A bitmap is a data file or structure which corresponds bit-for-pixel with an image displayed on a screen, sometimes in the same format as it would be stored in the display's video memory or maybe as a device independent bitmap.
Description[]
A bitmap is characterized by the width and height of the image in pixels and the number of bits per pixel that determines the color depth, which is the number of shades of grey or colors it can represent. A bitmap representing a colored image (a "pixmap") will usually have pixels with between one and eight bits for each of the red, green, and blue (RGB) components, though other color encodings are also used. The green component sometimes has more bits that the other two to cater for the human eye's greater discrimination in this component.[1]
Adobe Photoshop supports a bitmap mode for monochromatic (black & white) graphics.[2] Other applications, such as Adobe Animate and Illustrator, can import bitmaps.[3][4]
References[]
- ↑ Bitmap at the Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing. 1996-09-21.
- ↑ Understanding Photoshop color modes, Adobe Inc. 2021-08-19.
- ↑ Importing bitmap images in Illustrator, Adobe Inc. 2021-04-15.
- ↑ Importing bitmaps in Animate, Adobe Inc. 2021-04-26.
See also[]
External links[]
- Bitmap vs. Vector Images: What’s the Difference? by Muditha Batagoda at Adobe (2020-07-28)
- Bitmap at the Apple Wiki
- Bitmap at the Macromedia Wiki
- Bitmap at Wikipedia
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