CS G140 Computer Graphics

• Overview

• Schedule

• Lectures
  1. Overview, History, RGB Color, PPM files, Math Basics
  2. Simple Ray-Tracing, 2D Matrices and Transformations
  3. 3D Transformations, Viewing, Reflection, Refraction
  4. Lines, Circles, Ray/Plane or Triangle or Polygon Intersection, Polygon Scanline Fill
  5. Bump and Texture Maps, 2D Line Clipping
  6. Spline Curves, Bicubic Surfaces, Quadrics
  7. Polygon Mesh, Hidden and Visible Surfaces, Noise, Turbulance
  8. Gouraud and Phong Shading, Color, Animation
  9. Fractals, Morphing

• Assignments
  The assignments and abstracts for Spring 2006 are not all posted. The images below should give you an idea of the work students do in this course.
  • Abstracts for Possible Final Presentations
    (Available only from College of Computer Science machines.)
    
  • Student Presentations - topics chosen so far

  Assignment	Student Images
  0		Summer 2001	Winter 2000	Winter 1999	Winter 1998	Winter 1997	Spring 1996
  1	Spring 2006	Summer 2001	Winter 2000	Winter 1999	Winter 1998	Winter 1997	Spring 1996
  2	Spring 2006	Summer 2001	Winter 2000	Winter 1999	Winter 1998	Winter 1997	Spring 1996
  3	Spring 2006	Summer 2001	Winter 2000	Winter 1999	Winter 1998	Winter 1997	Spring 1996
  4	Spring 2006	Summer 2001	Winter 2000	Winter 1999	Winter 1998		Spring 1996

• Building a Ray-Tracer
  • Building a Ray-Tracer, Page 1
    Ambient Light, Diffuse Light, Shadows
    
  • Building a Ray-Tracer, Page 2
    Reflection, Specular Reflection, Bump Maps, Texture, Polygons
    
  • Building a Ray-Tracer, Page 3
    Two Light Sources, Transparency with and without Refraction, Quadrics
    
  • Program Shell for a Recursive Ray-Tracer

• Noise and Turbulence
  • The original C code by Ken Perlin: perlin.h and perlin.c.
  • Noise and Turbulence by Ken Perlin
  • Perlin Noise and Turbulence by Paul Bourke
  • Perlin Noise by Hugo Elias
  • Linear 2D Noise Image Samples
    These were generated with old Pascal code.
  • Linear 2D Noise Code (C++)
    

• Graphics Information on the Net
  • Crossroads Summer 1997 ACM Student Magazine - Computer Graphics Issue
  • Color Science: Spectra and Chromaticity pictures and Fortran Code; Links to more color information
  • RGB Hex Triplet Color Chart
  • The Graphics File Formats Page
  • Michigan Technological University CS390-2 Raytracing Hall of Fame
  • CreativeHeads - Computer Graphics Jobs
  • Computer Graphics Timeline

• Other Graphics Stuff on the Net
  • Johan's Trip to Earth and on.
  • List of Colors Used to Draw The Simpsons
  • Harriet Fell's Mathematical Images
  • Dave Korman's Spectacular Ray Tracing Disasters

Last Updated: April 3, 2006 1:43 p.m.
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