The Changing Environment
Great strides have been made in the field of digital imaging. Negatives and exposure have become foreign concepts to many, as the first digital image in 1920 was the dawn of cheaper equipment, increasingly powerful yet simple software, and the growth of the Internet.
The constant advancement and production of physical equipment and hardware related to digital imaging has effected the environment surrounding the field. From cameras and webcams to printers and scanners, the hardware is becoming sleeker, thinner, faster, and cheaper. As the cost of equipment decreases, the market for new enthusiasts widens, allowing more consumers to experience the thrill of creating their own images.
But it’s not only the imaging equipment that’s becoming more advanced. Our everyday personal laptops, family desktops, and company computers are saddled with the muscle to handle top quality hardware and software. Our computers are more powerful machines with increasing capacities for running programs of any kind—especially digital imaging software. And that software is quickly becoming both smarter and simpler. Although functions on today’s programs reach the level of precise editing and even rendering 3-D images, user interfaces are designed to be friendly to advanced users as well as first-time fans.
Finally, the importance of the Internet to digital imaging cannot be overlooked. A perfect ground for editing, viewing, and sharing digital photos and graphics, the Internet’s ever-increasing growth and popularity in turn provides the same success for the field of digital imaging. A quick browse around the web can easily turn up graphic artwork from budding artists, news photos from around the world, corporate images of new products and services, and much more. The Internet has clearly proven itself a catalyst in fostering the growth of digital imaging.
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