CSC240 Syllabus

Detailed Syllabus

*Date*	*Notes*	*Topics*	*Links*	*Code Samples*	*Labs*	*Assignments*	*Animation*
Tu 7 Sep	Notes1	Introduction; Postscript	First Guide to Postscript. Postscript Tutorial. PostScript Language Tutorial & Cookbook.	PS Blue book examples. [and see Labs]	Lab1: square Lab2: cone	A1: Ice Cream Cones [due Th 16th] A1 Feedback	Luxo Jr. (1986) Outtake
Th 9 Sep	Notes2	Postscript: vars, procs, translate	Windows: GSview; Ghostscript [also: Emacs] Mac OS X: PostView	`square.ps`	Lab3: smiley		Red's Dream(1987)
Tu 14 Sep	Notes3	Postscript: Transformation, Control Structures, Text	`palette.ps`	`for.ps circles.ps spiral.ps S.ps fonts.ps PrintZip.ps`
Th 16 Sep	Notes4	Postscript: local vs. global vars rand int vs. float	postscript.org FAQ	`bowtie.ps`			Tin Toy (1988)
Tu 21 Sep	Notes5	OpenGL: begin History, Structure, Operation PyOpenGL	Python PyOpenGL OpenGL Tutorial OpenGL Red Book PDF	`[gears.py] glutrect0.py glutrect1.py`(updated)	Lab4: nested rectangles	A2: Astroid [due Th 30Sep] A2 Feedback	Knick Knack (1989)
Th 23 Sep	Notes6	Code structure Nested squares Transformations Matrix stacks OpenGL Pipeline	Python random module: `import random`		Lab5: spiral effect
Tu 28 Sep	Notes7	ModelView matrix: Push/Pop Animation in OpenGL `glutSwapBuffers() glutIdleFunc() glutPostRedisplay() glutMouseFunc() glutKeyboardFunc()`	PyOpenGL install MacOS	`smiley0.py` `smiley1.py` `glutcircanim0.py` `glutcircanim1.py` `glutcircanim2.py` `glutcircanim3.py`	Lab6: animation
Th 30 Sep	Notes8	Affine transformations Transformation matrices Homogenous coords Mathematica	Wikipedia: Transf. Matrix	`RT.Transformations.nb`		A3: Transf. Matrices; GM [Due Th 7Oct] A3 Feedback	Toy Story I (1995)
Tu 5 Oct	Notes9	GameMaker Intro GameMaker Resources: Rooms, Objects, Sprites, Events, Actions, etc.	GameMaker Wiki		Lab7: Click-Ball
Th 7 Oct	Notes10	GameMaker events Collisions Control objects Alarms Variables Debugging Drawing event Transform sprite		`HitTheRock2.gmk` `HitTheRock3.gmk` (ball-ball collisions)		A4: GameMaker Game [due Th 21Oct] A4 Feedback
Tu 12 Oct	—	Fall Break
Th 14 Oct	Notes11	GameMaker Language Writing and debugging scripts		`ScriptExamples.gmk`
Tu 19 Oct	Notes12	GM Paths & Bézier Curves Particle Systems GM Particle systems		`Path1.gmk` `ParticleSystems.gmk`			Toy Story II (1999): Crossing the street
Th 21 Oct	Notes13	Simultaneous Collisions Parametric Curves Bézier Curves: intro	Wikipedia: ParametricEqs		Lab8: Illustrator Curves	[A4 due] A5: MidTerm Take-Home [due Th 28Oct] A5 Feedback
Tu 26 Oct	—	Otelia Cromwell Day
Th 28 Oct	Notes14	Bézier Curves Bézier Surfaces Subdivision Surfaces	Bezier curve applet Bezier surface applet Subdiv. Surf (UW) Wikipedia article subdivision.org			[A5 due]	Geri's Game (1997)
Tu 2 Nov	Notes15	Perspective	Vanishing Points Applet Utah Notes			A6: Perspective [due 4Nov] A6 Feedback	Toy Story II: Geri
Th 4 Nov	Notes16	3D modeling: blender Blender Intro	Blender Basics 3rd Ed. (16MB PDF) (via BlenderNation) User Interface Tutorial You-Tube 10min Course Noob-to-Pro Wiki		Lab9: blender snowman	A7: Legos [due 11Nov] A7 Feedback	Toy Story II: Barbie
Tu 9 Nov	Notes17	Blender II					Monster's Inc (2001): Boo's shirt
Th 11 Nov	Notes18	3D Text Specials Boolean operations Sculpting				A8: Dinner table object [due 18Nov] A8 Feedback	Mike's New Car: Sully's fur
Tu 16 Nov	Notes19	Bezier curves Surface of Revolution Converting to mesh Extrusion along a curve Subdivision surfaces revisited	Blender HotKeys		Lab10: Blender wine glass		Monster's Inc Doors scene (27)
Th 18 Nov	Notes20	3D Printing 3D file formats STL MeshLab	MeshLab
Tu 23 Nov	Notes21	Toy Story 3 (2010)
Th 25 Nov	—	Thanksgiving				A9: Take-Home [due 9Dec] A9 Feedback(not yet—some submitting late)
Tu 30 Nov	Notes22	MeshLab POV-ray Shapes `texture` block	povray.org Getting Started Tutorial	`ball5.pov`	Lab11: Billiard Balls (begin)		Lifted (2006)
Th 2 Dec	Notes23	Reflectance models `ambient`; `finish`; etc. Shading models Bumping normals	Reflection in POV-ray (tutorial) Bump Maps in POV-ray	`bumps.pov`	Lab12: Reflection		The Incredibles (2004): I
Tu 7 Dec	Notes24	Scene Description Language Variables; Booleans; Loops Texture Mapping Image mapping Bump Mapping	Textures Library	`chain.pov` `box.image.pov` ball.imagemap.2.pov	Lab13: Image mapping	POV-ray Project!	The Incredibles (2004): II
Th 9 Dec	Notes25	Boolean Ops Lathe Misc. shapes Anti-aliasing		`merge.pov` `lathe.pov` `disk.pov` `towers.pov`		[A9 Take-Home due 9Dec]	Wall-e (2008)
Th 14 Dec	Notes26	Ray-tracing algorithm!					Wall-e (revisited)
15-17 Dec	—	Reading Period
18-21 Dec	—	Exams				[Project due 21Dec] Project Gallery!

