2d Web Icons And Models On The Whole

2D icons as well as other objects are remarkable 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 simple models you may get more advanced ones.

Due to the layers technique 2D web icons can create the illusion of all 3D characteristics such as shadow, reflection or highlighting. The layers should keep the definite hierarchy and order carefully. This makes editing 2D icons and similar objects simpler.

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

2Dicons also are well known as 2.5D models. This technology enables web designers to work with any layer without touching the others. The most of the well known graphics editors prefer this kind of 2D object creation.

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

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