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[[File:7-peches_capitaux_rene_maltete.jpg|left|thumb|<blockquote>[http://www.robertlpeters.com/news/worth-1000-words%E2%80%A6/ Picture worth 1,000 words]]] "'''The drawing shows me at one glance what might be spread over ten pages in a book.'''" | |||
<blockquote>Ivan S. Turgenev, ''Fathers and Sons'', 1862<ref>http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words.html</ref></blockquote> | |||
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The important concept is that properly used images greatly enhance digital writing and other text-centric media. A critical technical skill for New Media and Communications majors is knowing how to incorporate images in popular media. The critical artistic skill is knowing when, or why, to use images. | The important concept is that properly used images greatly enhance digital writing and other text-centric media. A critical technical skill for New Media and Communications majors is knowing how to incorporate images in popular media. The critical artistic skill is knowing when, or why, to use images. | ||
==When to use images== | ==When to use images== | ||
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====Illustrations vs Photographs==== | ====Illustrations vs Photographs==== | ||
Illustrations and photographs have two | Illustrations and photographs are related but have two different purposes. Illustrations are wholly the product of imagination, and therefore can convey a broader range of expression. Photographs incorporate reality, and can more readily convey metaphor.<ref>http://chrishaughton.com/illustration-vs-photography-article/</ref><ref>http://www.illustrationmundo.com/q_and_a/question_id/2</ref> | ||
=====Illustrations<ref>http://www.bigstockphoto.com/blog/photos-vs-illustrations-when-to-use-which-format/</ref> are best when: ===== | =====Illustrations<ref>http://www.bigstockphoto.com/blog/photos-vs-illustrations-when-to-use-which-format/</ref> are best when: ===== | ||
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=====Example===== | =====Example===== | ||
Consider images | Consider, for a moment, images of the Eiffel Tower. Are they more powerful when the image is vertical, or ''portrait'', or when the tower is part of an overall ''landscape'' in a horizontal image?<ref>https://www.google.com/search?q=eiffel+tower&tbm=isch</ref> Consider ocean images. How does a wide ''landscape'' image compare to a ''portrait'' image of the water, especially with a beach or wave?<ref>https://www.google.com/search?q=ocean&tbm=isch</ref> | ||
==How to use images== | ==How to use images== | ||
"''The image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.''" - Ezra Pound | "''The image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.''" - Ezra Pound | ||
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Using images is a critical part of working with digital media. How to insert an image varies between platforms, and even different versions of the same platform. Because HTML and WordPress are among the most common places images will be used, here are how to use images for each. Click on the images for graphical examples of some steps. | Using images is a critical part of working with digital media. How to insert an image varies between platforms, and even different versions of the same platform. Because HTML and WordPress are among the most common places images will be used, here are how to use images for each. Click on the images for graphical examples of some steps. | ||