| Week | Date | CS540 Topics | Reading Shirley |
Reading Watt |
Due |
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| 1 | 7-Jan |
Graphics Overview Course Overview --------------------------- Color; ppm format Mathematical Basics |
Chapter 1 --- Section 3.3, handout Sections 2.1-2.6, 2.10, 2.11 |
--- Pages 418-424 Section 1.3 | |
| 2 | 14-Jan |
Ray Tracing Ray-Sphere Intersection Light: Diffuse Reflection Phong Shading Shadows --------------------------- Matrices Transformations |
Sections 10.1,10.2 Section 10.3.1 pages 191-193 Section 9.2 Section 10.5 --- Chapter 5 Chapter 6 |
Sections 1.4.1, 1.4.2 Section 6.2 ection 6.2.1 Sections 9.1, 9.2, 12.1 --- Section 1.1 Sections 5.1, 5.2 |
Assignment 0 due Thursday, January 15 by midnight |
| 3 | 21-Jan |
Viewing in 2D and 3D --------------------------- Recursive Ray-Tracing Specular Reflection Refraction |
Chapter 7 --- Section 10.4 Section 10.6 Section 10.7 |
Sections 12.2, 12.3 Section 1.3.5 Section 1.4.6 --- | |
| 4 | 28-Jan |
Raster Algorithms Lines, Circles,Triangles Antialiasing --------------------------- Ray-Plane Ray-Triangle, Ray-Polygon --------------------------- ScanLine PolyFill Flood Fill |
Sections 3.5, 3.6 page 67 --- Sections 10.3.2, 10.3.3 --- handout |
--- Sections 1.4.3, 1.4.4 --- |
Assignment 1 due due Thursday, January 29 by midnight |
| 5 | 4-Feb |
Texture and Bump Maps --------------------------- 2D-Viewport Clipping Cohen-Sutherland Liang-Barsky |
Chapter 11 --- handout |
Sections 8.1, 8.4 --- | |
| 6 | 11-Feb |
Bezier Curves and Splines --------------------------- Parametric Bicubic Surfaces Quadrics |
Chapter 15 --- Sections 2.7, 2.8 |
Section 3.1 --- Section 3.4 Section 1.4.5 |
Assignment 2 due Thursday, February 12 by midnight |
| 7 | 18-Feb |
Poly Mesh Visible Surface Determination --------------------------- noise, turbulence clouds, marble |
--- Noise Samples Noise Code |
Section 4.1 Section 6.6 --- 8.7 | |
| 8 | 25-Feb |
Color Perception --- Animation |
Chapter 20 Chapter 21 --- Chapter 16 |
Chapter 15 --- Chapter 17 | |
| 4-Mar | Spring Break Week | ||||
| 9 | 11-Mar |
Assorted Topics, e.g.: Fractals Morphing Radiosity |
Section 16.4 Chapter 11 |
Assignment 3 due Tuesday, March 10 by midnight | |
| 10 | 18-Mar |
More Assorted Topics |
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Assignment 4 due Thursday, March 19 by midnight | |
| 11 | 25-Mar | EXAM - 3 Hours |
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| 12 | 1-Apr | Individual Discussions about Student Presentations |
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| 13 | 8-Apr | Student Presentations |
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| 14 | 15-Apr | Student Presentations |
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