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Digital Imaging
Part 1
Digitizing Images
Digitization
2-step process:
1.
sampling
2.
quantization
Sampling
Pegboard Analogy
Pegboard Analogy
Suppose you want to copy this music note graphic on the pegboard.
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Pegboard Analogy
Suppose we only put a peg in a hole if more than half of its area is
covered by the musical note graphic.
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Pegboard Analogy
When we remove the musical note overlay, details are lost because
the grid is too coarse for this musical note.
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Pixels
Remember!
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Pixel Dimensions
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Sampling Step
Analog data
Discrete data
Another example
A natural scene
Sampling Rate
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Resolution
But!
The file size of the digitized image is larger.
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Digitization
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Colors
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Quantization Step
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Quantization Step
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Consequences of
Quantization
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Bit Depth
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Reference:
"Digital Media Primer" Yue-Ling
Wong,
Copyright (c)2013 by Pearson
Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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