The Development of Computer Graphics

By David L. Allen


With the number of people using computers for just about anything, computer imagery or computer graphics has been a very powerful tool in the presentation of ideas, images, and other visual materials. What began as a simple drawing program that was developed in 1961, has flourished to a variety of enhanced imagery systems that are consistently being updated and improved upon to provide clearer and crisper images that every viewer can appreciate. Nowadays, we see computer graphics used in a variety of ways, especially for internet users.

Computer graphics has become a major part of people's lives. From TV shows to movies and gaming, everyone is constantly experiencing graphics in one form or another. We have become familiar with the terms 2D and 3D, and have very much appreciated the viewing pleasure we derive from such type of images especially when streaming movies and playing games online. Fans of online multimedia games are particularly pleased with the development of animations that really seem alive on screen.

Most online companies have also incorporated computer graphics to pull in potential customers to their website. They utilized audio-visual presentations to achieve a more interactive environment in their website giving their customers a more pleasurable experience when shopping on line. Companies who are not into computerized means of selling their products have also begun to construct website incorporated with attractive computer animations to attract their customers. Computer graphics are not just used by companies to promote certain products online; they are also used to send across messages for other purposes as well.

Most organizations also started to make use of computer graphics to design their logos and so as to ask for help to people who are willing to render their services for a good cause. Social networking sites also make use of computer graphics to gain attention and to be able to offer more entertaining games and applications. Internet websites with attractive design and layouts are more likely to capture viewers' interest. This is the reason why webmasters continuously improve their site's design and overall appearance by incorporating attractive computer graphics.

In the business arena, the use of computer graphics is still quite new. This is because it is only now that businessmen become aware of the impact of computer graphics in making their marketing strategies more effective. Before, they used to think that only movie and gaming industries can benefit from utilizing computer graphics. However, due to the continuous development in technology, the use of computer graphics to different industries has become a very important need and strategy.

Computer graphics is also an art. Like other art forms, it can also communicate a lot of things, from the simplest to the most complicated forms. At present, simple graphic designs have now become high quality animations seen in movies and games. The things that we just used to think before have now become possible due to skillful graphic artists who put so much effort in their craft to be able to achieve the kind of computer graphics we see today.




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