Graphics software
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Incomputer graphics,graphics softwarerefers to aprogramor collection of programs that enable a person tomanipulate imagesor models visually on acomputer.[1]
Computer graphics can be classified into two distinct categories:raster graphicsandvector graphics,with further 2D and3Dvariants. Many graphics programs focus exclusively on either vector or raster graphics, but there are a few that operate on both. It is simple to convert from vector graphics to raster graphics, but going the other way is harder. Some software attempts to do this.
In addition to static graphics, there areanimationandvideo editingsoftware. Different types of software are often designed to edit different types of graphics such as video, photos, and vector-based drawings. The exact sources of graphics may vary for different tasks, but most can read and write files.[2]
Most graphics programs have the ability to import and export one or moregraphics file formats,including those formats written for a particular computer graphics program. Such programs include, but are not limited to:GIMP,Adobe Photoshop,CorelDRAW,Microsoft Publisher,Picasa,etc.[3]
The use of a swatch is a palette of active colours that are selected and rearranged by the preference of the user. A swatch may be used in a program or be part of the universal palette on anoperating system.It is used to change the colour of a text or image and in video editing. Vector graphics animation can be described as a series of mathematical transformations that are applied in sequence to one or more shapes in a scene. Raster graphics animation works in a similar fashion to film-based animation, where a series of still images produces the illusion of continuous movement.
History
[edit]SuperPaintwas one of the earliest graphics software applications, first conceptualized in 1972 and achieving its first stable image in 1973[4]
Fauve Matisse (laterMacromedia xRes) was a pioneering program of the early 1990s, notably introducinglayersin customer software.[5]
CurrentlyAdobe Photoshopis one of the most used and best-known graphics programs in the Americas, having created more custom hardware solutions in the early 1990s, but was initially subject to various litigation.GIMPis a popular open-source alternative toAdobe Photoshop.
See also
[edit]- Comparison of raster graphics editors
- Comparison of vector graphics editors
- List of 2D graphics software
- List of 2D animation software
- List of raster graphics editors
- Graphic art software
- Image morphing software
- Image conversion
- imc FAMOS(1987), graphical data analysis
- Raster graphics editor
- Vector graphics editor
References
[edit]- ^"What is Graphics Software?".GeeksforGeeks.2022-08-09.Retrieved2023-10-18.
- ^"Software Graphic: graphics software".elearning.reb.rw.Retrieved2023-10-09.
- ^"Software Graphic: Graphics Software".elearning.reb.rw.Retrieved2023-10-09.
- ^Alonso, Bogar (2013-05-28)."The 1970s Graphics Program That Spurred Space Exploration, Computer Picassos and Pixar".Vice.Retrieved2023-10-09.
- ^Macromedia MatisseArchived2017-02-01 at theWayback Machine,Reign of ToadsArchived2017-02-11 at theWayback Machine
