High-Level Shader Language (redirect from C for graphics)
detail increases as well as many special effects in both 2D and 3D computer graphics.[citation needed] HLSL programs come in six forms: pixel shaders (fragment...
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Graphics (from Ancient Greek γραφικός (graphikós) 'pertaining to drawing, painting, writing, etc.') are visual images or designs on some surface, such...
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The Borland Graphics Interface, also known as BGI, was a graphics library bundled with several Borland compilers for the DOS operating systems since 1987...
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open-source graphics library that provides a vector graphics-based, device-independent API for software developers. It provides primitives for two-dimensional...
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The Skia Graphics Engine or Skia is an open-source 2D graphics library written in C++. Skia abstracts away platform-specific graphics APIs (which differ...
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A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit initially designed to accelerate computer graphics and image processing (either on...
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Silicon Graphics, Inc. (stylized as SiliconGraphics before 1999, later rebranded SGI, historically known as Silicon Graphics Computer Systems or SGCS)...
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A graphics card (also called a video card, display card, graphics accelerator, graphics adapter, VGA card/VGA, video adapter, display adapter, or colloquially...
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Computer graphics is a sub-field of computer science which studies methods for digitally synthesizing and manipulating visual content. Although the term...
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A graphics tablet (also known as a digitizer, digital graphic tablet, pen tablet, drawing tablet, external drawing pad or digital art board) is a computer...
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Isometric video game graphics are graphics employed in video games and pixel art that use a parallel projection, but which angle the viewpoint to reveal...
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In computer graphics and digital photography, a raster graphic represents a two-dimensional picture as a rectangular matrix or grid of pixels, viewable...
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Computer graphics deals with generating images and art with the aid of computers. Computer graphics is a core technology in digital photography, film,...
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OpenGL (redirect from Open graphics library)
OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a cross-language, cross-platform application programming interface (API) for rendering 2D and 3D vector graphics. The API...
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The computer graphics pipeline, also known as the rendering pipeline or graphics pipeline, is a framework within computer graphics that outlines the necessary...
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Graphics Core Next (GCN) is the codename for a series of microarchitectures and an instruction set architecture that were developed by AMD for its GPUs...
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In 3D computer graphics, ray tracing is a technique for modeling light transport for use in a wide variety of rendering algorithms for generating digital...
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The GD Graphics Library is a graphics software library for dynamically manipulating images. It can create GIFs, JPEGs, PNGs, and WBMPs. The images can...
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This list contains general information about graphics processing units (GPUs) and video cards from Nvidia, based on official specifications. In addition...
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In computer graphics, a digital differential analyzer (DDA) is hardware or software used for interpolation of variables over an interval between start...
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of computer graphics generation. These APIs have also proved vital to computer graphics hardware manufacturers, as they provide a way for programmers...
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Cg (programming language) (category C programming language family)
for C for Graphics) and High-Level Shader Language (HLSL) are two names given to a high-level shading language developed by Nvidia and Microsoft for programming...
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AMD (redirect from AMD Graphics Product Group)
technologies for business and consumer markets. AMD's main products include microprocessors, motherboard chipsets, embedded processors, and graphics processors...
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vendor-specific graphics hardware drivers. Its most important users are two graphics drivers mostly developed and funded by Intel and AMD for their respective...
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WebGL (redirect from Web Graphics Library)
WebGL (short for Web Graphics Library) is a JavaScript API for rendering interactive 2D and 3D graphics within any compatible web browser without the use...
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number of vector graphics editors exist for various platforms. Potential users of these editors will make a comparison of vector graphics editors based on...
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2017. Retrieved 7 May 2018. Crow, F.C. (1977). "Shadow algorithms for computer graphics" (PDF). Computer Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 1977). Vol...
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an API design pattern in computer graphics libraries, in which the client calls directly cause rendering of graphics objects to the display, or in which...
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original Enhanced Graphics Adapter. By that November's COMDEX, more than a half dozen companies had announced EGA-compatible boards based on C&T's chipset....
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graphics. For a comparison, see Comparison of 3D computer graphics software. Contents: Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 123D is...
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