bit-depth
Digital color granularity
Bit-depth measures how many distinct values can be recorded for each unit of digital data.
In digital images, higher bit-depth means more possible colors per pixel—8-bit allows 256 shades per channel, while 16-bit allows over 65,000.
In audio, bit-depth determines dynamic range: The recording engineer chose 24-bit depth to capture subtle nuances.
Higher bit-depth produces larger files but preserves more detail.
Extracting subset for study
- quantizationConversion to discrete values
- signal-to-noiseProportion of meaning to clutter
- ditheringProlonged indecisive hesitation
- wavAudio file extension
Surface for mixing pigments
- gamutFull range of something
- gradientRate of change across space
- ditheringProlonged indecisive hesitation
- bandingAdding decorative strips
posterization · bitmap · raster · pixel · channel · HDR · quantization
Unaltered sensor output format
- TIFFRaster graphics specification
- JPEGLossy photo compression standard
- sensorInput-detecting device
- posterizationAbrupt tonal transitions digitally
banding · gradient · grayscale · monochrome · scanner · digitization
sampling
Extracting subset for study
- quantizationConversion to discrete values
- signal-to-noiseProportion of meaning to clutter
- ditheringProlonged indecisive hesitation
wav · lossless · analog-to-digital · headroom · truncation
palette
Surface for mixing pigments
- gamutFull range of something
- gradientRate of change across space
- ditheringProlonged indecisive hesitation
banding · posterization · bitmap · raster · pixel · channel · HDR · quantization
RAW
Unaltered sensor output format
posterization · banding · gradient · grayscale · monochrome · scanner · digitization
bit-depthsample rate
Captures per time unit
frame rate · pixel density · resolution · color space · bandwidth
bit, bits, bitting, depth, depths, deep, deepen, deepens, deepened