Course schedule

CS 248 - Introduction to Computer Graphics
Autumn Quarter, 2004
Marc Levoy
Handout #2

Here is the current version of the course schedule. It will be updated as changes are made. In particular, lecture titles and project names will become clickable shortly after a lecture is given or a project assigned. Readings should be completed before the date on which they appear in the schedule. Readings that are not in your textbooks will generally be handed out in class on the date they appear below.

Date	Lecture	Coursework	Reading
Tue Sep 28 Thu Sep 30	Introduction (or PPT or PDF ) Visual perception, raster displays		FvD 1, 4, 13.1
Tue Oct 5 Wed Oct 6 Thu Oct 7	Color theory, color spaces A bit more on color, sampling theory, aliasing	proj1 assigned proj1 help (PPT, HTML, PDF)	FvD 13.2-13.6 [Haeberli] FvD 14.10
Tue Oct 12 Wed Oct 13 Thu Oct 14	Antialiasing methods Rasterization algorithms	proj1 demos proj1 writeup due	FvD 3.17.1-3.17.3 FvD 3.1-3.14 [Haeberli-Akeley]
Tue Oct 19 Wed Oct 20 Thu Oct 21	Practical polygon antialiasing, Digital compositing 2D geometric transformations	proj2 assigned proj2 help	FvD 17.6, [Blinn{16,17}] FvD 5
Tue Oct 26 Wed Oct 27 Thu Oct 28 Fri Oct 29	3D geometric transformations Image warping, texture mapping	proj2 demos proj2 writeups due midterm review	FvD 17.4, [Heckbert], [Beier]
Mon Nov 1 Tue Nov 2 Wed Nov 3 Thu Nov 4 Fri Nov 5	Viewing I: the wonders of perspective Viewing II: mathematics of perspective	Midterm, 7-9pm Gates B01 proj3 assigned proj3 help OpenGL help	FvD 6 (skip 6.2,.3,.5.1-.5.3) GL 1, 2, 3 GL Appendix D
Mon Nov 8 Tue Nov 9 Thu Nov 11	Visibility I: Z-buffer, graphics hardware Visibility II: scanline, area, list priority	proj3 proposal due	FvD 15.1-15.5 FvD 15.6-15.7
Tue Nov 16 Wed Nov 17 Thu Nov 18	Visibility III: ray tracing Real-time programming	proj3 first crits	FvD 15.10-15.11, MH 13, 14 GL 7, MH 8, 9
Tue Nov 23 Thu Nov 25	Lighting I: illumination, diffuse reflection Thanksgiving - no class		FvD 16.1-16.3, GL 5, 9
Tue Nov 30 Wed Dec 1 Thu Dec 2 Fri Dec 3	Lighting II: generalized lighting models Volume rendering, image-based rendering (or PPT)	proj3 final demos, game competition proj3 writeup due, final exam review
Mon Dec 6		Final exam, 3:30pm, Gates B01

Readings: (*) starred entries will be handed out in class. For papers, if its title is displayed in your browser as a link, click on it to download the paper.

[BeierNeely] Beier, T., Neely, S., Feature-Based Image Metamorphosis ,
Computer Graphics (Proc. SIGGRAPH), 26:2, pp. 35-42, 1992. (*)

[Blinn16] Blinn, J., Chapter 16: Compositing - Theory,
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Sep 1994. (*)
reprinted from Jim Blinn's Corner: Dirty Pixels. (*)

[Blinn17] Blinn, J., Chapter 17: Compositing - Practice,
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Nov 1994. (*)
reprinted from Jim Blinn's Corner: Dirty Pixels. (*)

[FvD] Foley, van Dam, Feiner, and Hughes,
Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice,
second edition in C, Addison-Wesley.
Click here for errata

[Haeberli] Haeberli, P., Paint by numbers,
Computer Graphics (Proc. SIGGRAPH), 24:4, pp. 207-208, 1990. (*)

[Haeberli-Akeley] Haeberli, P., Akeley, K.,
The Accumulation Buffer: Hardware Support for High-Quality Rendering,
Computer Graphics (Proc. SIGGRAPH), 24:4, pp. 309-318, 1990.

[Heckbert] Heckbert, P., A Survey of Texture Mapping, (PDF of text, PDF of figures)
IEEE Computer Graphics, 6:11, pp. 56-67, 1986. (*)

[MH] Möller and Haines,
Real-Time Rendering,
second edition, A K Peters, 2002.

[GL] Shreiner, Woo, Neider, and Davis,
OpenGL Programming Guide
fourrth edition, Addison-Wesley.