The Computer Graphics Interface

✍ Scribed by Karla Steinbrugge Chauveau, Janet S. Chin, Theodore Niles Reed and B. Shepherd (Auth.)

• Publisher: Elsevier Ltd, Butterworth-Heinemann
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 385
• Series: Computer Graphics Standards Series
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Enjoying widespread application and use, computer graphics is a frequent component in modern computing systems. In an attempt to unify its use, several computer graphics standards have been defined. The Computer Graphics Interface (CGI) is an interactive computer graphics standard targeted at the device interface rather than at the application program interface. This book provides an overview of the CGI standard for implementors, system designers, and users. All aspects of the ISO CGI standard are covered. This book can be read alone or as a companion reference to the standard. It presents all concepts of the CGI standard in their entirety, supplemented with figures and examples that show practical use. No prior background in computer graphics standards is required, although a general knowledge of computer graphics, programming, and computer architecture is assumed. Organized into seven chapters, this book is structured so that the first two introductory chapters can be used to gain a general understanding of the CGI with the latter chapters focusing on the details of CGI functionality

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Computer Graphics Standards Series, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Series Preface, Pages v-vii
Preface, Pages ix-x
Biographies, Pages xi-xii
1 - Overview, Pages 1-20
2 - Introduction to the CGI, Pages 21-66
3 - Control, Pages 67-104
4 - Output, Pages 105-214
5 - Segments, Pages 215-260
6 - Raster, Pages 261-303
7 - Input, Pages 305-366
Index, Pages 367-376