COS 426:
Computer Graphics
Spring 2014
COS 426:
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General | Syllabus | Assignments | Final Project
| Week | Lectures (click for notes) | Readings | |
| 1 | Tue 2/4 | Introduction & Color | Ch. 1, 2, 19 |
| Wed 2/5 | Precept 1 | ||
| Thu 2/6 | Digital image processing | [Smith95b], Sections 1-2 of [Paris09] | |
| 2 | Tue 2/11 | Sampling, resampling, and warping | Ch. 6.15, [Hanrahan95] |
| Wed 2/12 | Precept 2 | ||
| Thu 2/13 | Compositing and morphing | Ch. 5.3, [Beier92] | |
| 3 | Tue 2/18 | 3D Modeling | Ch. 13 |
| Wed 2/19 | Precept 3 | ||
| Thu 2/20 | Parametric curves and surfaces | Ch. 14 | |
| Sun 2/23 | Assignment 1 due | ||
| 4 | Tue 2/25 | Polygonal Meshes | Sections 1-3 of [Botsch07] |
| Wed 2/26 | Precept 4 | ||
| Thu 2/27 | Subdivision surfaces | Sections 1, 2.1, 4, 5 of [Zorin00] | |
| 5 | Tue 3/4 | Implicit surfaces and solid models | Ch. 15 |
| Wed 3/5 | Precept 5 | ||
| Thu 3/6 | Scene graphs and transformations | Ch. A.1, A.2, A.5, 7, 9, 11 | |
| Sun 3/9 | Assignment 2 due | ||
| 6 | Tue 3/11 | Rendering overview | |
| Wed 3/12 | Precept 6 | ||
| Thu 3/13 | Exam 1 | ||
| Spring break! | |||
| 7 | Tue 3/25 | Ray casting | Ch. 16, 21.1 |
| Wed 3/26 | Precept 7 | ||
| Thu 3/27 | Lighting and reflectance | Ch. 17-18 | |
| 8 | Tue 4/1 | Global illumination | Ch. 21 |
| Wed 4/2 | Precept 8 | ||
| Thu 4/3 | Polygon rendering pipeline | Ch. 6 | |
| 9 | Tue 4/8 | Rasterization | Ch. C.3 |
| Wed 4/9 | Precept 9 | Ch. 22 | |
| Thu 4/10 | Image-based rendering | ||
| Sun 4/13 | Assignment 3 due | ||
| 10 | Tue 4/15 | Passive dynamics & particle systems | [Reeves83] [Witkin01a] [Witkin01b] |
| Wed 4/16 | Precept 10 | ||
| Thu 4/17 | Character animation | Ch. 13 | |
| 11 | Tue 4/22 | Active dynamics | [Tu94] |
| Wed 4/23 | Precept 11 | ||
| Thu 4/24 | Non-photorealistic rendering (Guest lecture) | [Sayeed06] | |
| Sun 4/27 | Assignment 4 due | ||
| 12 | Tue 4/29 | Video games (and scene complexity) | |
| Wed 4/30 | Precept 12 | ||
| Thu 5/1 | Exam 2 | ||
| Tue 5/6 | No class this week - reading week! | ||
| Tue 5/13 | Final project writeup due | ||
| Wed 5/14 | Final Project demos (1-4PM) | ||