Research Guides: Visual Literacy: Image Anatomy & Editing

Visual Literacy Image Editing

An Interdisciplinary Introduction to Image Processing
Call Number: TA1637 .T37 2012
Explains the basic principles of image processing, drawing on key concepts and techniques from mathematics, psychology of perception, computer science, and art, and introduces computer programming as a way to get more control over image processing operations.

Image Anatomy
Defines facets of working with digital images including file format, size, compression, resolution and metadata.
(from Seattle Central College)

Picture This: How Pictures Work
Call Number: NK1510 .B258 2016
How the visual composition of images works to engage the emotions, and how the elements of an artwork can give it the power to tell a story.
The Psychology of Visual Art
Call Number: N71 .M285 2014
What can art tell us about how the brain works? And what can the brain tell us about how we perceive and create art?
The Objective Eye
Call Number: N7430.5 .H96 2006
This book progresses from pure philosophy to applied philosophy and ranges from the meta-physics of colour to Renaissance perspective.
Understanding Color: an introduction for designers
Call Number: NK1548 .H66 2011
Explanations of the scientific basis of color perception, an overview of the leading theories of color and examples of how theoretical information is applied in solving common problems in color design.
Geometry of Design: studies in proportion and composition
Call Number: N7431.5 .E44 2011
A mathematical explanation of how art works through examples of design, architecture, and illustration.