Common Graphics Formats

Computer graphics are used for Web page design and report documents, and they are also used by engineers, by computer artists (designers or photographers), and even by medical researchers and practitioners. Some graphics development tasks have only modest hardware and software requirements, whereas others, such as floating-point–intensive 3D renderings and raytracings, may require specialized equipment, such as graphics cards with 64MB or more video RAM, large (19'' or larger) monitors, enormous amounts (512MB or more) of RAM, and fast CPUs. This section covers simpler graphics formats for home desktop and small business users.

Table 8.1 lists most of the types of graphics included with Red Hat Linux. You may find some ...

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