Date

Notes

Topics

Links

Code Samples

Labs

Assignments

Animation

Tu 7 Sep

Notes1

Introduction; Postscript

First Guide to Postscript.
Postscript Tutorial.
PostScript Language Tutorial & Cookbook.

PS Blue book examples.
[and see Labs]

Lab1: square
Lab2: cone

A1: Ice Cream Cones
[due Th 16th]
A1 Feedback

Luxo Jr. (1986)
Outtake

Th 9 Sep

Notes2

Postscript:
vars, procs, translate

Windows: GSview; Ghostscript
[also: Emacs]
Mac OS X: PostView

square.ps

Lab3: smiley

Red's Dream(1987)

Tu 14 Sep

Notes3

Postscript:
Transformation, Control Structures, Text

palette.ps palette

for.ps

        circles.ps

        spiral.ps

        S.ps

        fonts.ps

        PrintZip.ps

Th 16 Sep

Notes4

Postscript:
local vs. global vars
rand
int vs. float

postscript.org FAQ

bowtie.ps

Tin Toy (1988)

Tu 21 Sep

Notes5

OpenGL: begin
History, Structure, Operation
PyOpenGL

Python
PyOpenGL

OpenGL Tutorial
OpenGL Red Book PDF

[gears.py]

      

      glutrect0.py

      glutrect1.py

(updated)

Lab4: nested rectangles

A2: Astroid
[due Th 30Sep]
A2 Feedback

Knick Knack (1989)

Th 23 Sep

Notes6

Code structure
Nested squares
Transformations
Matrix stacks
OpenGL Pipeline

Python random module: import random

Lab5: spiral effect

Tu 28 Sep

Notes7

ModelView matrix: Push/Pop
Animation in OpenGL
glutSwapBuffers() glutIdleFunc() glutPostRedisplay() glutMouseFunc() glutKeyboardFunc()

PyOpenGL install MacOS

smiley0.py
smiley1.py

glutcircanim0.py
glutcircanim1.py
glutcircanim2.py
glutcircanim3.py

Lab6: animation

Th 30 Sep

Notes8

Affine transformations
Transformation matrices
Homogenous coords
Mathematica

Wikipedia: Transf. Matrix

RT.Transformations.nb

A3: Transf. Matrices; GM
[Due Th 7Oct]
A3 Feedback

Toy Story I (1995)

Tu 5 Oct

Notes9

GameMaker Intro
GameMaker Resources:
Rooms, Objects, Sprites, Events, Actions, etc.

