GIF (Graphic Interchange Format): GIF files can have up to 256 colors per image and can contain multiple frames and transparency.
- JPG (Joint Photographic Experts Group): designed to store high-resolution photographic images and display them attractively on screen. JPEG images can use millions of colors per file and use an efficient though lossy compression algorithm to reduce file size. Does not support transparency.
- PNG (Portable Network Graphics): supports millions of colors like JPGs but also support transparency like GIFs. When you create a PNG image, you can designate areas to be transparent.
- SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics): a newer file format designed to store resolution-independent images created in drawing programs like Adobe Illustrator. SVG images can be enlarged without degradation.
- Save/download image directly from the browser to the downloads/assigned folder-usually done with a right clock option.
- Music notation software generally includes an "Export to PDF" option that will allow a viewable and shareable version to be uploaded.
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- For visual explanation of sound waves https://method-behind-the-music.com/mechanics/physics/
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