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{{other|Image development (disambiguation)}}
'''Image development''' is the process of developing [[images]] for any use. It is often both a synonym for a specific process and a label for a unique combination of processes.
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==Term Scope==
Image development is essentially [[visual art]] usually for [[commercial art|commercial purposes]], but can include techniques not considered [[fine art]] or [[artistic]]. Image development for the purposes of [[technical illustration]], [[cartography]], and [[surveillance|surveillance photography]] are not considered artistic when [[aesthetic]]s are irrelevant. Some image development involves [[signal processing]] techniques such as [[screen capture]] or [[image scanning]], which is considered [[imaging]]. Developing images by calculating [[fractal]] mathematical functions are not considered artistic despite its usage for aesthetic purposes.
==Term usage==
For example, [[photographer]]s sometimes become [[digital artist]]s. Illustrators sometimes become [[animators]]. [[Handicraft]] can be [[computer-aided]] or use [[computer generated imagery]] as a template. Some skills overlap multiple forms of image development.
Artists who have [[Composition (visual arts)|composition]] skills may also have image development skills. They may do the image development themselves or collaborate with other individually skilled image developers. Collaboration with individual illustrators, photographers and designers is often useful with projects that require unique and individual image styles.
Ironically, both uses of the term may apply in the same profession such as the [[advertising agency]] using ''graphic'' image development in the process of developing the ''corporate'' image of a client. The term is also used in contrast to "[[image editing]]" which excludes the capturing of images and creation of images from scratch by [[sculpting]] or [[artistic rendering|rendering]].
==See also==
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* [[Computer art]]
* [[Digital art]]
* [[Graphic art software]]
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* [[Graphic design]]
* [[New Epoch Notation Painting]]
* [[Visualization (graphic)]]
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* [[Animation]]
* [[Fractal art]]
* [[Image processing]]
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==Recommended reading==
* Jan Roberts-Breslin , Making Media: Foundations of Sound and Image Production, March 13, 2003
* Garth Gardner, Computer Graphics and Animation: History, Careers, Expert Advice, July 2002
==External links==
* [http://www.graphicmentor.com/ GraphicMentor] tutorials for graphic image development.
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