CPSC 453

Introduction to Computer Graphics

Fall 2019

• Lectures
  • Lecture 1: Introduction (PPT) (PDF)
  • Lecture 2: Mathematical background (PPT) (PDF)
  • Lecture 3: Graphics output devices (PPT) (PDF)
  • Lecture 4: Software/hardware interface
    • The rendering pipeline (PPT) (PDF)
    • A programming example (PPT) (PDF)
  • Lecture 5: Transformations in 2D (no additional materials)
  • Lecture 6: Transformations in 3D; examples of transformations in 2D and 3D; vector libraries
    • Derivation of Rodrigues' formula (PDF)
    • Programming examples:
      • Phyllotaxis
      • Sierpinski
      • Necklace
      • Snapdragon curve
      • Rotation around arbitrary axes using Rodrigues' formula
    • On (my) Mac, these files compile using commands such as:
      • clang -framework OpenGL -framework GLUT rodrigues.cpp -o rodrigue
  • Lecture 7: Viewing transformation
    • Screen, camera and orthographic transformation (PPT) (PDF)
  • Lecture 8: Perspective (PDF) (PPT)
  • Lecture 9: Rasterization
    • Line and triangle rasterization, clipping (PDF)
  • Lecture 10: Polygon meshes (Textbook chapters 12.1.1-12.1.3, no additional materials)
  • Lecture 11: Shading (PDF)
  • Lecture 12-13: Texture mapping (PPT) (PDF)
  • Lecture 14: Material review
  • Lecture 15: Midterm
  • Lecture 16: Midterm results review
  • Lecture 17-19: Ray tracing (Textbook Chapters 4 and 13; no additional materials)
  • Lecture 20-21: Subdivision curves (PDF)
  • Lecture 22-23: Parametric curves and surfaces (PDF)
  • Lecture 24: Subdivision surfaces + a note on other modeling methods
  • Lecture 25: Final review (DOC) (PDF)

• Assignments
  1. Introduction to programming with OpenGL: generating and viewing the Menger sponge (DOC) (PDF)
  2. A 3D Object Viewer (DOC) (PDF)
     • Updated due data: October 29, 2019
     • Sample models. See assignment description for sample images.
       • teapot (ZIP)
       • spot (ZIP)
       • Nefertiti (Low polygon) (ZIP)
       • Nefertiti (High polygon) (UPDATED Oct. 21) (ZIP)
  3. Ray-tracing (DOC) (PDF)
  4. Modeling Updated due data: December 8, 2019 (DOC) (PDF)

• Tutorials
  • Tutorial 1: Math review (PDF)
  • Tutorial 2: C++ review and sample code (PDF, ZIP )
  • Tutorial 3: OpenGL 2.0 and First triangle code (PDF, TARGZ, Solution TARGZ )
  • Tutorial 4: OpenGL 3.3+ and First triangle (again with OpenGL 3.3) (PDF, TARGZ )
  • Tutorial 5: Sierpinski Triangle (TARGZ )
  • Tutorial 6: Matrices and transformations (UPDATED FOR MAC OS) (ZIP )
  • Tutorial 7: Demos
  • Tutorial 8: Self test
    • Self test 1 (DOCX, PDF), Answers (DOCX, PDF)
    • Self test 2 (DOCX, PDF), Answers (DOCX, PDF)
  • Tutorial 11: Simple shading and model loader for assignment (TARGZ)
  • Tutorial 13: Texture README updated (7z)
  • Tutorial 15: Simply Ray trace and inheritence (7z)
  • Tutorial 16: Simply Ray trace and plane (ZIP)
    • Simple pointer and inheritence example (main.cpp)