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Course Syllabus, Computer Graphics, Fall 2010

The exact order of topics may evolve as the courseprogresses. However, the project/assignment dates are unlikely tochange.

Things are due on Wednesdays. See the Main.Policies page for latepolicies.

Readings are described in more detail on the Main.Readings page,here, only the primary readings are listed - follow the link for moredetail. “SM” refers to Shirley and Marschner _Fundamentals of Computer Graphics 3e,_and “OGL” refers to the OpenGL Programmer’s Guide. Other readings will be provided online. Note: the entire chapter is listed here, for many readings you are only responsible for part of the chapter. See the Main.Readings page (which is linked to each reading).

September		Reading
Week 1 ~~Aug~~-Sep 3 L: 1	Introduction What is graphics? What is this class?	no readings
Week 2 Sep 6-10 L: 2 3 4	Graphics Programming Primitives, coordinate systems, OpenGL, FLTK Due 9/8 (probably later): Surveys (no class on 9/6 Labor Day)	SM1,SM3,OGL2
Week 3 Sep 13-17 L: 5 6 7	Geometric Graphics Transformations, Viewing, Linear Algebra Due 9/15: Programming Practice	SM5,SM6,OGL3
Week 4 Sep 20-24 L: 8 9 10	Drawing in 3D Viewing, Visibility, Meshes, Shading Due 9/22: Written Assignment 1	SM7,SM10,OGL5
Week 5 Sep27-Oct1 L: 11 12 13	The Graphics Pipeline Viewing, Visibility, Rasterization, Clipping, ... Due 9/29: Written Assignment 2	SM8
October		Reading
Week 6 Oct 4-8 L: 14 15 16	Shape Representation and Curves Shape concepts, parametric curves, subdivision curves Due 10/6: Construction Site Project	SM15
Week 7 Oct 11-15 L: 17 18 19	More shape and appearance Approximating curves and surfaces, lighting Due 10/13: Written Assignment 3	RTR Subdivision (pdf)
Week 8 Oct 18-22 L: 20 21 22	Texturing Texture mapping, coordinates and sampling, texturing tricks Due 10/20: Midterm Exam 7:15-9:00pm	SM11, OGL9, RTR (rtr pdf)
Week 9 Oct 25-29 L: 23 24 25	Images Imaging terminology, compositing motivations, computational photography Due 10/27: Project: Roller Coaster	SM9,Szeliski3 (Szeliski online)
November		Reading
Week 10 Nov 1-5 L: 26 27 28	Image Processing Filters, Convolutions, Sampling Theory Due 11/3: Practice Program 2	SM9,Szeliski3 (Szeliski online)
Week 11 Nov 8-12 L: 29 30 31	Image Manipulation and Computational Photography Resampling, Warping, Morphing, Other Image Editing Due 11/10: Written Assignment 4	Szeliski3 (Szeliski online)
Week 12 Nov 15-19 L: 32 33 34	Graphics Hardware and Shaders How Graphics Hardware Works, Shaders, GLSL Due 11/17: Imaging Project	SM18, OLG15
Week 13 Nov 22-26 L: 35 36	Shaders Interactive Rendering Tricks, Projects Discussion Due 11/24: Practice Program 3 (Shaders)	SM18, OLG15
December		Reading
Week 14 Nov29-Dec3 L: 37 38 39	Color and Perception Human Perception and its influence on graphics. Gamma Correction. Color Display and Color Systems. Due 12/1: Project Checkpoint	SM22, SM21
Week 15 Dec 6-10 L: 40 41 42	Realistic Rendering and Modeling TBD Due ~~12/8~~: Final Project (GraphicsTown)

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