Computer Graphics Number: CSD 15-462 Instructor: Srinivasa Narasimhan Teaching Assistants: Jitu Das Cathy Li Nicolas Feltman Office Hours: Srinivas: By Appointment Nico: Tue: 8:30-10:30 pm Jitu: Wed: 7-9 pm Cathy: Thu: 8-10 pm Time: TR 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm Location: HH B131 (Lecture) GHC 5205 (Office Hours) Discussion Board: Piazza (Email TAs if you did not receive invitation)

Summary

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to computer graphics modeling, animation, and rendering. Topics covered include basic image processing, geometric transformations, geometric modeling of curves and surfaces, animation, 3-D viewing, visibility algorithms, shading, and ray tracing.

Overview

Prerequisites The programming assignments in this course will be written in C++ and require knowledge of mathematics involving matrices, vectors, etc. Therefore successful completion of the following courses is required: 15-213/18-243 Introduction to Computer Systems and either 18-202 Mathematical Foundations of Electrical Engineering or both 21-241 Matrix Algebra, and 21-259 Calculus in Three Dimensions Once you've completed 15-462, you may be interested in other courses offered by the Carnegie Mellon Graphics Lab. Textbook There are two required textbooks for 15-462 this semester: Shirley, Peter et. al. Fundamentals of Computer Graphics. 2nd ed. Wellesley: A K Peters, 2005. OpenGL® Architecture Review Board. OpenGL® Programming Guide. 6th ed. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2007. An older edition of the OpenGL® Programming Guide (covering the OpenGL® 1.1 specification) may be found online here and should be sufficient for the purposes of this course. However, the printed text may be of interest as it is newer than the online version and covers the OpenGL® 2.1 specification. Assignments & Grading (7.5%) Homework 1 (7.5%) Homework 2 (10%) Project 1 (10%) Project 2 (10%) Project 3 (15%) Project 4 (15%) Project 5 (10%) Midterm Exam (15%) Final Exam You will be given a total of three "late days" for the semester. You may use these late days to extend the deadline of any programming or written assignment without penalty. Once all three late days have been used, further extensions will only be granted at the instructor's discretion and may incur a grading penalty. Note: Please use the Piazza as a primary resource rather than emailing TAs directly. It will yield a more timely respones as all the TAs will be browsing it and your question may even have been answered already!

Syllabus

Note: This syllabus may change during the course. Keep checking back.   Introduction Name: Introduction Date: Tue 08/28 Slides: Lecture 1 Slides Name: OpenGL® Date: Thurs 08/30 Slides: Lecture 2 Slides Reading: Red Book Ch. 1 and 2 Notes: Project 1 Assigned Project: Project 1 Description Project: Project 1 Handout   Geometry Name: Math for Computer Graphics Date: Tue 09/04 Slides: Lecture 3 Slides Notes: Math notes Name: Transformations Date: Thurs 09/06 Slides: Lecture 4 Slides Notes: Name: Orthographic and Perspective Projection Date: Tue 09/11 Slides: Lecture 5 Slides Notes: Viewing notes Name: Curves and Splines Date: Thurs 09/13 Slides: Lecture 6 Slides Notes: Splines Notes Notes: Project 1 Due Notes: Homework 1 Assigned Homework: Homework 1 Solutions: Homework 1 Solutions Name: Meshes and Surfaces Date: Tue 09/18 Slides: Lecture 7 Slides Notes: Subdivision SIGGRAPH Course Notes: Subdivision Notes Notes: Project 2 Assigned Project: Project 2 Description Project: Project 2 Handout   Light Name: Lighting and Shadows Date: Thur 09/20 Slides: Lecture 8 Slides Name: Materials Date: Tue 09/25 Slides: Lecture 9 Slides Name: Texture Mapping + GLSL Shader language Date: Thurs 09/27 Notes: Homework 1 Due Slides: Lecture 10 slides   NPR Name: Non-photorealistic Rendering & Visualization Date: Tue 10/02 Slides: Lecture 11 Slides Name: Illusions Date: Thurs 10/04 Notes: Project 2 Due Notes: Project 3 Assigned Project: Project 3 Checkpoint Description Project: Project 3 Description Project: Project 3 Handout   Ray Tracing Name: Raycasting/raytracing Date: Tue 10/09 Slides: Lecture 12 Slides Name: Spatial Data Structures Date: Thurs 10/11 Slides: Lecture 13 Slides Notes: Project 3 Checkpoint Due   Midterm Exam Name: Midterm Review Date: Tue 10/16 Name: Midterm Exam Date: Thurs 10/18   Indirect Lighting Name: Radiosity Date: Tue 10/23 Slides: Radiosity Reading Slides: Lecture 14 Slides Name: Photon Mapping Date: Thurs 10/25 Slides: Lecture 15 Slides Notes: Photon mapping reading Notes: Project 3 Due Notes: Project 4 Assigned Project: Project 4 Description Project: Project 4 Handout Notes: Notes: Name: Direct-Indirect Separation Date: Tue 10/30 Slides: Lecture 16 Slides   Animation Name: Animation and Motion capture Date: Thurs 11/01 Slides: Lecture 17 Slides Notes: Reading Name: Differential Equations Date: Tue 11/06 Slides: Lecture 18 Slides Notes: Reading: Differential Equation Basics Notes: Reading: Implicit Methods Name: How GPU works Date: Thurs 11/08 Slides: GPU Lecture Slides Name: Particle Systems Date: Tue 11/13 Slides: Lecture 19 Slides Notes: Project 5 Assigned Project: Project 5 Description Project: Project 5 Handout Project: Project: Project:   Images Name: Image processing Date: Thurs 11/15 Slides: Lecture 20: Image Processing Notes: Project 4 New Due Date Notes: Name: HDR Imaging + Tone Mapping Date: Tue 11/20 Slides: Lecture 21 Slides Name: Thanksgiving Date: Thurs 11/22 Name: Displays Date: Tue 11/27 Name: Cool new research in Graphics Date: Thurs 11/29 Notes: Project 5 Due   Miscellaneous and Final Exam Name: Final Review Date: Tue 12/04 Slides: Name: Final Exam Date: Thurs 12/06