CSC 240: Computer Graphics

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Instructor: Joseph O'Rourke
Textbook: Computer Graphics Using OpenGL. F. S. Hill, Jr. Second Edition, 2001. ISBN 0-02-354856-8. ($69 at amazon.com; $?? at our bookstore.)
Location: Engineering 203.
Time: MWF 9:00-9:50AM.
Prerequisites: Computer Science II (CSC 112); Linear Algebra helpful but not essential.
Programming Language: C++.
Software:

Postscript. The language used to drive most printers.
OpenGL, a state-of-the-art graphics API, developed originally by Silicon Graphics, but now an open standard.
Mathematica will be used in class, but you will not be expected to learn this.
Adobe Illustrator, used for just one assignment on curves.

Course Structure: We meet three times a week; there is no lab, although we will often do "minilabs" during class. There will be one assignment per week, due each Wednesday morning at 9:00AM.

Location: Engineering Bldg., Rm. 203.

Exams: There will be two exams, both take-home exams. The exams together only account for only one quarter of the total grade; the course is heavily weighted toward the assignments.

Grades:

10 Assignments	75%
Midterm Exam	10%
Final Exam	15%

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Syllabus

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Week	Dates	Topics	Links	Chapters	Assignments
1	29 Jan- 2 Feb	Introduction, overview. Graphics hardware: monitors, LUT, video cards, raster scans. Postscript: Intro. [Animation]	PS Blue book examples	1; A4	A1
2	5-9 Feb	Postscript (contd) OpenGL basic, graphics primitives `hello1.C` GLUT Window Events gl Graphics primitives	OpenGL Tutorial	2	A2
3	12-16 Feb	GLUT callbacks Windows and Viewports Clipping Graphics pipeline 2D Transformations (start)	GLUT Manual	3	A3
4	19-23 Feb	2D Transformations (contd) Homogeneous coordinates Composition of transformations: coord sys change vs. fixed global coordinates	OpenGL FAQ	5	A4
5	26-2 Mar	3D Transformations (start) Composition of transformations (revisited) Arm motion Building a house		5	A5
6	5-9 Mar	Camera transformations Building a house (revisited) Camera motion Perspective		7	Exam out: 9 Mar
7	12-16 Mar	Clipping Parametric Represenation Ray-Seg; Seg-Line; Seg-Plane `raygun.C`	MidTerm Course Evaluation		Exam in: 16 Mar
Break	19-23 Mar
8	26-30 Mar	MidTerm review 3D Modeling (contd) Reflectance Models (theory) Lights in OpenGL Materials in OpenGL		8	A6
9	2-6 Apr	Materials in OpenGL Lighting in OpenGL Shading Models Hidden Surface removal Depth buffer OpenGL Tutorial 2D Curves		11	A7
10	9-13 Apr	Bezier Curves NURBS Adobe Illustrator GIF files		11	A8
11	16-20 Apr	Bezier Surfaces NURBS		14	A9
12	23-27 Apr	Ray Tracing Ray-sphere Intersection		13	A10
13	30 Apr - 4 May	LightWave 6.5	Course Evaluation		Final Exam
	11 May	Final Exam due back