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Pixels, edits and generated pictures

Arts & Music · Visual Art · ages 15-16
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. How did a daguerreotype differ from a digital file?

    • Endless perfect copies
    • A song instead of a picture
    • One sharp plate with no copies

  2. What is a digital image made of?

    • Pixels, stored as numbers
    • Silver plates only
    • Wet paint layers

  3. Software can erase part of a photo so smoothly that no trace remains.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. What is left of the artist choice in a generated image?

    • Nothing at all remains
    • Subject, prompt, kept results and honesty
    • Only the frame colour

  5. Why can a model picture a gadget that was never built?

    • It records light from the real gadget
    • It builds from learned patterns with nothing real needed
    • It phones the factory for photos

  6. A model copies a living artist look for a poster. What is the fair answer?

    • Hide how it was made
    • Ask consent, credit sources, or label it generated
    • Claim you painted it by hand

  7. A gallery claims a print file is the one original. What is wrong?

    • Nothing, files have single originals
    • Every copy matches, so no object is the original
    • Prints cannot be copied at all

  8. A surprising gadget photo spreads online. What is the best check order?

    • First poster, trusted reports, maker words
    • Share first, check never
    • Count the likes only
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Answer key

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  1. One sharp plate with no copies · No negative meant no copies, unlike digital files that copy forever.
  2. Pixels, stored as numbers · Numbers copy exactly, which is why no copy loses quality.
  3. True · The rover portrait lost its camera mast without a visible mark.
  4. Subject, prompt, kept results and honesty · Early photographers defended the same kind of remaining choices.
  5. It builds from learned patterns with nothing real needed · No camera and no object are needed, only patterns learned from many images.
  6. Ask consent, credit sources, or label it generated · Consent plus credit plus labelling answers the credit row.
  7. Every copy matches, so no object is the original · With numbers as pixels, a copy of a copy stays flawless.
  8. First poster, trusted reports, maker words · Tracing the source chain exposes made-up pictures fast.
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