COS 426 - Computer Graphics

Spring 2011

Readings

Schedule

Date	Lecture (click for notes)	Readings	Assignments
Tue, Feb 1	Introduction; color	Ch. 1, 3.1-3.3, 21
Thu, Feb 3	Digital Image Processing	Ch. 3.4, 9
Fri, Feb 4	Precept 0: Getting started
Tue, Feb 8	Sampling and warping	[Beier & Neely 1992]
Thu, Feb 10	Compositing		Assignment #0 due
Fri, Feb 11	Precept 1: Assignment 1
Tue, Feb 15	3D Modeling	Ch. 12
Thu, Feb 17	3D Meshes	Ch. 1-3 of notes by Botsch et al.	Assignment #1 due
Fri, Feb 18	Precept 2: OpenGL head start
Tue, Feb 22	Subdivision surfaces	Ch. 1, 2.1, 4, 5 of notes by Zorin et al.
Thu, Feb 24	Parametric curves and surfaces	Ch. 15
Fri, Feb 25	Precept 3: Assignment 2
Tue, Mar 1	Implicit surfaces and solid models	Ch. 16
Thu, Mar 3	Transformations and scene graphs	Ch. 6
Fri, Mar 4	Precept 4: Exam 1 Review	Old exams
Tue, Mar 8	More on transformations		Assignment #2 due
Thu, Mar 10	In-class exam #1: Covers content through transformations
Fri, Mar 11	No class - spring break
Tue, Mar 15
Thu, Mar 17
Fri, Mar 18
Tue, Mar 22	Midterm review; Rendering overview	Ch. 4.1, 8.1
Thu, Mar 24	Ray Tracing	Ch. 4, 7
Fri, Mar 25	Precept 5: Assignment 3
Tue, Mar 29	Lighting and reflectance	Ch. 10
Thu, Mar 31	Global illumination	Ch. 13.1, 13.4, 24
Fri, Apr 1	Precept 6: More on OpenGL
Tue, Apr 5	Rasterization pipeline	Ch. 8, 18	Assignment #3, part 1 due
Thu, Apr 7	More on Rasterization	Ch. 11
Fri, Apr 8	Precept 7: GLSL
Tue, Apr 12	Character Animation	Ch. 17
Thu, Apr 14	Passive Dynamics		Assignment #3, part 2 due
Fri, Apr 15	Precept 8: Assignment 4
Tue, Apr 19	Active Dynamics; Skinning
Thu, Apr 21	Group Behaviors
Fri, Apr 22	Precept 9: Exam 2 Review
Tue, Apr 26	Review	Old exams	Assignment #4 due
Thu, Apr 28	In-class exam #2
Tue, May 10	Final project demos		Final project writeup due