Computer Graphics is the life line of today’s computer technology. Starting from small wall Posters to huge animations, CG is being used. system generated imagery is used on televisions, Mobile Phones, Newspaper etc.
We can classify the CG as 2D, 3D, 5D and Animated Graphics. With the improvement in the technology 3D graphics have become common, but 2D graphics are also widely used.
2D Graphics
These are the computer based digital image generation in a plane. Texts, Images etc are the examples of 2D Computer Graphics. 2D CG is widely used in the field of News Papers, Printed Advertising etc.
As the technology has improved, New software came to the computer field to lessen the efforts in making a computer graphics. Microsoft Paint is a simple example of 2D Computer Graphics software. Other software like Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Flash, Corel Draw, PageMaker etc is also widely used in the 2D CG field.
3D Graphics
3D graphics are the representation of Objects with reference to 3 Co-Ordinates. 3D graphics become much popular now with the coming of new technologies and software. Major software used in 3D Computer Graphics includes, Autodesk 3D Max, Autodesk Maya, Cinema 4D etc.
Technologies in 3D graphics are developing lightning fast. Read the rest of this entry »