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Pictures are at the heart of how we communicate with computers, emblematic of our cur rent fascination with multimedia and web-based computing. In an attempt to understand pictures, perhaps the most fundamental question we can ask is, "What is a picture?"
Produktinformation
Utgivningsdatum2011-12-22
Mått155 x 235 x 22 mm
Vikt610 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor380
FörlagSpringer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
PartI: Preliminaries.- 1 Introduction.- II: Fundamentals.- 2 Pictures in Computer Systems.- 3 Classification of Pictures.- 4 Picture Processing by Humans.- 5 Information Flow During Human-Computer Interaction.- III: Abstract-Graphical Pictures.- 6 Abstract-Graphical Pictures and Some Applications.- 7 Analysis of Abstract-Graphical Pictures.- 8 Users’Analysis and Criticism of Abstract-Graphical Pictures.- 9 Viewpoint Descriptions.- IV: Pictograms.- 10 The Nature of Pictograms and Their Use.- 11 Pictograms as Words.- 12 Pictograms as Pictures.- 13 Formal Representations and Informal Presentations.- PartV: Presentational Pictures.- 14 Image Generation.- 15 Alternative Rendering of Images.- 16 Tactile Computer Graphics.- 17 Immersive Systems.- VI: Epilogue.- 18 Pictures and Language.- 19 Quovadis?.- List of Figures, Tables, and Credits.- List of Petroglyphs.- Author Index.