CS 426: Computer Graphics
1996 Fall Semester
Reading List
- September 13
Course overview/Computer graphics overview
- September 16
Precept 1: On TclTk
- September 18
User interaction
- September 20
Intensity, Quantization and Dithering
- H&B, Sections 14.3-4, Chapter 15
Assignment 1 handed out
Building a User Interface
- September 23
Precept 2:
On Tcl/Tk and OpenGL
- September 25
Basic Signal Processing
- September 27
Representing 2D Geometry, scan converting lines and polygons,
filling polygons
- H&B, Section 3.1-6., 3.11-3.12
- September 30
Precept 3:
More about assignment 1
- October 2
Splines and Splinegons
- H&B, Section 10.8 to p. 333
- October 4
2D geometry, transforms and clipping
- H&B, Sections 5.1-4, 7.3-7.4.
Assignment 1 due
- October 7
Precept 4:
On assignment 2
- October 9
Clipping, viewport to window mapping, collision detection
- October 11
Hierarchical modelling
Video show, end of 2D
- October 14
Precept 5:
More on assignment 2
- October 16
Representing 3D, Boundary Representations, Winged Edge
Representations, Constructive Solid Geometry, Sweep Representations
- H&B, Section 10.1-10.5, 10.14-10.18
- October 18
3D transforms, clipping in 3D, basic projection
- H&B, Section 9.1, 11.1-11.7
Assignment 2 due
- October 21
Precept 6:
On assignment 3
- October 23
3D viewing transforms, stereo, ...
- October 25 Charter Day -- Class cancelled
- November 4
Precept 7:
More on assignment 3
- November 6
Hidden Surface Removal
- H&B, Section 13.1-13.10
- H&B, Chapter 9
- November 8
3D Lighting
- H&B, Section 14.1-14.3, 14.5
Assignment 3 due
- November 11
Precept 8:
On assignment 4
- November 13
More Rendering
- November 15
Ray Tracing
- November 18
Precept 9:
More on assignment 4
- November 20
Radiosity
- November 22
Surfaces
Assignment 4 Due
- November 25
Precept 10:
On assignment 5
- November 27
CatchUp and Video: Toy Story!
- December 2
Precept 11:
More on assignment 5
- December 4
Animation
Project group descriptions presented in class
- December 6
Special Topics : Computational Geometry and Algorithm Animation
- December 9
Precept 12:
Assignment 5 due
- December 11
Special Topics : Walkthroughs and Virtual Reality
- December 13
Total Review