GameMaker Wiki

Lab7: Click-Ball

Th 7 Oct

Notes10

GameMaker events
Collisions
Control objects
Alarms
Variables
Debugging
Drawing event
Transform sprite

HitTheRock2.gmk
HitTheRock3.gmk (ball-ball collisions)

A4: GameMaker Game
[due Th 21Oct]
A4 Feedback

Tu 12 Oct

—

Fall Break

Th 14 Oct

Notes11

GameMaker Language
Writing and debugging scripts

ScriptExamples.gmk

Tu 19 Oct

Notes12

GM Paths & Bézier Curves
Particle Systems
GM Particle systems

Path1.gmk
ParticleSystems.gmk

Toy Story II (1999): Crossing the street

Th 21 Oct

Notes13

Simultaneous Collisions
Parametric Curves
Bézier Curves: intro

Wikipedia: ParametricEqs

Lab8: Illustrator Curves

[A4 due]
A5: MidTerm Take-Home [due Th 28Oct]
A5 Feedback

Tu 26 Oct

—

Otelia Cromwell Day

Th 28 Oct

Notes14

Bézier Curves
Bézier Surfaces
Subdivision Surfaces

Bezier curve applet
Bezier surface applet
Subdiv. Surf (UW)
Wikipedia article
subdivision.org

[A5 due]

Geri's Game (1997)

Tu 2 Nov

Notes15

Perspective

Vanishing Points Applet
Utah Notes

A6: Perspective
[due 4Nov]
A6 Feedback

Toy Story II: Geri

Th 4 Nov

Notes16

3D modeling: blender
Blender Intro

Blender Basics 3rd Ed. (16MB PDF) (via BlenderNation)
User Interface Tutorial
You-Tube 10min Course
Noob-to-Pro Wiki

Lab9: blender snowman

A7: Legos
[due 11Nov]
A7 Feedback

Toy Story II: Barbie

Tu 9 Nov

Notes17

Blender II

Monster's Inc (2001): Boo's shirt

Th 11 Nov

Notes18

3D Text
Specials
Boolean operations
Sculpting

A8: Dinner table object
[due 18Nov]
A8 Feedback

Mike's New Car: Sully's fur

Tu 16 Nov

Notes19

Bezier curves
Surface of Revolution
Converting to mesh
Extrusion along a curve
Subdivision surfaces revisited

Blender HotKeys

Lab10: Blender wine glass

Monster's Inc Doors scene (27)

Th 18 Nov

Notes20

3D Printing
3D file formats
STL
MeshLab

MeshLab

Tu 23 Nov

Notes21

Toy Story 3 (2010)

Th 25 Nov

—

Thanksgiving

A9: Take-Home [due 9Dec]
A9 Feedback(not yet—some submitting late)

Tu 30 Nov

Notes22

MeshLab
POV-ray
Shapes
texture block

povray.org
Getting Started Tutorial

ball5.pov Ball5

Lab11: Billiard Balls (begin)

Lifted (2006)

Th 2 Dec

Notes23

Reflectance models
ambient; finish; etc.
Shading models
Bumping normals

Reflection in POV-ray (tutorial)
Bump Maps in POV-ray

bumps.pov Bumps

Lab12: Reflection

The Incredibles (2004): I

Tu 7 Dec

Notes24

Scene Description Language
Variables; Booleans; Loops

Texture Mapping
Image mapping
Bump Mapping

Textures Library

chain.pov chain

box.image.pov Box

ball.imagemap.2.pov Ball

Lab13: Image mapping

POV-ray Project!

The Incredibles (2004): II

Th 9 Dec

Notes25

Boolean Ops
Lathe
Misc. shapes
Anti-aliasing

merge.pov
lathe.pov
disk.pov
towers.pov towers

[A9 Take-Home due 9Dec]

Wall-e (2008)

Th 14 Dec

Notes26

Ray-tracing algorithm!

Wall-e (revisited)

15-17 Dec

—

Reading Period

18-21 Dec

—

Exams

[Project due 21Dec]
Project Gallery!

Overview

Number of Classes (approx.)	Sofware	Topics
3	Postscript	Graphics, Transformations
2	OpenGL	Transformations, frame buffer, rendering pipeline
1	Mathematica	Transformations
5	GameMaker	Event-driven programming, sprites, collisions, particle systems
3	Illustrator, Mathematica	Bézier Curves and Surfaces, Subdivision surfaces
1	Mathematica	Perspective
3	Blender	3D Modeling, Boolean ops, surfaces of revolution, extrusion
1	STL	3D Printing
6	POV-ray	3D shapes, reflectance, shading, surfaces of revolution, Boolean ops, anti-aliasing, texture mapping, bump mapping, ray tracing, radiosity
Σ=25

CSC 240: Computer Graphics (Fall 2010)

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