Q3 ARTS

Technology-Based Art

They are essentially computer-generated or manipulated. Today’s computer artists employ the ever-expanding powers of image manipulation programs and applications to create their works which can appear in an entire range of media – whether as a physical output or a virtual experience. 

Digital Arts

 an artistic work or practice that uses **digital technology** as an essential part of the creative or presentation process

Georg Nees

“Schotter” (Gravel), 1965

A. Michael Noll

“Gaussian Quadratic ”, 1965

Frieder Nake

“Polygon Drawings”, 1965

Hardware

* are the physical tools used in digital art (CPU, monitor, mouse, keyboard, printer, graphic tablet, stylus)

Software

* are computer programs, data or applications. It can be copied, updated, corrupted or even deleted.

Digital Camera

* Point-and-shoot camera
* DSLR (digital single-lens reflex)

Raster Image

*  composed of pixels (like gif or jpeg formats)

Vector Image

* composed of paths that can be filled with colors; more versatile, flexible and easy to use; no upper **or** lower limit for sizing (like ai and pdf formats)

Digital Photography

one of the **most overused** of the new technologies to create art 

Photo/Video Manipulation

use of different applications to manipulate pictures and videos

Mobile Phone Art

 use of mobile phones to manipulate personal photos and videos

Desktop Editing Tools

popular samples are Adobe Photoshop and CorelDraw for photos and, Windows Moviemaker, Adobe Premiere for videos

Computer Generated Images

are digital images created from scratch with the use of specialized programs for image generation and manipulation like Adobe Illustrator or Corel Draw.

CGI

it also refers to the special visual effects created in computer, usually used in films

Digital Painting

\~a technique using a graphics software program to create an artwork that is totally virtual.

Game Art Design

\- the concept of making an interactive form of technology for entertainment

\~ it is a collaborative effort that involves visual artists, computer programmers, graphic designers, animators and more

Animatio

means *“the act of bringing life.”*

Animation

is the process of creating the illusion of motion and shape change by means of the rapid display of sequence of static images that minimally differ from each other