Types

• The main types of digital art are digital film, animated films, digital special effects, digital video and digital photography. In addition, certain "new media" art is positioned in the digital world, and usually involves animating objects through the use of computer interfaces, as in interactive art gallery exhibitions that respond to viewers' touch-screen commands.
  
  

Benefits

• Filmmakers, photographers and video artists increasingly prefer working in the digital realm. One of the main benefits is the clear quality of images that digital technology produces, giving the final product an ultra-realistic feel. What is more, digital technology is extremely easy to work with and edit.
  
  

Famous Ties

• Some of the more famous names currently working in digital video art include Ryan Trecartin, Sue de Beer, James Benning and Keren Cytter. Famous digital photographers include Wolfgang Tillmans and Ryan McGinley.