• 1. Computer Graphics
  • 1.1. Screen
  • 1.2. Colours
  • 1.3. Rasterisation
  • 1.4. Anti-Aliasing
  • 1.5. Geometric Transformations
  • 1.6. Curves
  • 1.7. Paths
  • 1.8. Self Assessment
  • 1.9. Summary
  • 1.10. Recommended Reading
  • 1.11. Glossary
  • 1.12. Bibliography
  • 1.13. Metadata

1.13. Metadata "Computer Graphics"

Please note that the Metadata-chapter is only available in English!

Organisation

Level	CartouCHe
Module:	MMK
Lesson:	This is Lesson: No. 2 (graphics)

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this lesson. To be able to calculate matrix multiplications and additions

Keywords: Anti-Aliasing, Bézier Curve, Colour Codes, Colour Depth, Colour Model, Computer Graphics, De Casteljau Algorithm, Geometric Transformations, Homogeneous Coordinates, Line Rasterisation, Path, Pixel, RGB, Resolution, Rotation, Scaling, Screen, Staircase Effects, Translation.

Technical requirements

The following Multimedia-types are used in this lesson. Please check that your browser supports them all:

• Text
• Picture (GIF)
• Picture (JPEG)
• Picture (PNG)
• SVG

Please check that your computer meets the following technical requirements:

Type	Name	min. Ver.	Installation remarks
PlugIn	Adobe SVG Viewer	3.0	only necessary in combination with some old browsers (e.g. IE6 or 7). New browsers usually have native SVG support and you don't need this plugin. If you need it, please follow the installation instructions of the installing wizard

Lesson Information

Language:	English (EN) German (DE) French (FR) Italian (IT) This is the original language of this lesson.
Lifecycle:	Version 1 (Created: 2005-09-19; last modified: 2012-01-26).
Authors:	Regula Stopper (Overall, IKA@ETHZ, stopper@karto.baug.ethz.ch): Regula has written all the text . Hansruedi Bär (Content, IKA@ETHZ, baer@karto.baug.ethz.ch): Hansruedi Bär provided the content for this lesson, some interaction parts and many graphics. Olaf Schnabel (Revision, IKA@ETHZ, schnabel@karto.baug.ethz.ch): Olaf Schnabel revised the text, wrote some parts of it new and made all interactive examples compatible for all browsers.
Difficulty Level:	Low Medium High
Typical Learning Time:	1.5h (This lesson should take about 1.5 hours.)

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