1. Introduction to Computer
Graphics
Organized By: Vinay Arora
Assistant Professor, CSED
Thapar University, Patiala
2. Disclaimer
This is NOT A COPYRIGHT MATERIAL
Content has been taken mainly from the following books & websites:
Computer Graphics C Version By Donald Hearn, M. Pauline Baker
Schaum's outline of theory and problems of computer graphics By Zhigang Xiang, Roy A. Plastock
Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice By James D. Foley
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_graphics
http://www.howstuffworks.com/3dgraphics.htm
http://www.graphics.cornell.edu/online/tutorial/
http://www.cgarena.com/
etc…
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CSED
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4. Computer Graphics
Graphics - Refers to any computer device or program that makes a
computer capable of displaying and manipulating pictures.
Term also refers to the Images themselves.
Computer Graphics are graphics created using computers and, more
generally, the representation and manipulation of image data by a
computer.
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CSED
5. Computer Graphics (Contd.)
The term Computer Graphics has been used in a broad sense to describe
"Almost everything on computers that is not TEXT or SOUND“
Typically, the term Computer Graphics refers to several different things:
- The representation and manipulation of image data by a computer
- The various technologies used to create and manipulate images
- The images so produced
- The sub-field of computer science which studies methods for digitally
synthesizing and manipulating visual content
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CSED
