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Did you know that millions of digital photos and videos are shared on the internet every single day?

To make digital images we need a digital camera. Digital cameras record images as photos or videos.

Light shines into the camera through the lens, which is like the human eye.
An image is captured by the camera's sensor.

The images are saved as a digital file on the device or on a memory card. The camera saves the files as a photo or a video.

We use many different types of digital cameras to take photos and make videos.

Many of the digital devices we use every day have digital cameras. Some of them are tiny! There are cameras in smartphones, tablets, laptops and even digital watches.

Other types of digital camera can fly, go underwater or stick on our bodies!

Take a look at some of these different types of digital camera. Have you used any of them?

There are lots of reasons to create digital images. It's a great way to save memories of special times with friends and family. We can take photos to remember a holiday or a trip to the park.

Digital images can also be very useful. We can take a quick photo of a book title or something we see in a shop, instead of writing down a reminder.

Some videos just record a moment - a pet doing something silly or a friend waving. We call these video clips.

Other videos are longer and might tell a story. We call these films or movies.

When making a film, we need to decide what happens and when it happens. It helps to plan out the scenes by making a storyboard. A storyboard shows what will happen in each part of your film and in what order.

Sometimes we want to change something in our photo or video. Changing parts of a photo or video is called editing. It is just like editing and correcting a story after we have written it.

We can use tools on a computer or other digital devices like tablets and smartphones, to edit our photo or video.

A photo starts off as a realistic picture of what the real world was like when it was taken. In the past it was very difficult to change or edit a photo.

Today we can easily change or edit a photo using a digital device like a laptop, tablet or a smartphone.

Photo editing apps and tools have buttons and brushes that help you rub out objects, add new people, remove people and change the colour of the sky. We can even add bunny ears and whiskers to our selfie!

We can also add text, emojis and other small pictures. Sometimes, your picture will look completely different after editing.

There are also programs, apps and tools to help us edit a video and create a film.

We use them to put all the different scenes in order, cut out bits where it went wrong and add titles and special effects. We can also edit the sound and add music.

We can look at our photos and videos in different ways. We can look at them on the screen of the device we made them on.

This might be quite small so we can also share them to a TV or computer screen. We can do this by connecting the two devices together with a cable, or through a wireless connection known as casting.

We can also print our photos onto paper and put them into a special book called an album.

Once we have taken a brand-new selfie, photo or made a brilliant video of our new dance routine or sports activity, we might want to share it with our friends and family.

We can share our videos and photos using the internet. We can share them on social media or send them to friends and family in an email. We can also send printed images in a letter by post.

Remember, you should always check with a trusted adult before you share any photos or videos online.