CS 448 - Topics in Computer Graphics

Mathematical Methods for Computer Graphics

Scribing Resources

Lecture notes should be typeset with LaTeX, using the following template:

lect00.tex - Start with this file, and add your notes to it.
handout.cls - A support file needed by lect00.tex.

If you are not familiar with LaTeX, a good source of information are the Web pages of the TeX Users Group .

Drawings

The most common way to include drawings in your text is to produce Encapsulated Postscript (EPS) files using a drawing program. The programs available include:

xfig (or idraw) on most UNIX systems,
showcase on SGI systems,
MacDraw on most Macs,
Adobe Illustrator on Mac's and PC's (including the Mac in the graphics lab).

EPS files are included in LaTeX documents using epsfig package included in most LaTeX distributions.

Submitting your notes

Please try to complete the notes within one week after the lecture. This includes getting feedback from the designated student reviewer, and making any necessary corrections. When both of you are satisfied, send the notes to the appropriate lecturer:

If you have an account on the graphics machines, you can just a note pointing us to the appropriate directory.
Otherwise, send us the directory with your files via e-mail. You can do this with the following command (minor modifications may be necessary for UNIX systems other then IRIX):
tar cvfz - * | uuencode notes#.tar.gz | Mail -s "lecture#" address_of_lecturer
Remember to remove .dvi, .log, .blg and .aux files as well as the final Postscript output before sending us the files, but don't forget to include the Postscript files for the figures.

The lecturer might request further changes to the notes. The final version of the notes will be distributed to the class, and also made available on the course web page (with your name on it).

To give you an idea of the style of the notes that we expect, here are two examples of scribed lectures from another course:

Last update: September 24, 1997

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