COSC 342 -- Computer Graphics (2012s1)

Lectures:

Tue:   9-9:50am     in     Owheo 206
Thu:   9-9:50am     in     Owheo 206

Tutorials (1):

Tue:  10:00am-10:50am     in     Owheo 206
Wed: 11:00am-11:50am     in     Commerce 526

Laboratories (1):

Mon: 4:00pm-6:00pm     in     Lab F (Owheo G38)

Tentative Schedule:

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NOTE: this page is currently a template for the material that will be used during 2012.
While the general content is expected to remain the same, the lecture presentations may differ. The powerpoint slides that are currently here will be replaced as the course develops.
Also note that the assignment dates are not firmly established -- they are our 'hoped for' assignment due dates.

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Here's a link to last year's material.

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Tutorial	Notes  (Green = 2012 version)
1	27 Feb	01: Introduction 02: Blender demonstration	No labs	Background Skills	Lect 01: pdf   (4.2MB) Lect 02: pdf   (2.4MB)
2	5 Mar	03: Hardware 04: 2D techniques - fills, lines, shapes	Blender	Essential Mathematics:   vectors and matrices	Lect 03: pdf   (3.2MB) Lect 04: pdf   (3.1MB)
3	12 Mar	05: 2D transformations 06: 3D transformations	Blender: work on the assignment	Cos(a+b) expansion, Transformation Matrices	Lect 05: pdf   (4.3MB) Lect 06: pdf   (1.7MB)
4	19 Mar	07: Perspective 08: Visible Surfaces	Blender: work on the assignment	Perspective	Lect 07: pdf   (2.2MB) Lect 08: pdf   (3.6MB)
5	26 Mar	09: Ray Tracing Intro 10: Ray Tracing Basics	OpenGL: 2D -- dots and lines	Ray tracing:   setting up the primary ray	Lect 09: pdf   (6.9MB) Lect 10: pdf   (5.4MB) Assignment 1 due   Friday 30th March
6	2 Apr	11: Ray Tracing Triangles and Light 12: Ray Tracing Illumination Models	2D: world vs screen views; 3D: views; depth buffering	Ray tracing:   ray intersection with sphere	Lect 11: pdf   (5.2MB) Lect 12: pdf   (8.8MB)
break	9 Apr	-- mid semester break --
7	16 Apr	13: Ray Tracing Refraction 14: Ray Tracing Problems	3D: cameras and objects; 3D: lights and materials	Ray tracing:   point illumination	Lect 13: pdf   (5.5MB) Lect 14: pdf   (13MB)
8	23 Apr	15: Ray Tracing Soft Shadows 16: Ray Tracing Speed and Limitations	Work on the assignment	Ray tracing:   reflected rays	Lect 15: pdf   (4.4MB) Lect 16: pdf   (6.2MB)
9	30 April	17: Modeling Techniques 18: Hierarchical, CSG	Work on the assignment	Open Tutorial   help with the assignment	Lect 17: pdf   (12MB) Lect 18: pdf   (11MB)
10	7 May	19: Shading 20: Texture Mapping	Mirage	CSG operations DAGs	Lect 19: pdf   (14MB) Lect 20: pdf   (8.5MB) Assignment 2 due   Friday 11th May
11	14 May	21: Antialiasing 22: OpenGL pipeline	Shading	Gouraud and Phong Shading	Lect 21: pdf   (1.0MB) Lect 22: pdf   (3.7MB)
12	21 May	23: Levels of detail, games, ... 24: Colour Theory	Texturing	Chromatek glasses, visual 3D.	Lect 23: pdf   (39MB) Lect 24: pdf   (14MB)
13	28 May	Guest Lecture:: Steven Mills review	supersampling distributed raytracing.	no tutorial

Note: information about the labs and tutorials is stored on the lab machines in the     /coursework/342/pickup     directory.

Assignments:

To be set.

[20%]   Assignment 1 will be to use Blender to create a 3D model.

Assignment 1: [20%]   Due 5pm Friday 30th March (week 5).

Gallery of pictures from assignment 1.

[20%]   Assignment 2 will be to write a ray tracer.

Assignment 2: [20%]   Due 5pm Friday 11th May (week 10).

Gallery of pictures from assignment 2.

Geoff's Ray Tracing Notes (1995):

Part 1: Practical Ray Tracing.
Part 2: Professional Ray Tracing.

Text:

Computer Graphics with OpenGL   Third Edition,
Hearn and Baker, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ 2004.

The unusual team of shady characters:

David   &   Raymond.

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