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Computer graphics is a field focused on creating and manipulating visual content using computers, applicable in design, simulation, and entertainment. It involves digital representation of images, visualization of data, and various image processing techniques, including the RGB color model for color representation. The document also discusses different display technologies and devices used in graphics, along with relevant software applications and assignments to enhance practical understanding.

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Computer graphics is a field focused on creating and manipulating visual content using computers, applicable in design, simulation, and entertainment. It involves digital representation of images, visualization of data, and various image processing techniques, including the RGB color model for color representation. The document also discusses different display technologies and devices used in graphics, along with relevant software applications and assignments to enhance practical understanding.

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Introduction to Computer Graphics &

Graphics Systems
Overview of Computer Graphics
Computer graphics is a field within computer science that focuses on the creation,
manipulation, and representation of visual content. It involves generating images and
animations using computers and is widely used in fields such as design, simulation, and
entertainment.

Representing Pictures, Preparing, Presenting & Interacting with Pictures


In computer graphics, images are represented digitally, prepared using various software
tools, and presented through output devices like monitors and projectors. Interaction with
these images can occur through user interfaces that allow modification and control over the
graphics content.

Visualization & Image Processing


Visualization is the process of representing data graphically to facilitate understanding.
Image processing involves techniques to enhance, manipulate, or analyze images to extract
useful information or improve visual quality.

RGB Color Model, Direct Coding, and Lookup Table


The RGB color model represents colors using the Red, Green, and Blue components. Direct
coding assigns a specific color value to each pixel, while a lookup table maps pixel values to
a predefined set of colors, which is efficient for memory usage.

Image Processing
This includes a variety of methods for improving the quality or extracting information from
images, such as filtering, edge detection, and color correction.

Red, Green, Blue Color Model


The RGB model is foundational in digital graphics. It works by combining varying intensities
of red, green, and blue light to create a broad array of colors.
Storage Tube Graphics Display
This is an older display technology where images are stored on the screen until they are
erased, commonly used before the development of raster scan displays.

Raster Scan Display


A raster scan display generates images by scanning a beam across the screen line-by-line,
which is the basis for modern monitors and televisions.

3D Viewing Devices, Plotters, Printers, Digitizers, Light Pens


3D Viewing Devices: Tools like VR headsets and stereoscopic displays used to view 3D
content.
Plotters: Devices used for vector graphics printing, useful in CAD applications.
Printers: Output devices to produce hard copies of images and graphics.
Digitizers: Input devices converting analog images into digital form.
Light Pens: Interactive devices that allow drawing or selecting directly on CRT screens.

Active & Passive Graphics Devices


Active Devices: Allow user interaction (e.g., mouse, light pen).
Passive Devices: Only output or display graphics (e.g., monitors, printers).

Computer Graphics Software


This includes applications like Adobe Photoshop, AutoCAD, Blender, and game engines like
Unity, which provide platforms to create and manipulate graphics.

Assignments Given
Assignments related to the above topics have been provided to reinforce the theoretical
understanding through practical application.

Example of a Lookup Table


The lookup table below maps index values to specific RGB color values:

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