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'''Image development''' is the process of [[development|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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Image development is essentially [[visual art]] usually for [[commercial art|commercial purposes]], but includes techniques not considered [[fine art]] or [[artistic]] at all.{{weaselViews wordneeding attribution|date=April 2007}} depending on the usage. Image development for the purposes of [[technical illustration]], [[cartography]], and [[surveillance|surveillance photography]] are not usually considered artistic since [[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. All of which is individually referred to as image development, or is summed up by image development.{{Fact|date=April 2007}} Some skills overlap multiple forms of image development.

The term is also used to distinguish the process of '''preparing elements''' for use in media (e.g. [[photograph]]s, [[illustration]]s, [[chart]]s, [[collage]]s) from the process of '''composing elements''' (e.g. [[page layout]], [[web development]], [[film editing]], [[desktop publishing]]) to a single presentation piece (e.g. [[brochure]], [[web page]], [[movie]], [[Billboard (advertising)|billboard]], [[poster]]){{factFact|date=April 2007}}. 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.

Because the word "[[image]]" can have more than one shade of meaning, the term "image development" may be confused with the development process for the [[corporate image]] called [[brand]]ing or [[Positioning (marketing)|positioning]].{{factFact|date=April 2007}} 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]]. The term "image development" may have emerged due to the lack of an alternative [[umbrella term]] with as broad of a scope{{factFact|date=April 2007}}. Some may find the scope of the term debatable,{{weaselViews needing attribution|date=April word2007}} depending on its usage in context.

==See Alsoalso==

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==External links==

* [http://www.graphicmentor.com/ GraphicMentor] tutorials for graphic image development.

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