Class Notes

I will be selecting topics as the semester progresses. If you are interested in something, please let me know and I will try to incorporate it. The following list is subject to change and modification.

Some of my expectations

An introduction to web programming

HTML
JavaScript
Starting Graphics
Chapter 2, Two Dimensional Graphics.
The Pinhole Camera
- Notes
Intro to OpenGL
- Background
- An Example
LERP
- LERP
- code
Color
Moving Vertex Data to WebGL
Data Files
- Off Files.
- some models
Triangles and Barycentric coordinates.
Finishing the basics of a 3d Scene.
- Adding control of the View Volume
A page containing most of the recient demos, with comments.
Light
- Introduction
- Details
Raster Techniques
- Intro to Line Drawing.
- Bresnham's

The course outline specifies the following material:

Introduction
1. Overview of Graphics Software
2. Overview of Graphics Libraries and Application Programming Interfaces
3. Graphics Hardware
Using a Graphics API
1. Background and Architecture
2. Syntax and Interface
3. Graphics Pipelines
4. Shaders and Shading Language
Mathematics for Computer Graphics
1. Linear Interpolation
2. Trigonometry
3. Vectors and Matrices
Color
1. Background
2. Color Models
2D Concepts
1. Primitives: Attributes and Algorithms
2. Transformations and Homogeneous Coordinate Systems
3. Clipping
4. Modeling vs Viewing Coordinates
5. Rasterization
3D Graphics
1. Projections
2. Polygon Surface Rendering
3. Hidden Surface Removal
Light and Color
1. Color Models
2. Lighting Model
3. Phong Shading