Distortion comes in a huge range of slightly different forms, from subtle analogue warmth to extreme metal fuzz, mild digital imprecision to eardrum-bursting clipping. But what is distortion, what's ...

You’re looking to dive into the world of audiophilia, and you’re instantly bombarded with terms that you don’t know. Hey, it ...

A bit mapped graphic is a 2D array of pixels. The total number of pixels in an image is known as the resolution, and the number of colours that can be used is determined by the bit depth. Here is an ...

Practical applications of two commonly-used terms that are often misunderstood by photographers. When used in imaging, bit depth quantifies the number of discrete colours (hues and tones) that can be ...

There are countless plugins that can apply bit depth and sample rate reduction, many dedicated entirely to those processes, others incorporating them as part of a broader creative remit. Digital ...

Photographs are stored as bit-mapped graphics. The term resolution is used to state the total number of pixels in an image. Bit-mapped graphics are resolution dependent. This means that once an image ...