Introduction To Computer Graphics
Introduction To Computer Graphics
Graphics Primitives:
Computer graphics is an art of drawing pictures on computer screens with the help of
programming. It involves computations, creation, and manipulation of data. In other words, we
can say that computer graphics is a rendering tool for the generation and manipulation of images.
Introduction
Computer is information processing machine. User needs to communicate with computer
and the computer graphics is one of the most effective and commonly used ways of
communication with the user.
It displays the information in the form of graphical objects such as pictures, charts,
diagram and graphs.
Graphical objects convey more information in less time and easily understandable
formats for example statically graph shown in stock exchange.
We can control intensity and color of pixel which decide how picture look like.
The special procedure determines which pixel will provide the best approximation to the
desired picture or graphics object this process is known as Rasterization.
It has ability to show moving pictures thus possible to produce animations with computer graphics.
With the use of computer graphics we can control the animation by adjusting the speed, portion
of picture in view the amount of detail shown and so on.
It provides tools called motion dynamics. In which user can move objects as well as observes as
per requirement for example walk throw made by builder to show flat interior and surrounding.
It provides facility called update dynamics. With this we can change the shape color and other
properties of object.
Now in recent development of digital signal processing and audio synthesis chip the interactive
graphics can now provide audio feedback along with the graphical feed backs.
Plotting of graphics and chart in industry, business, government and educational organizations
drawing like bars, pie-charts, histogram’s are very useful for quick and good decision making.
Office automation and desktop publishing: - It is used for creation and dissemination of
information. It is used in in-house creation and printing of documents which contains text, tables,
graphs and other forms of drawn or scanned images or picture.
Computer aided drafting and design: - It uses graphics to design components and system such as
automobile bodies structures of building etc.
Simulation and animation: - Use of graphics in simulation makes mathematic models and
mechanical systems more realistic and easy to study.
Art and commerce: - There are many tools provided by graphics which allows used to make their
picture animated and attracted which are used in advertising.
Process control: - Now a day’s automation is used which is graphically displayed on the screen.
Cartography: - Computer graphics is also used to represent geographic maps, weather maps,
oceanographic charts etc.
Education and training: - Computer graphics can be used to generate models of physical, financial
and economic systems. These models can be used as educational aids.