The Journal of Computer Graphics Techniques is a diamond open-access peer-reviewed scientific journal covering computer graphics. It was established in May 2012 when a large part of the editorial board resigned from the now-defunct Journal of Graphics Tools. The editor-in-chief from 2015 to present is Marc Olano (University of Maryland, Baltimore County). The previous editor-in-chief was Morgan McGuire, 2012-2015. Current acting editor-in-chief is Eric Haines.
The Journal of Graphics Tools was a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering computer graphics. It was established in 1996 and published by A K Peters, now part of Taylor & Francis. From 2009 to 2011 the journal was published as the Journal of Graphics, GPU, & Game Tools. In 2012, a large part of the editorial board resigned to form the open access Journal of Computer Graphics Techniques. The last editor-in-chief was Francesco Banterle (Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione). Previous editors-in-chief have been Andrew Glassner, Ronen Barzel, Doug Roble, and Morgan McGuire. The final volume was released in 2013 and the journal formally ceased with its final issue in 2015.