DV C481

Dana Vrajitoru

C481 B581 Computer Graphics

Syllabus and notes
Software links and documentation Final: Tuesday, May 3

Week	Homework	Class Notes	Textbook
11.	Homework 12	Radiosity Ray casting
10.	Homework 11
9.	Homework 10	Ray Tracing Shadow, reflection, refraction	6.5, 6.9, 6.10, 13.2
9.	Homework 9	Local illumination models	6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.7, 6.8
8.	Midterm: 3/22	Hidden Surfaces Scene Graphs	10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.8, 10.12, 7.11
7.	Homework 8	Interpolation curves and surfaces, triangulation	12.2 to 12.9
7.	Homework 7	Quadric objects in OpenGL Geometric modeling	12.1
6.	Homework 6	Introduction to 3D Graphics, Projection, Transformations	4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10
5.	Homework 5	2D Transformations	4.7
4.	Homework 4	Introduction to 2D Graphics	2.2, 7.9, 7.10, 7.12
3.	Homework 3	4. Introduction to OpenGL 3. Graphical User Interfaces	2.3, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.6, 2.7, 3.6
2.	Homework 2
1	Homework 1	2. Image and Color Representation 1. Introduction	1.1 to 1.4, 2.5

Spring 2011 schedule: TR 5:30pm-6:45pm, NS#109.

Grades:

~12 Homework assignments, 20 pts. each.
1 Midterm test, 50 pts.
Final exam, 50 pts.
For graduate students: project, 30 points.

Course description
An introduction to interactive programming: design and implementation of graphical user interfaces (GUI). Fundamentals of modern interactive graphics: image representation and processing, geometrical modeling, data structures, rendering, animation, virtual reality, hardware and software. No prior background in graphics is needed, although a good background in C++ programming and data structures is required. Prior completion of a geometrical course is recommended (like the M215-216 or M435). Some familiarity with computer architecture is assumed.

Syllabus and course notes

1. Introduction
Introduction to OpenGL

2. Image representation

3. Graphical user interfaces

4. 2D computer graphics

4.1 Image manipulations
4.2 Scan conversion, surface filling, anti-aliasing.
4.3 Transformations and modeling

5. 3D computer graphics

Introduction to 3D graphics
5.1 Projection
5.2 3D Transformations
5.3 Representation and modeling
Geometrical modeling
Complex geometrical objects in OpenGL
Scene graphs
Representation and modeling (continued)
Hidden surfaces
5.4 Rendering
Local illumination models
The normal vector
Interpolation methods
Material properties
Global illumination models
Shadow, reflection and refraction
Texture mapping
Fractal terrain
Ray tracing
Ray casting
Radiosity

6. Animation

Software links

Documentation

Textbook: E. Angel (2002): Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach Using OpenGL, 3rd edition, Addison Wesley.

P. Rick (2002): Computer animation : algorithms and techniques, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.

A. Watt, F. Policarpo (2001): 3D games : real-time rendering and software technology , ACM Press.

D. Shreiner (2000): OpenGL reference manual : the official reference document to OpenGL, version 1.2, 3rd edition, Addison-Wesley.

D. Hearn, M. P. Baker (1997): Computer Graphics, C Version, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall.

D. M. Bourg (2002): Physics for Game Developers, O'Reilly.

A. Griffith (2000): GNOME/GTK+ Programming Bible, IDG Books.

Last updated: April 28, 2005.
danav@cs.iusb.edu.