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Pixels

•A bitmap graphic is composed of tiny squares, called pixels

•A pixel is a tiny dot of colour

​Pixels & File size

•The computer stores information about the colour value of every pixel in the image

•This can mean a large file size

Representing Images

Creating an image

• Each pixel is given a binary value

•Each value represents a different colour

• Using one bit per pixel

allows only 2 values, 0 and 1

1 = White, 0 = Black

Colour Depth – The number of
bits per pixel

• More bits per pixel = more

colour combinations

1 bit = 2 Colours

3 bits = 8 Colours

•
4 bits = 16 Colours

• How many bits per pixel

required for 256 colours?

•
8 bits

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11 11 11 00 00 11 11 11 11

11 11 11 11 00 10 11 11

11 11 01 01 01 10 10

11 01 01 01

11 01

11

00 =

11 =

01 =

10 =

24 bit colour

• Most images have 24 bit colour which allows over 16

million colours.

Colours vs file size

• What if each pixel was

one of 256 colours?

• How does the number

of colours affect file
size?

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1111001111

1110000111

1100110011

1100110011

1100000011

1100000011

1100110011

1100110011

1111111111

Resolution

• The resolution describes how big the pixels are in

the image.

• The higher the resolution the better quality the image

is.

• Resolution is usually measures in pixels per inch.

Screen and print resolution

• Monitors display images at 72dpi

• Printers print images at over 300dpi

• Glossy magazine covers can print at 1200dpi

File size

• In order to work out the image size you would need to

know:

•
The size of the grid (width and depth)

•
The number of bits per pixel for the colour depth

• For instance an image which is 1000 x 800 pixels with a

16 bit colour depth would be:

•
(1000 x 800) x 16 = 12,800,000 bits

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This is more commonly written as 12MB.