Why are pixels square?

Question

Any complete explanation on why it is?

Answer 1

Kodn,



Actually, pixels can have different sizes and different shapes - depending on the camera they come from.



Pixels, as you know, are the result of digital sampling & record numerical data for colors.



Is there a question behind your question? Like what type of camera to get in order to capture the best quality pictures? Pixel size can affect things like dynamic range (the scope of light values that can be captured in an image).



Good luck in your info quest...

Answer 2

For convenience, pixels are normally arranged in a regular two-dimensional grid. By using this arrangement, many common operations can be implemented by uniformly applying the same operation to each pixel independently. Other arrangements of pixels are also possible, with some sampling patterns even changing the shape (or kernel) of each pixel across the image. For this reason, care must be taken when acquiring an image on one device and displaying it on another, or when converting image data from one pixel format to another.

Answer 3

They are made like that but not all pixels are square. Some are hexagonal or rectangular.

Answer 4

Square or Blob!

http://www.emdpi.com/pixels.html