2d Web Icons And Models Information

2D web icons are actually famous for their flexibility. This is achieved by the peculiarity of rendering them at different resolutions ideal for various output devices.

2D Icons items:

• raster pictures (digital graphics);
• styled text as a typeset for 2D Icons;
• vector models (geometric graphics).

All these items can be managed by 2D transformations for example rotation, scaling or angular position etc. Meshing basic models you will get more complex ones.

As a result of layers technique 2D web icons can create the illusion of all 3D characteristics like shadow, reflection or highlighting. The layers should maintain the definite hierarchy and order carefully.

2.5D Icons as the pseudo 3D kind of 2D Icons

2Dicons also are well-known as 2.5D models. This technology allows web-site designers to work with any layer without the need of touching the others. This kind of 2D object creation is preferred by the most of the famous graphics editors.

2.5D is a synonym to pseudo 3D and is interpreted as "two-and-a-half-dimensional" graphics. Models created with 2.5D technology look like tridimensional while in fact they're not.

This technology used for designing 2D web icons is often attained by the special lighting effect. 3D illusion can be reached as a result of virtual light source to the left or to the right side and above the users monitor.