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Graphics and Visuals

What are Graphics and Visualization?

Computer graphics are an area of technology that generates images on computer screens which can be used in digital photography, animation, video games and electronic devices. Visualization is just a process on how the image is shown using different techniques to communicate a message (What is computer graphics? A guide to getting started, 2023)

Types of Computer Graphics

• Raster Graphics - 2D images made of rows and columns of square pixels
• Vector Graphics - Made up of shapes and lines. Mathematical formulas shows how the shapes and lines are related to each other
• Interactive Computer Graphics - Allows a user to tell a computer how to generate images
• Non-interactive Computer Graphics - Does not allow access for users to determine how images are made

(What is computer graphics? A guide to getting started, 2023)

Advantages

• Enhancing visual communications
• Facilitating creations of complex designs
• Improving realism of visual contents
• Enabling creation of 3D models and animations
• Improving accessibility of visual contents

(Advantages and disadvantages of Computer Graphics, 2023)

Disadvantages

• Requires specialized skills and software
• May potentially lead to exaggerated representations
• Takes time to create
• May potentially promote a reliance on modern technology
• Vulnerable to manipulation

(Advantages and disadvantages of Computer Graphics, 2023)

References

The University of Arizona (2023) Visualization and graphics. Available at: https://www.cs.arizona.edu/research/visualization-and-graphics (Accessed: April 26, 2023). 

What is computer graphics? A guide to getting started (2023). Available at: https://www.coursera.org/articles/computer-graphics (Accessed: April 26, 2023).

Advantages and disadvantages of Computer Graphics (2023). Available at: https://aspiringyouths.com/advantages-disadvantages/computer-graphics/#:~:text=The%20followings%20are%20the%20advantages%20and%20disadvantages%20of,on%20tech%20...%20%201%20more%20rows%20 (Accessed: April 26, 2023).