Image development is essentially [[visual art]] usually for [[commercial art|commercial purposes]], but includes techniques not considered [[fine art]] or [[artistic]] at all.{{Views needing 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.
