CS 107 Fall Semester 2004 Section 51 Lecture Week 7 Computer Graphics and Multimedia

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Graphics and Multimedia Multimedia - integration of computer-based text, still images, video, animation, and sound. Bit Mapped or Raster Graphics Pixels - Picture Element color/bit depth Resolution/dpi Image Processing Software Vector Graphics Object Oriented Graphics Drawing Software 3D Modeling Software CAD - Computer Aided Drafting CAM - Computer Aided Manufacturing Raster Graphics vs Vector Graphics Raster Vector Anti-Aliased Smooth Data Compression - http://www.MyImager.com Dynamic Media Animation Software Video Editing Software Digital Sound Syntesized Sound Hypermedia Virtual Reality - http://beard.dialnsa.edu/~gpagano/ http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/vr/nbs_low.mov http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/vr/aftlow.mov http://www.se.rit.edu/~jrv/research/ar/globe.mpg

Covers: Computer Confluence - Chapter 6

Links for Further Study

Raster and Vector Graphics - http://www.sketchpad.net/basics1.htm

An Introduction to Image Compression - http://debugmode.com/imagecmp/

Graphic File Formats - http://www.why-not.com/articles/formats.htm

About Graphics File Formats and Types of Computer Graphics - http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/graphicformats/

Learn the Net: File Formats & Downloads - http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/34filext.htm

Hot Virtual Reality Sites - http://www.itl.nist.gov/iaui/ovrt/hotvr.html

VResources - http://vresources.jump-gate.com/

LIFTOFF Archive of Virtual Reality Files - http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/vr/

Video Clips of Augmented Reality System in Operation - http://www.se.rit.edu/~jrv/research/ar/video.html

Augmented Reality Page - http://www.se.rit.edu/~jrv/research/ar/

Last Updated: 10/18/04