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Bézier curve
(redirected from Bezier curves)

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Bézier curve [¦bāz·yā ′kərv]
(computer science)
A curve in a drawing program that is defined mathematically, and whose shape can be altered by dragging either of its two interior determining points with a mouse.
(mathematics)
A simple smooth curve whose shape is determined by a mathematical formula from the locations of four points, the two end points of the curve and two interior points.


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The 93-minute film itself talks to many of the field's true pioneers, from the men who invented Bezier curves and the computer mouse to SGI and Netscape founder James Clark and Adobe Systems CEO John Warnock to the king of ``Star Wars,'' George Lucas, and his nine-time Oscar-winning visual effects honcho, Dennis Murren.
0 include greater control over inserters in the production process, ability to create bezier curves in designs, and several features that further simplify usability.
0 are editing features like the "Join" function, which connects line segments, bezier curves, and spline curves.
 
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