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Computer Graphics/Introduction

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Computers are very powerful tool. Today what ever we see wouldn't have been really possible without advent of the Computers. And today computers have been able to accomplish all these task because of their Graphic Capabilities. Computer graphics makes it easy for a user to interact with the computers. Graphical display finds application is almost all the fields of knowledge known to mankind like science, engineering, government, finance, art, entertainment, education, training, etc.

Computers are powerful tool that can be used for creating various visual objects, and with the combinations of those computers can produce fantastic objects that can depicts real world objects. Computer Graphics are mainly used for design process particularly for engineering and architectural systems, almost what ever we see today are actually designed with some aid of computers. Before we explain various concepts about Computer Graphics let us have a look at various applications of Computer Graphics.

Applications of Computer Graphics

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Applications of computer graphics

  1. Entertainment (Movies, Games...)
  2. Simulations ( Aeroplanes, Rockets...)
  3. Education and training
  4. Forecasting
  5. CAD (Computer Aided Designs)
  6. Medicine
  7. Virtual walk through
  8. Image processing
  9. Computer art
  10. Graphical user interface
  11. Presentation graphics
  12. Morphing
  13. Visualization etc.
  14. Food
  15. Home and school