Labels:book | box | bulletin board | earth | fence | hakham | poster | sky | tree | windowpane OCR: 444 CHAPTER SECTION Vector and 3-1 Graphics IF YOU'VE PLAYED any computer games recently or watched ar animated movie you've seen the produc computer -generated 3-D ani- mated graphics To the uninformed, these photorealistic action characters might seem like little more than fancy cartoons. After you understand the way they are created, however, you'll appreciate the incredible amount of computing power they require This section begins with two-dimensional vector graphics. You'll find ooo how they differ from bitmaps and why you might want to use them. After covering the basics for two-dimensional graphics, the section progresses C static 3-D graphics and then ani- mated 3-D graphics VECTOR GRAPHICS BASICS What is vector graphic? Unlike bitmap graphic created by dividing an image into a gr ...
