Programming in C: A Practical Approach, First Edition

Appendix E

Graphics Programming

E.1 Computer Graphics

These days, computers have invaded the field of art. They have been used in many graphical applications such as interior designing, architectural planning, flight simulation, virtual museums, pencil drawings, caricature generation, video games, animations, etc. The journey of computer graphics formally began in 1963, when Ivan Sutherland, the father of Computer Graphics, demonstrated the use of computers for the interactive design of line drawings. Sutherland developed a system, called Sketchpad, for man-machine interactive picture generation that made people aware of the potential capabilities of the computers that can be used in the field of graphics. His work gave a boost to the developments ...