digital arts

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    the invention of computers/ENIAC

    Eckert and john invented the first computer
  • the start of digital art

    the start of digital art
    The 1960's was an important era in the history of digital art since this was when artists started to experiment with computers.
  • computer algorithm

    computer algorithm
    German artist Frieder Nake who was also a mathematician, created algorithm to enable the machine to draw a series of shapes.
  • the first digital art

    the first digital art
    the very first digital art was created by Kenneth Knowlton and Leon Harmon thry took a nude photo of a woman and changed it into a picture with composed pixels
  • evolution of technology

    evolution of technology
    This era started a development in technologies (such as the Apple ll computer which allowed colour graphics to be executed for the first time on the screen of a personal computer.
  • the term"digital art" was first used

    the term"digital art" was first used
    The first use of the term digital art was in the early 1980s when computer engineers created a paint program which became known as AARON. It was a robotic machine designed to make large drawings on sheets of paper placed on the floor.
  • digital technology improved

    digital technology improved
    the improvement of digital technology made it possible to download video onto computers, allowing artists to manipulate the images they had filmed with a video camera for the first time.
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