OPEN GRAPHICS LIBRARY

Anas Abdullah
OPENGL INTRODUCTION
 The OpenGL is a software interface to graphics
hardware. (The GL stands for Graphics Library.) It
allows you to create interactive programs that
produce color images of moving three−dimensional
objects.

 With OpenGL, you can control computer−graphics

technology to produce realistic pictures in
imaginative ways.
WHAT IS OPENGL?
 It is a software interface consists of about 150
distinct commands that you use to specify the
objects and operations needed to produce
interactive three−dimensional applications.

 OpenGL doesn’t provide high−level commands for

describing models of three−dimensional objects.
WHAT IS OPENGL?
 OpenGL is a Cross Language, Cross platform
Application Programming Interface(Api)

 Cross Language
 Open Graphic Library execute on any programming
language like C++, C, Java, CSharp, JavaScript etc.

 Cross platform
 In computing cross-platform software is computer
software that is implemented on multiple computing
platforms.
HISTORY
 Silicon Graphics Inc. Started developing in 1991
and released, First version January 1992

 Extensively used in the Field of

Computer-aided design(CAD), Virtual reality,

Scientific visualization, Information visualization,
Flight simulation and video games
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 OpenGL is managed by the non-
profit organization, Khronos Group.

 it is designed to be implemented mostly or

entirely in hardware.

 The CPU (central processing unit) & GPU (graphics

processing unit)

 Used for 2D and 3D Vector graphics.

OPENGL API
 Open Graphics Library (OpenGL) is a cross-
language, cross-platform application
programming interface(API) for rendering 2D and
3D vector graphics.

 The API is typically used to interact with a graphics

processing unit (GPU), to achieve hardware-
accelerated rendering.
WORKING OF OPENGL
 Let’s take a look at the color plates they illustrate typical
uses of OpenGL.
 The following list describes in general terms how these
pictures were made.

"Plate 1" shows the entire scene displayed as a

wireframe model.
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 "Plate 2" shows a depth−cued version of the same

wireframe scene.
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"Plate 3" shows an Antialiased version of the wireframe scene.

Antialiasing is a technique for reducing the jagged edges.
ALIASED VS ANTI-ALIASED
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"Plate 4" shows a flat−shaded, unlit version of the scene. The

objects in the scene are now shown as solid.
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"Plate 5" shows a lit, smooth−shaded version of the scene.

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"Plate 6" adds shadows to the previous version of the scene.

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"Plate 7" shows a motion−blurred object in the scene.

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"Plate 8" A close-up shot - the scene from a different viewpoint.

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"Plate 9" brings back the use of fog, which was seen in "Plate
2," to show the presence of smoke particles in the air.
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 "Plate 10" shows the depth−of−field effect, which simulates

the inability of a camera lens to maintain all objects in a
photographed scene in focus.