Computer Graphics Number: CSD 15-462 /15-662 Instructor: Nancy Pollard Teaching Assistants: Harry Gifford Q Youn Hong David Matlack Steven Fackler Office Hours: Pollard: By Appointment Q: Sun: 8-10 pm Steven: Mon: 8-10 pm David: Wed: 8-10 pm Harry: Thurs: 8-10 pm Time: TR 10:30 pm - 11:50 pm Location: GHC 4401 (Lecture) GHC 5205 (Office Hours) Piazza: Piazza Board (Use Piazza for the announcements and discussion)

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. 3rd ed. Wellesley: A K Peters, 2009. 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 (10%) Homework 1 (10%) Homework 2 (10%) Project 1 (10%) Project 2 (10%) Project 3 (15%) Project 4 (10%) 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 Bulletin Board 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 01/15 Slides: Lecture 1 Slides Name: OpenGL® Date: Thurs 01/17 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 01/22 Slides: Lecture 3 Slides Notes: Lecture 3 Notes Reading: Shirley Ch. 2 Name: Transformations Date: Thurs 01/24 Slides: Lecture 4 Slides Notes: Lecture 4 Notes Reading: Shirley Ch. 6 Name: Viewing/Camera Date: Tue 01/29 Slides: Lecture 5 Slides Notes: Lecture 5 Notes Reading: Shirley Ch. 7 Name: Curves and Splines Date: Thurs 01/31 Slides: Lecture 6 Slides Notes: Lecture 6 Notes Reading: Shirley Ch. 15 Notes: Project 1 Due Name: Meshes and Surfaces Date: Tue 02/05 Slides: Lecture 7 Slides Notes: SIGGRAPH 2000 Course Notes Slides: Project 2 Slides Notes: Project 2 Assigned Project: Project 2 Description Project: Project 2 Handout   Light Name: Shading/Light Date: Thurs 02/07 Slides: Lecture 8 Slides Reading: Shirley Ch. 10 Name: Materials Date: Tue 02/12 Slides: Lecture 8 Slides Name: Textures Date: Thurs 02/14 Slides: Lecture 9 Slides Notes: Texture Synthesis Reading: Shirley Ch. 11 Notes: Homework 1 Assigned Homework: Homework 1 Homework: Homework 1 Solution   NPR Name: Non-photorealistic Rendering Date: Tue 02/19 Slides: Lecture 10 Slides Notes: NPR Paper 1 Notes: NPR Paper 2 Notes: Project 2 Due Notes: Project 3 Assigned Project: Project 3 Checkpoint Description Project: Project 3 Description Project: Project 3 Handout Name: Illusions Date: Thurs 02/21 Slides: Lecture 11 Slides   Color Name: Color Date: Tue 02/26 Slides: Lecture 12 Slides Notes: SIGGRAPH 2001 Course Notes Notes: Homework 1 Due Name: Light Date: Thurs 02/28 Slides: Lecture 13 Slides Notes: Rendering Equation Notes Notes: Rendering Equation Paper   Midterm Exam Name: Midterm Review Date: Tue 03/05 Notes: Midterm Review Notes: Project 3 Checkpoint Due Name: Midterm Exam Date: Thurs 03/07   Raytracing Name: SPRING BREAK Date: Tue 03/12 Name: SPRING BREAK Date: Thurs 03/14 Name: Ray Tracing Date: Tue 03/19 Slides: Lecture 14 Slides Notes: Board Notes Name: Spatial Data Structures Date: Thurs 03/21 Slides: Lecture 15 Slides Notes: Project 3 Due Notes: Project 4 Assigned Project: Project 4 Description Project: Project 4 Handout Name: More Ray Tracing Date: Tue 03/26 Reading: Shirley Ch. 13 Notes: Distributed Raytracing Paper   Indirect Lighting Name: Radiosity Date: Thurs 03/28 Slides: Lecture 17 Slides Notes: Radiosity Paper Name: Animation and Motion Capture Date: Tue 04/02 Slides: Lecture 18 Slides Name: Photon Mapping Date: Thurs 04/04 Slides: Lecture 19 Slides Notes: SIGGRAPH 2007 Course Notes Name: Direct-Indirect Separation Date: Tue 04/09 Slides: Lecture 20 Slides Notes: Direct-Indirect Separation Paper   Animation Name: Differential Equations and Particle Systems Date: Thurs 04/11 Slides: Lecture 21 Slides Notes: SIGGRAPH 1997 Course Notes Notes: Project 4 due Notes: Project 5 assigned Project: Project 5 Description Project: Project 5 Handout Notes: Homework 2 assigned Homework: Homework 2 Homework: Homework 2 Solution Name: Cloth, Characters and Fluids Date: Tue 04/16 Slides: Lecture 22 Slides Notes: Character Physics Paper Notes: Fluid Dynamics Paper Name: CARNIVAL Date: Thurs 04/18   Images Name: Image Processing Date: Tue 04/23 Slides: Lecture 23 Slides Notes: SIGGRAPH Course on HDRI Notes: Homework 2 due Name: Photo and Webcam Clipart Date: Thurs 04/25 Notes: Lecture Link Notes: Lecture Link Notes: Lecture Link   Final Exam Name: Final review Date: Tue 04/30 Slides: Midterm Review Slides: Final Review Notes: Project 5 due Name: Project Showcase Date: Thurs 05/02 Slides: Showcase Slides Name: Final Exam Date: Thurs 05/09 Time: 8:30 - 11:30 AM Location: WEH 7500