Pix: Developing multimedia documents

The ‘developing multimedia documents’ is a broad course that helps you work and
understand the basics of multimedia

What did I learn?

- Resolution: ppi (pixels per inch)

- Vector graphic images / bitmaps

“Vector images don’t use pixels. They’re created with mathematical equations, lines
and curves — using points fixed on a grid — which means images can be made
infinitely larger (or smaller) without losing resolution. Basically, vectors don’t lose
quality when resized.”1

“Bitmap or raster images are created with a collection of bits or pixels.”2

Both have their advantages and disadvantages, depending on what you’re working
with. If you are working with complex images, like photographs, working with bitmaps
would be better
But for things like simple graphics, logos for example, working with vectors would be
better, because it doesn’t lose quality

- Aligning, (un)grouping, collage: Knowing how to change the placement of certain

objects/text in a file (placing it in the front, back, stacking them etc.), objects can be
grouped and ungrouped (making it possible to create new shapes from existing
shapes for example) & attaching bits and pieces of images and turning it into a new
image (referring to collage)

- Image dimensions (in different units such as: inches, pixels, mm…)
To know how many total pixels an image has, just multiply the size dimensions (if it’s
px, if not, conversion will be necessary)

- sRGB, color modes, color correcting: sRGB stands for standard Red Green Blue,
which is the color mode that is used for anything digital, our screens work in RGB-
mode, print works with different colors, which is why certain colors don’t look the
same digitally and printed

- Video editing (green screen, blue screen)

1 https://www.adobe.com/be_en/creativecloud/file-types/image/vector.html

2 https://xd.adobe.com/ideas/principles/app-design/bitmap-vs-vector-images-difference/
 - In other words, keying: “Keying is the process of separating and isolating elements
of an image by their color or brightness. It's often done for visual effects (such as to
remove green screens), or in color correction (to add warmth just to skin tones).”3

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Fun fact: An image with a color depth of 16bits can display as much as 65536 colors

3 https://workflow.frame.io/guide/keying