Digital light. Pixel History

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pixel graphics

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Pixel is not just one of the squares on the screen of your device. It is a complex concept that is of great importance to today ' s digital world and technology. What a pixel really is, and how this important invention has evolved, will tell this Longrid.

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The first part describes pixel as a mathematical model that was invented in the early 20th century.

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The pixel concept made it possible to restore a discrete signal without losing information.

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It’s based on Vladimir Kotelnikov’s report theorem.

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The next part tells us how the pixel has become visible.

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The ELT was able to create the first digital image and save it.

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It’s about that, too. Where the concept of raster came from, and how the raster display works.

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The last part relates to how the pixel became coloured.

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And how the RGB model works.

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Digital light. Pixel History

Lyosha Elshincurated byAnna Luzina

web design

computer graphics

pixel graphics

1.5к

349

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