Syllabus

11/10	Introduction [PDF] What is Computer Graphics ? The Advantages of Interactive Graphics Basic Graphics System
11/24	Basic Raster Graphics Algorithms for Drawing 2D Primitives [PDF] Architecture of a Raster Display Scan Converting Lines Filling Rectangles Filling Polygons Clipping Lines Clipping Polygons Antialiasing
12/1	OpenGL: General OpenGL Induction & An Example OpenGL Program [PDF] Examples: [source][data][win32][linux][mac][sgi] (these examples are for all following OpenGL introductions) Other Examples: [simple.c][samples in red book/win32][samples in Angel's book][test programs of GLUT] Remember to download the data with the source or win32 / linux / mac / sgi executable codes and uncompress them in the same directory. Don't forget to install GLUT package if you are using Linux / MAC / SGI. While using Win32 environment, please download glut32.dll and put it at c:\windows\system32\ . If you want to compile the source codes on Win32 environment using Visual Studio (ex. ver. .NET 2003), please put glut.h and glut32.lib to c:\program files\microsoft visual studio .net 2003\vc7\platformsdk\include\gl and c:\program files\microsoft visual studio .net 2003\vc7\platformsdk\lib , respectively. Other On-line Resources: The OpenGL "Redbook" v1.1 The OpenGL "Bluebook" v1.0 GLUT 3 Specification OpenGL: Drawing with OpenGL [PDF]
12/8	Geometrical Transformations [PDF] Mathematical Preliminaries 2D Transformations Homogeneous Coordinates and Matrix Representation The Window-to-Viewport Transformation 3D Transformations Quaternions Homework #1 Demo
12/29	Viewing in 3D [PDF] 3D Viewing Process Specification of an Arbitrary 3D View Parallel Projection Perspective Projection 3D Clipping for Canonical View Volume
1/5	Visible-Surface Determination [PDF] Back-Face Culling The Depth-Sort Algorithm The z-Buffer Algorithm Scan-Line Algorithm Visible-Surface Ray Tracing Warnock's Algorithm
1/12	OpenGL: Transformations [PDF]
1/19	OpenGL: Animation and Depth Buffering [PDF]
1/26 2/9	Illumination and Shading [PDF] Illumination Models Shading Models for Polygons Surface Detail Shadows Transparency Global Illumination Algorithms Recursive Ray Tracing Radiosity Methods The Rendering Pipeline Homework #2 Demo
2/9	3D Object Representations [PDF] Raw Data Surface Representations Solid Modeling High-level Structures
2/16	OpenGL: Lighting [PDF]
2/23 3/2	Representation of Curves and Surfaces [PDF] Polygon Meshes Parametric Cubic Curves Parametric Bi-Cubic Surfaces Quadric Surfaces Specialized Modeling Techniques Homework #3 Demo
3/9	OpenGL: Evaluators and NURBS [PDF]
3/16	Definitions and Data Structures of Meshes [PDF] Graph Mesh Properties of Mesh Triangle Meshes Mesh Data Structures
3/23	Solid Modeling [PDF] Regularized Boolean Set Operations Boundary Representations Spatial-Partitioning Representations Constructive Solid Geometry
3/30 4/6	Texture Mapping [PDF] Texture Mapping Texture Aliasing MIPmaps Environment Maps Bump Mapping Displacement Mapping Shadow Maps Solid Textures Homework #4 Demo
4/13	OpenGL: Texture Mapping [PDF] Other Resources: libpng, libjpeg
4/20	OpenGL: Advanced OpenGL Topics and Imaging [PDF] Homework #5 Demo

Homework

1. Build a program with a friendly GUI using OpenGL (also GLUT and GLUI) and/or other libraries like MFC.
   Please use C/C++ as the programming language.
   You can use any platform you want, for example a Wintel / Linux PC or Unix-base workstation.
   Request functions: create a window, add menu control
   Bonus functions: good GUI
   deadline = 12/8
2. Build a program for showing one or two primitives, like sphere or cube, in wireframe mode.
   Use the program of homework #1 as the base.
   Request functions: 3D transformations (translation, rotation, scaling) and projections (parallel, perspective) by mouse and keyboard, change background and wireframe colors, double-buffer
   Bonus functions: virtual trackball, clipping plane, visible-surface determination (back-face culling)
   deadline = 1/26
3. Build a program for showing one or two primitives in shading mode.
   Use the program of homework #2 as the base.
   Request functions: multiple light sources (at least 2), shading (flat, Gouraud), depth-buffer
   Bonus functions: shadows, transparency
   deadline = 2/23
4. Build a program for showing 3D models in shading mode.
   Use the program of homework #3 as the base.
   You can use model loading libraries to do so.
   Bonus functions: write model, read other 3D model formats, support your own model format
   deadline = 3/30
5. Build a program for showing one or two primitives with texture mapping.
   Use the program of homework #3 as the base.
   You can use image loading libraries to do so.
   Bonus functions: mip-mapping, environment mapping, read several image formats
   deadline = 4/20

Textbooks

• Edward Angel. Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach with OpenGL™, 3rd. ed., Addison-Wesley, 2002.
• James D. Foley, Andries van Dam, Steven K. Feiner, John F. Hughes, and Richard L. Phillips. Introduction to Computer Graphics, Addison-Wesley, 1993.

Reference

• James D. Foley, Andries van Dam, Steven K. Feiner, and John F. Hughes. Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice in C, 2nd ed., Addison-Wesley, 1995.
• Alan Watt. 3D Computer Graphics, 3rd ed., Addison-Wesley, 1999.
• Dave Shreiner, Mason Woo, Jackie Neider, and Tom Davis. OpenGL® Programming Guide: The Official Guide to Learning OpenGL, ver. 2, 5th. ed., Addison-Wesley, 2005.

Grade Measurement

Homework (some programs) + Participants

Pre-courses (better-to-have)

Linear Algebra
Data Structures
Algorithms