Tip #2910 - Bitmap Printer Friendly Version | E-Mail This Tip
Bitmap
We used this term in yesterday's
digital photography tip and I got to thinking that some of you may not
even know what a bitmap is. So, I figured I would share the definition
with you all today! How does that sound? Okay, here we go!
Basically, all of
the digital photos that you take with your digital camera are composed
completely of bitmaps when you first place them on your computer. It is
just a map of dots (or bits) that make up what your picture is supposed
to look like. As long as you're sitting far enough away from your computer
screen, the picture will look normal, but if you get closer, you will
only see a bunch of little dots. The larger you make the image, the more
choppy it will look as well.
Bitmaps come in a range of
file types, including BMP (which is the original bitmap format), JPEG,
GIF, PICT and TIFF. So, once you have the picture on your computer, you
can set its format and then continue to edit your picture to make it look
exactly the way you imagined. Then once you have the photo edited just
right and you have it at the correct size on your computer, you can print
the image out or use it any way you want. Cool, huh?!
~ Erin
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