Monday

  readings: The Peak

• course outline

• marking scheme

• videos

  [A] CH-1    [F]  CH-4

• vector & raster

• display devices

• display technologies

• input devices

• hardcopy devices

Sept 7 - Sept 13

  [A] CH-2 

• low-mid-high levels

• OpenGL introduction

• OpenGL state

• OpenGL pipeline

  [A] CH-4    [F]  CH-5

• vector, affine & Euclidean space

• geometrical interpretations

• coordinate system

• basic transformations

  [A] CH-4    [F]  CH-5

• homogeneous coordinates

• composition of transforms

• window to viewport transformation

Sept 14 - Sept 20

  [A] CH-4    [F]  CH-5

• coordinate system

• 3D vectors

• basic 3D transformations

• compound transformations

Assignment 1
Due Oct 6, 6:00pm
 

  [A] CH-4    [F]  CH-5

• composition of transformations

• transformations hierarchy

• OpenGL transformation matrices

• wrap up

 [A] CH-5    [F]  CH-6

 [A] CH-5    [F]  CH-6

Planar Geometric Projections Tutorial
 

Raster Graphics Algorithms

 [F]  CH-3

• scan conversion

• basic math review

• line rasterization

Raster Graphics Algorithms

 [F]  CH-3

• Bresenham's Midpoint line algorithm

• Midpoint circle algorithm

Raster Graphics Algorithms

 [F]  CH-3

Quiz-2 (0%)

• Midpoint ellipse algorithm

• Generalizing Midpoint method

• Filled primitives

Clipping

[A] CH-8    [F]  CH-3

• basic line clipping

• Cohen-Sutherland outcode line clipping

• 3D Cohen-Sutherland

Last chance to drop your (other) courses!

Clipping

[A] CH-8    [F]  CH-3

• Cyrus-Beck parametric line clipping

• Sutherland-Hodgman polygon clipping

• clipping polygons in 3D

Assignment 2
Due Oct 29, 6:00pm
 

Assignment 1 due

[[F]  CH-3

• aliasing

• antialiased Bresenham

• Unweighted area sampling

• Weighted area sampling

Hierarchical Modeling

[A] CH-9    [F]  CH-7

• instance transformation

• transformation hierarchies

• tree data structure

[A] CH-8.8    [F]  CH-15

• image space vs. object space

• Efficiency methods:
  - perspective transformations
  - bounding objects
  - back-face culling
  - spatial partitioning
  - hierarchy
   

[A] CH-8.8    [F]  CH-15

• Hidden Surface Removal:
  - painter's Algorithm
  - reverse Painter's
  - depth-sort
  - Warnock's
  
   

[A] CH-8.8    [F]  CH-15

• Hidden Surface Removal (cont.)
  - a quick review
  - Z-buffer
  - A-buffer
  
   

[A] CH-8.8    [F]  CH-15

• Hidden Surface Removal (cont.)
  - scanline
  - scanline z-buffer & a-buffer
  - BSP trees
   

[A] CH-8.13    [F]  CH-13

• psychology of vision
  perception terms

• physics of color

[A] CH-8.13    [F]  CH-13

• Achromatic light

• Halftoning

• CIE color space

• CIE chromaticity diagram

[A] CH-8.13    [F]  CH-13

• RGB color model

• CMY[K] color model

• HSV colro model

• YIQ color model

[A] CH-6    [F]  CH-16

• physical vs. empirical

• Light sources

• ambient illumination model

• diffuse illumination model

[A] CH-6    [F]  CH-16

• Lambert's cosine law

• light source attenuation

• colored light and surfaces

• atmosphere effects

Assignment 2 due

[A] CH-6    [F]  CH-16

• specular illumination model

• phong's lighting model

• shading

• flat shading

Assignment 3
Due Dec 5, 6:00pm

[A] CH-6    [F]  CH-16

• Gouraud shading

• Phong shading

• shortcomings of shading

[A] CH-13    [F]  CH-16.12

[A] CH-13    [F]  CH-16.12

[A] CH-9    [F] CH-12,CH-20
Optional Assignments
Due Dec 10, 6:00pm

[A] CH-10

    Final   

Dec 15, 2003
12:00-15:00