Computer graphics (computer science)

It focuses on the mathematical and computational foundations of image generation and processing rather than purely aesthetic issues.

Among them are the SIGGRAPH and Eurographics conferences and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Transactions on Graphics journal.

Because the appearance of an object depends largely on its exterior, boundary representations are most commonly used.

Recently, Eulerian surface descriptions (i.e., where spatial samples are fixed) such as level sets have been developed into a useful representation for deforming surfaces which undergo many topological changes (with fluids being the most notable example).

Rendering subfields include: Bitmap Design / Image Editing Vector drawing Architecture Video editing Sculpting, Animation, and 3D Modeling Digital composition Rendering Other applications examples Industrial labs doing "blue sky" graphics research include: Major film studios notable for graphics research include:

A modern rendering of the Utah teapot, an iconic model in 3D computer graphics created by Martin Newell in 1975.
Successive approximations of a surface computed using quadric error metrics
Indirect diffuse scattering simulated using path tracing and irradiance caching .