Computer Graphics CISE UFL Syllabus
(class notes and supplementary readings are readable or being revised)
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Overview
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introduction & background check
Math conventions, graphics basics (OpenGL pipeline) |
what is graphics?
Siggraph
Red Book |
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OpenGL basics
curves in openGL |
Bezier and B-spline Curves
Primitives and Attributes |
project 1 (see TA page)
more on the Bezier-form of a polynomial |
| events |
Interaction
display lists |
some applets |
| objects | basic 3D viewing Coordinate Transformation ModelView Matrix Modeling Hierarchy | Friday presentation |
| coordinates | homogenous, barycentric coordinates, Grassmann spaces |
project 2 part A
more applets |
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projection
space partition | projection Matrix |
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| lighting |
Z-buffer, Phong illumination model
Smooth shading |
project 2 part B
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| sample test |
Review, Test 1 (room cse 404) topics: Transformations, Coordinates, Splines, Basic Objects, Lighting you may bring: book, class notes, hand calculator you may not bring: laptop, communication. |
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| Surfaces |
Bezier surfaces (glMap)
texture mapping transparency |
smooth objects, textures
project 3 |
| Texture |
NURBS surfaces
subdivision surfaces |
textures
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| Discretization | Pixel Stage of the Graphics Pipeline, Buffers |
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| Generating Detail | fractals, particles, shape grammars | |
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basic differential geometry
3D data structures (basic topology) |
OpenGL
Shaders
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| Implicits |
Contouring
Voxel-based rendering |
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sample test
| Test 2: open book, comprehensive but with emphasis on the 2nd part of the course |
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