The process of acquiring an image through electronic means such as a scanner or a digital camera.

Create digital images from sources ranging from print to a computer display.

Refers to the process of taking source documents and scanning them for storage in an imaging system.

using a scanner, digital camera, or other device to create a digital representation of an object.

The process of acquiring an image of a part or scene, from sensor irradiation to acquisition of a digital image.

The act of reading or digitally recording a check or other document so it can be reproduced as an exact replication when needed. To create a substitute check a bank must first image capture it.

Using a scanner or other device to create a digital representation or electronic photograph of an image. The scanning process is often labor-intensive and costly, requiring a substantial investment in handling and processing original materials and their surrogate images. The current strategy is to capture an image at the highest resolution appropriate to the original, and store it off-line as an archival image on CD-ROM or magnetic tape. Techniques such as lossy compression and subsampling can then be used to create derivative images for use online. In the future, as the ability to deliver high-quality archival scans develops, it will be possible to place the archival scan online without cost of recapture. Scanning can be done in-house or contracted out to a vendor. Whether scanning is done in-house or outsourced, quality of the images can vary widely. Image specifications should be stated clearly in the contract with the vendor and sample images (at varying resolutions) of the materials to be scanned should be requested of the vendor prior to the start of the project.

Also referred to as digitisation, is the process of creating a digital representation or image of an original through scanning or digital photography.

Image Capture, first introduced in Mac OS X version 10.1 (Puma) serves to allow the user to upload pictures from digital cameras or scanners either connected to the computer or the network. It provides no organisational tools like i Photo but is useful for collating pictures from a variety of sources with no need for drivers.