image capture

Saving a picture

Image capture is the process of recording a visual scene as digital data—taking a photograph, scanning a document, or grabbing a frame from video.

The term emphasizes the technical act of acquisition rather than the artistic result: The software handles image capture from multiple camera feeds.

Common in photography, computing, and surveillance contexts.

Related

digital camera · point and shoot · portrait · shutter · exposure · motion blur · lens · photograph · digitization · screenshot · frame · aperture · recording · picture · remote sensing · resolution · high resolution · selfie

Opposites
media type

image capturevideo recording

Stored moving images

video capture · motion capture · audio recording · streaming · live video

data direction

image captureimage reproduction

Duplicating visual content

printing · projection

preservation action

image capturedata loss

Family

image, imagine, capture, imagination, captured, rapture, imaginative, captures, capturing

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G