Intensity
Intensity refers to the amount of light. For grayscale images, it’s depicted by the grey level value at each
pixel.The intensity profile of an image is the set of intensity values taken from regularly spaced points
along a line segment or multi-line path in an image.The intensity of an image could refer to a global
measure of that image, such as mean pixel intensity. A relative measure of image intensity could be how
bright (mean pixel intensity) the image appears compared to another image. Intensity of an image could
also be how bright the image is compared to how bright the display is capable of producing.we can
adjust the intensity values in an image using the imadjust function, where we specify the range of
intensity values in the output image.
Brightness is a relative term. It depends on our visual perception. In some cases we can easily say that
the image is bright, and in some cases, its not easy to perceive. Brightness is a measure of how light or
dark our overall picture is. Adjusting the brightness of a picture affects all the pixels in a picture equally.
Increasing the brightness makes the dark areas lighter and the light areas lighter too. Decreasing the
brightness makes the light areas darker and the dark areas darker too.we must be careful while
adjusting the brightness if there are a lot of highlights in our picture since it may blow them out of
proportion.
Contrast
Contrast is the ratio of the lightest point and the darkest point in the picture.Contrast can be simply
explained as the difference between maximum and minimum pixel intensity in an image.Adjusting the
contrast is increasing or decreasing the distinction between the light and dark areas of the picture.
Increasing the contrast increases the difference between the light and dark areas of the picture while
decreasing it makes the picture look a little washed out.
Raster Image
A raster image is a common term used in the field of computers and digital photography. A raster is
sometimes also known as a bitmap image.It is represented in the form of a rectangular grid of pixels
which are viewable using a bitmapped display. In raster-based imaging, it is easy to make smaller
images. Raster graphics are made up of orderly arranged colored pixels to display any image.Raster
images are more capable of rendering complex, soft-colored, vibrant multi-colored visuals.Raster
imaging is used in Digital cameras technology.
Raster-based images use bitmaps to store data which means the large the file, the larger the bitmap.
The larger the size of the image, the more disk space it will take.Common raster file types are .png, jpg,
gif, tiff, and BMP.
Vector Image
A vector image or graphic is defined and created on a plane by connecting lines and curves. It uses
mathematical equations to form shapes. It creates a finer and more detailed image.Vectors are
preferred more to imitate photographs. They’re perfect for creating designs using simple and solid
colors. These images have dedicated color gradients, scales, shadows, and shading, which means they
can be scaled further without pixelating.Common vector file types are .ai, .eps, .pdf, svg, sketch and the
editors used are often – Adobe Illustrator or Sketch. Images that need to be scaled to different sizes,
vector graphics are used to achieve those results.