Computer graphics

  • Authors:
  • Jeffrey J. McConnell;George S. Carson

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • Encyclopedia of Computer Science
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Computer graphics consists ot two steps: describing an image and then displaying it. There are a number of other issues that also come into play with computer graphics (or simply graphics). Is the image an individual one or part of a series of images in an animation? Is the image to be static, or can a computer user interact with a software package to change it? Is the goal of the image to be higly realistic because it will be viewed at length, or is it just to give a quick impression of the scene?