Editing Digital art (section)

=== Computer-generated visual media ===
{{See also|Computer art}}
[[Digital data|Digital]] [[visual art]] consists of either [[Plane (mathematics)|2D]] visual information displayed on an [[electronic visual display]] or information [[mathematics|mathematically]] translated into [[Three-dimensional space|3D]] information viewed through [[perspective projection]] on an electronic visual display. The simplest form, [[2D computer graphics]], reflects how one might draw with a pencil or paper. In this case, however, the image is on the computer screen, and the instrument you draw with might be a tablet stylus or a mouse. What is generated on your screen might appear to be drawn with a pencil, pen, or paintbrush. The second kind is [[3D computer graphics]], where the screen becomes a window into a [[virtual environment]], where you arrange objects to be "photographed" by the computer.

Typically 2D computer graphics use [[raster graphics]] as their primary means of source data representations, whereas 3D computer graphics use [[vector graphics]] in the creation of [[immersive virtual reality]] installations. A possible third paradigm is to generate art in 2D or 3D entirely through the execution of [[algorithm]]s coded into computer programs. This can be considered the native art form of the computer, and an introduction to the history of which is available in an interview with computer art pioneer Frieder Nake.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Smith, Glenn|date=31 May 2019|title=An Interview with Frieder Nake|journal=Arts|volume=8|issue=2|pages=69|doi=10.3390/arts8020069|doi-access=free}}</ref> [[Fractal art]], [[Datamoshing]], [[algorithmic art]], and real-time [[generative art]] are examples.