1. CSC 308 – Graphics Programming Graphics Application Areas i.e. “Why do we care?” Dr. Paige H. Meeker Computer Science Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC

2. Lecture 2  Graphics Application Areas  Homework (Again?? You’re Joking!)

3. Major Areas  Modeling  Rendering  Animation

4. Computer Graphics Applications  Pictures  Diagrams  Video  GUI’s  3D Modeling  VR  Animation  Image Processing  Image Analysis  Image Comprehension  Video Games  Cartoons  Film and Special Effects  Simulation  Medical Imaging  Scientific Visualization  Information Visualization ETC, ETC, ETC…

5. Areas of Computer Graphics: Pictures  Digital drawings  Digital Photos  Image formats (gif, jpg, png, etc.)  Drawing tools  Digital cameras  Image compression Image compression

6. Areas of Computer Graphics: Pictures  Adobe Illustrator  Adobe Photoshop  Paintshop Pro

7. Areas of Computer Graphics: Diagrams  Line Drawings  CAD  Schematics  Graphs  Business/Presentation Graphics

8. Areas of Computer Graphics: Diagrams  AutoCAD  MS Powerpoint  MS Excel

9. Areas of Computer Graphics: Video .mov.avi Quicktime  Video cameras  Adobe Premier

10. Areas of Computer Graphics: GUI’s  Windows  Icons  Menus  Pointers

11. Areas of Computer Graphics: 3D Modeling  Coordinate Systems  Transformations  Clipping  Shading  Projections  Rendering  Ray Tracing

12. Areas of Computer Graphics: 3D Modeling  Renderman  Lightwave  Maya

13. Areas of Computer Graphics: Virtual Reality  Real time 3D Modeling  Interaction  Immersive/Nonimmersive VR

14. Areas of Computer Graphics: Animation  Frames  Tweening  Frame Rates Examples: http://www.pixar.com/shorts/index.html

15. Areas of Computer Graphics: Image Processing  Filters  Enhancement Enhancement  Medical Imaging Medical Imaging CT, MRI, PET, 3D Reconstruction  Astronomy

16. Areas of Computer Graphics: Image Processing  Edge Detection  Histograms

17. Areas of Computer Graphics: Image Comprehension  Image Recognition Image Recognition  Pattern Recognition  Face Recognition Face Recognition  Neural Networks

18. Areas of Computer Graphics: Hardware  Display Devices  Plasma Screens  Goggles  VR Headsets  Projection Systems  Interaction Devices (mouse, light pen, tablets, etc.)

19. Areas of Computer Graphics: Scientific Visualization Scientific Visualization  Information Visualization  Medical Imaging  Space Imaging  Fluid Flows  Natural Patterns  Wavelets

20. Areas of Computer Graphics: Other  Video Games  Cartoons  Special Effects  Simulation  3D Scanning