Computer Graphics Using Open GL, 3rd Edition F. S. Hill, Jr.….pptVIP

Video Monitor Operation Based on cathode ray tube (CRT). * Video Monitor Operation (2) The digital frame buffer value is converted to an analog voltage for each of R, G, and B by the DAC. Electron guns for each color are deflected to the appropriate screen location. The process is repeated 60 times each second to prevent flicker. * Data Transfer Accelerators Using 24- or 32-bit color requires that large amounts of data be transferred very fast between computer and display. Fast buses and graphics cards can improve the transfer speed. The cards implement the graphics pipeline: the nature of the processing steps to display the image and the order in which they must occur (specified by the graphics language, e.g., OpenGL). * Flat Panel Displays Flat panel displays: use a mesh of wires to set color of a pixel. * Hard Copy Raster Devices In graphics, to reproduce a scene with colors we want a color laser or inkjet printer. Printers equipped to use PostScript (a page description language) can generate high quality text and graphics on a printed page. A film recorder uses a strip of photographic film, exposed by the electron beam as it sweeps over it (once) in a raster pattern. Film recorders are frequently used to make high-quality 35-mm slides, or movies. * Graphics Input Types String: a string of characters followed by a termination character typed in by the user and stored in memory. Valuator: a real value between 0.0 and 1.0, which can be used to fix the length of a line, the speed of an action, or perhaps the size of a picture. * Graphics Input Types (2) Locator: a coordinate pair (x, y) which enables the user to point to a position on the display. Pick: identifies a portion of a picture for further processing (e.g., touchscreen). Some graphics packages allow a picture to be defined in terms of segments, which are groups of related graphics primitives. * Graphics Input Devices Keyboard: strings of characters; Some keyboards have cursor keys or function key