Students need to understand:

Images
  • how an image is represented as a series of pixels represented in binary
  • metadata included in the file
  • the effect of colour depth and resolution on the size of an image file.

Choose from the following to help you learn:

Books

CAMBRIDGE Computer Science: 
Pages 144-148. Section "Representations of images"
ROBSON & HEATHCOTE Computer Science (9-1):
Page 143 & 145. Section "8.4 Images".
SUSAN ROBSON GCSE Computing(3rd edition): 
Page 56. Section "Images"
SUSAN ROBSON GCSE Computing(2012): 
Page 16. Section "Images"
AXSIED GCSE Computer Science (3rd edition):
Page 141, R71 "Images & Pixels", Page 143, R72 "Image Size"
ROUSE & O'BYRNE GCSE(9-1) Computer Science:
Pages 157-161. Section "Images"

Web Sites
YouTube
  • MrDMcKnight: Watch all (3:13). Images and pixels
  • MrDMcKnight: Watch all (9:58). Image size (resolution & metadata)
  • Computer Science Tutor: Watch all (6:45). Images
  • Cambridge GCSE Computing: Watch all (1:52) Images, Part A
  • Cambridge GCSE Computing: Watch all (1:32) Images, Part B
  • Cambridge GCSE Computing: Watch all (3:46) Metadata, Part A
  • Cambridge GCSE Computing: Watch all (1:09) Metadata, Part B
  • Cambridge GCSE Computing: Watch all (3:23) Metadata, Part C
  • Cambridge GCSE Computing: Watch all (1:47) Metadata, Part D



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