Computer Graphics

Computer graphics is a sub-field of computer science and is concerned with digitally synthesizing and manipulating visual content. Although the term often refers to three-dimensional computer graphics, it also encompasses two-dimensional graphics and
image processing.


Definition

Computer graphics broadly studies the manipulation of visual and geometric information using computational techniques. Computer graphics as an academic discipline focuses on the mathematical and computational foundations of image generation and processing rather than purely aesthetic issues.

Major subfields in computer graphics might be:

1. Geometry: studies ways to represent and process surfaces.
2. Animation: studies with ways to represent and manipulate motion.
3. Rendering: studies algorithms to reproduce light transport.
4. Imaging: studies image acquisition or image editing.