It can also be captured as a digital image in a computer memory chip. This image can be manipulated using a variety of techniques and materials to produce a photographic print. The image is capable of being reinterpreted to produce multiple prints, either similar to or diverse from the previous print. A digital print is made directly from a newly created digital file. This file can be produced totally in a computer program or, as is more commonly done, by significantly manipulating other images that have been brought into the computer to create a work that has not previously existed in another medium.
Ink appears flat with no texture.
May have a photographic quality. Edges of image are usually straight and mechanical with no embossing. Dot pattern can sometimes be seen in light or pale area of color. A painting or other type of original art is photographed and the image is separated onto four aluminum plates. This is the most common method of commercial printing.