Introduction
to Computer
Graphics

Fall 2000

LECTURE NOTES -

9/7	Lecture 1:	Introduction and Display Technologies	( pdf )
9/12	Lecture 2:	Pixels, Rasters, and Sprites	( pdf )
9/14	Lecture 3:	Color Topics	( pdf )
9/19	Lecture 4:	Imaging Topics	( pdf )
9/21	Lecture 5:	Line Drawing	( pdf )
9/28	Lecture 6:	Scan Conversion	( pdf )
10/3	Lecture 7:	2D Transforms	( pdf )
10/5	Lecture 8:	Aliasing and Resampling	( pdf )
10/12	Lecture 9:	3D Transforms; Part 1 - Principles	( pdf )
10/17	Lecture 10:	3D Transforms; Part 2 - Mechanics	( pdf )
10/19	Lecture 11:	Viewing and Projection	( pdf )
10/24	Lecture 12:	Clipping and Culling	( pdf )
10/26	Lecture 13:	3D Modeling and Primitives	( ppt | pdf )
11/2	Lecture 14:	Visible Surface Algorithms - Part 1	( pdf )
11/7	Lecture 15:	Visible Surface Algorithms - Part 2	( pdf )
11/9	Lecture 16:	Illumination and Shading - Part 1	( pdf )
11/14	Lecture 17:	Illumination and Shading - Part 2	( pdf )
11/16	Lecture 18:	Surface Textures/Texture Mapping	( pdf )
11/21	Lecture 19:	Ray Tracing	( pdf )
11/28	Lecture 20:	Advanced Texture Mapping	( pdf )
11/30	Lecture 21:	Texture Mapping Tricks	( pdf )
12/5	Lecture 22:	Topics in Computer Animation	( pdf )
12/7	Lecture 23:	Advanced Rendering	( ppt | pdf )
12/12	Lecture 24:	Special Topic

PROJECTS -

Date Assigned	Date Due	Project Title
9/14	9/27	Project 1: Sprite-Based Animation
10/3	10/16	Project 2: Sphere Rasterizer
10/24	11/08	Project 3: 3D Coordinates and Frames
		An example project 3 with source
11/9	11/22	Project 4: A Complete Rendering Pipeline
11/21	12/6	Project 5: Ray Tracing

EXERCISES -

HANDOUTS -

Date	Handout
11/16	Solutions to the Fall '00 Midterm
11/20	Practice Midterm quiz
12/11	Practice Final Exam