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Application of digital graphics

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Sprites Sprites are basically computer graphics term for a two dimensional bitmap that becomes a larger scene. Sprites in games can either be static images or an animated graphic. Examples of sprites include objects in 2D video games icons that are part of an application A sprite is also a type of stand alone computer graphic element and is also defined as a 2D image and/or animated image that has a role. Sprites can also be known as a icon. Here's a few examples of sprites. Where are sprites used? Most sprites are used in websites Background graphics Background graphics is a background that could show a floor plan of a floor so like laminate floor textures Background graphics can be used for the background so for instance there's floor graphics and textures that are used in games for example the background as in destiny there are landscapes that are actually background graphics and can be used as 3D buildings, cutscenes, environments and level backgrounds. refer...

Image input and output

Scanner Scanner have huge pro's and cons for example with a scanner you can get the exact images from paper into digital form but the quality obviously varies, they also provide enough detail and resolution to handle images and photographs also graphics and designs however they decrease in quality and the industries that use them are A scanner is a device that captures images from photographic prints, magazine pages and programmes used for computer editing and display. Scanners come in hand held devices and there are many types of scanners ones for printing colour and ones for printing solemnly in black and white. Very high resolution scanners are used for scanning high resolution prints and this is also the same for low resolution scanners. Scanners also come with softwares such as adobe photoshop that lets you edit and resize a programme good for printing and editing. Graphic tablets Graphic tablet's have a lot of purpose in today's society as we use them a lo...

Styles of Graphic art in computer games

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cel-shading Cel shading is a type of graphics that is supposed to be non 3D by using the appearance of making it look flat by using less shade colour instead of a fair mixture of shade and tints and cel shading basically imitates the look of cartoons, comic book styles and drawings. Examples of cel shading are hatching, outlining, distortions of a linear perspective, coarse dithering Cel shading is a type of non photorealistic rendering designed to make 3D computer graphics appear flat by using less shading colours. Cel shading takes elements of 3D designs as well as creating a cartoon effect. For this example of cel shading I've used moxxi from borderlands 2 because she is the best example of a cel shaded character and borderlands was one of the best example of a cel shaded game not only that but because it's also a great game too. The graphics is one of the reasons why borderland series was a huge sell personally borderlands 2 Photo realistic A game i have chosen ...

File extension

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Bitmap Bitmap images are made of single dots, each dot can be assigned a different color, when you zoom in on a bitmap image you can see all the individual dots and it’s a raster graphics image file this is why bitmap images become poor quality when enlarged too much, the people and systems who use BITMAP images usually consist of digital systems often used for printing images. Also the Benefits of bitmap are that the files may be easily created and retrieving data that is bitmap is easier. However Bitmap is actually lossless because it preserves the files original data. Graphics interchange. (GIF) A gif is a graphic image on a page that moves like a flashing name that flashes different colors etc. It’s an image that has multiple frames encoded into a single image making it playback automatically when placed onto a website or image Gifs are mainly used by Websites, and usually everybody on the internet as certain websites have a preview of something this would usually be a gif...