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about|visual artifacts or reproductionsredirect|Pictureselfref|For Wikipedia image use guidelines, see Wikipedia:Images .unreferenced|date=April 2007An image (from lang-la|imago) is an artifact, for example a two-dimensional picture , that has a similar appearance to some subject (philosophy)|subject –usually a physical object or a person .
Characteristics
Images may be two- dimension al, such as a photograph , screen display, and as well as a three-dimensional, such as a statue or hologram . They may be captured by optics|optical devices–such as camera s, mirror s, Lens (optics)|lenses , telescope s, microscope s, etc. and natural objects and phenomena, such as the human eye or water surfaces.
The word image is also used in the broader sense of any two-dimensional figure such as a map , a Graph (data structure)|graph , a pie chart , or an abstract art|abstract painting . In this wider sense, images can also be rendered manually, such as by drawing , painting , Wikt:carving|carving , rendered automatically by printing or computer graphics technology, or Image development (visual arts)|developed by a combination of methods, especially in a pseudo-photograph .
A volatile image is one that exists only for a short period of time. This may be a reflection of an object by a mirror, a projection of a camera obscura , or a scene displayed on a cathode ray tube . A fixed image, also called a hard copy , is one that has been recorded on a material object, such as paper or textile by photography or digital processes.
A mental image exists in an individual's mind: something one remembers or imagines. The subject of an image need not be real; it may be an abstract concept, such as a graph theory|graph , function, or "imaginary" entity. For example, Sigmund Freud claimed to have dreamed purely in aural-images of dialogs. The development of synthetic acoustic technologies and the creation of sound art have led to a consideration of the possibilities of a sound-image made up of irreducible phonic substance beyond linguistic or musicological analysis.
A still image is a single wiktionary:static|static image, as distinguished from a kinetic image (see below). This phrase is used in photography , visual Electronic media|media and the computer industry to emphasize that one is not talking about movies, or in very precise or pedantic technical writing such as a Standardization|standard .
A film still is a photograph taken on the set of a movie or television program during production, used for promotional purposes.
Moving image
A moving image is typically a movie ( film ), or video , including digital video . It could also be an animated display such as a zoetrope .
See also
Animation
Cinematography
Computer animation
Computer-generated imagery
Digital image
Digital imaging
Film
Fine art photography
Imagery
Painting
Photograph
Photography
Video
External links
wiktionary|imagecommonscat|Paintings
http://www.apple.com/science/insidetheimage/bzreaction/ The B-Z Reaction: The Moving or the Still Image?
http://www.csusa.org/face/home.htm FACE: Friends of Active Copyright Education
http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/still_fdd.shtml Library of Congress - Format Descriptions for Still Images
http://www.iprg.co.in Image Processing - Online Open Research Group
