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8 Photography/Digital Art |
| Animation |
The creation of animated cartoons; the photographing
of a series of drawings, each of which shows a stage of movement
that differs slightly from the previous one, so that the figures
in them appear to move when projected in rapid succession. |
| Aperture |
Opening. |
| Camera obscura |
An early camera consisting of a large dark
chamber with a lens opening, through which an image is projected
onto the opposite surface in its natural colors. |
| Cinematography |
The photographic art of creating motion pictures.
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| Computer art |
The production of images by artists with the
assistance of the computer. Artists can use the computer to
create art for its own sake or as a design tool, as in architecture
and graphic design. |
| Computer-assisted
design (CAD) |
The use of the computer to assist artists
and designers working in other media, such as architecture.
For example, CAD permits interior designers and architects to
view their designs from various vantage points and to see how
the modification of one element affects the entire design. |
| Daguerreotype |
A photograph made from a silver-coated copper
plate. Named after the innovator of the method, Louis Daguerre.
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| Digital art |
Art forms that make use of or are developed
with the assistance of electronic instruments such as computers
that store and manipulate information through the use of series
of zeroes and ones (digits); including but not limited to Web
design, graphic design, and digital photography. |
| Digital photography
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Photography that stores visual information
electronically rather than by means of film. |
| Editing |
In cinematography and video, rearranging a
film or video record to provide a more coherent or interesting
narrative or presentation of the images. |
| Film |
A thin sheet of cellulose material that is
coated with a photosensitive substance. |
| Flashback |
In cinematography and video, interruption
of the story line with the portrayal of an earlier event. |
| Flashforward |
In cinematography and video, interruption
of the story line with the portrayal of a future event. |
| Heliography |
A photographic process in which bitumen is
placed on a pewter plate to create a photosensitive surface
which is exposed to the sun. From the Greek helios, meaning
sun. |
| Lens |
A transparent substance with at least one
curved surface that causes the convergence or divergence of
light rays passing through. In the eye and the camera, lenses
are used to focus images onto photosensitive surfaces. |
| Negative |
In photography, an exposed and developed film
or plate on which values are the reverse of what they are in
the actual scene and in the print, or positive. |
| Parallel editing
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In cinematography or video, shifting back
and forth from one event or story line to another. |
| Photography |
The creation of images by exposure of a photosensitive
surface to light. |
| Photosensitive |
Descriptive of a surface that is sensitive
to light and therefore capable of recording images. |
| Print |
In printmaking, a picture or design made by
pressing or hitting a surface with a plate, block, etc. In photography,
a photograph, especially one made from a negative. |
| Shutter |
In photography, a device for opening and closing
the aperture of a lens so that the film is exposed to light.
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| Video |
A catch-all term for several arts that use
the video screen or monitor, including, but not limited to,
commercial and public television, video art, and computer graphics.
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| Video art |
Use of the video screen in works of art. The
term refers to images shown on these monitors and to the use
of video screens or monitors in assemblages. |
| Wide-angle lens |
A lens that covers a wider angle of view than
an ordinary lens. |
| Zoom |
To use a zoom lens, which can be adjusted
to provide long shots or close-ups while keeping the image in
focus. |
