Re: Digital vs Analog (and where to get a cheap scanner)

[P3D Peter Davis <pfd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Peter Davis asks:
> 
> >>I would disagree; the characteristic of a quantity changing or being
> >>stored in discrete steps is the fundamental property of being 'digital'.
> 
> >So you would argue that all halftoned images, including ones produced
> >optically, are "digital?"
> 
> Nope.  The size of a spot of ink can vary continuously from "not there"
> to "contiguous with its neighbors".

Interesting.  So what if the image were made entirely of fixed size
dots, with higher or lower densities of dots to approximate darker or
lighter shades?  Would that be digital, even if it's done by an artist
with a technical pen?  This is, in fact, a common technique known as
"stippling."

-pd


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