September

Main Reading

Week 1
Sep 5-7
L: 1 2

Introduction
Introduction, class policies, light and images, eyes and displays, image representation

Shirley Ch 1, Ch 3

Week 2
Sep 10-14
L: 3 4 5

Image and Signal Processing
Discrete image representation, Sampling, Re-Sampling, Filtering
Due 9/10: Class Surveys

Shirley Ch. 4

Week 3
Sep 17-21
L: 6 7 8

Color and Image Adjustments
Color concepts, practical issues of color, image adjustments, compositing
Due 9/17: Project 1 Preliminaries

Shirley Ch 20
Compositing

Week 4
Sep 24-28
L: 9 10 11

Geometric Manipulation of Images
Warping, Morphing, Practical Issues
Due 9/24: Project 1 Checkpoint

Reading:TBD

October

Main Reading

Week 5
Oct 1-5
L: 12 13 14

Geometric Graphics
2D primitives, Coordinate Systems, Transformations, 3D primitives
Due 10/1: Project 1 Theory Assignment

Shirley, Ch6

Week 6
Oct 8-12
L: 15 16 17

Drawing in 3D
3D Transformations, Projections, Visibility
Due 10/8: Project 1

OpenGL Ch3, Shirley Ch 7,8

Week 7
Oct 15-19
L: 18 19 20

OpenGL and Basic Interactive 3D
OpenGL, graphics pipeline, 3D UI issues, basic lighting
Due 10/15: Project 2 Written Background

OpenGL Ch 1,2,5

Week 8
Oct 22-26
L: 21 22 23

Curves
Shape concepts, parametric forms, cubics, interpolating curves, Beziers
Due 10/22: Project 2 Programming Checkpoint

Shirley Ch15-15.6.1

Week 9
Oct 29-
Nov 2
L: 24 25 26

Shape Modeling and Appearance
B-Splines, Local Lighting, Surface Geometry, Meshes
Due 10/29: Written assignment (exam review)
10/29: Midterm exam, 7pm

Shirley 15.6.2
Shirley Ch9
OGL Ch5

November

Main Reading

Week 10
Nov 5-9
L: 27 28 29

Appearance, Texture Mapping and Real-Time Rendering
Texturing basics, other texturing tricks, achieving complex images using the graphics pipeline, Parametric Surfaces, Geometry Processing
Due 11/5: P2 Checkpoint

Reading:RTR5

Week 11
Nov 12-16
L: 30 31 32

Subdivision
Subdivision surfaces, polygon tradeoffs, scan-conversion of primitives
Due 11/12: Project 2

Reading:RTR12.6, Gamasutra

Week 12
Nov 19-21
L: 33 34

Graphics Hardware: Rasterization and Shading
Implementing the pipeline, efficient use of primitives, programmable shading
Due 11/19: P3 Written: Lighting and Texture

Shirley 3.5,3.6, Shirley 17

Week 13
Nov 26-30
L: 35 36 37

Rendering
Ray-tracing, global illumination, high quality image generation
Due 11/26: Project 3 Checkpoint

Shirley 10, TBD

December

Main Reading

Week 14
Dec 3-7
L: 38 39 40

Non-Photo Realistic Rendering and Image-Based Graphics
Non-Photo Realistic Rendering, shading, line drawings, artistic rendering
Digital Photography, color, compression, high-dynamic range imagery, image-based rendering
Due 12/3:Written Assignment (Subdivision, Rendering)

Reading:Shirley 9.3, Shirley 25, TBD

Week 15
Dec 10-14
L: 41 42 43

Advanced Topics
Animation, Visualization Due 12/10: Project 3

Shirley 26

Final Exam, December 21, 2:45-4:45pm, room TBD