[Micket]

Im looking for some history about computer graphics, becuase im writing about it for school, anyone got a url to some usefull site?

thanks!

[Micket]

thanks! i found quite alot of usefull stuff but almost everything is about 3d related graphics, so i wonder if anyone might got any info about the early 2d graphic programs for personal use?

thanks again!

[HawkOne]

There is a timeline here -# timeline #-

And there is an article right here -# History #-

If that is not what you were looking for, do what I did, search Google for history+of+computer+graphics and ye shall find

[HawkOne]

I think 2D graphics applications was pioneered with various offerings from Apple.

The graphics for games and such for PCs and various other computerplatforms like Commodore/Atari/Amiga and a bunch of others were made by programming such as (line x,y to x,y,thickness,color ... or circle at x,y,radius,linethickness,color and so on)

Microsoft followed with some simple pixelpaint software too, but a good while after Apple.

Adobe launched their Illustrator software in 1987, photoshop came 3 years later in 1990.
You can find a timeline for Adobeproducts and revenues
here.

For 2D it was pretty much games and DTP that drove new innovations, so maybe Quark should be counted in as well ?

[ February 02, 2002: Message edited by: HawkOne ]