News  

• Final office hours: Friday, April 17, 1-2pm; Monday, April 20, noon-1pm
• Mar 25, 2009: Solutions to H8 posted.
• Mar 23, 2009: The final homework (8) is posted. Solutions will be discussed in the labs on only two days, March 30/31 (the remaining labs that week will beused for project demos). The solutions will also be posted on this web page later.
• Mar 20, 2009: Solutions to Homework 7 posted.
• Mar 16, 2009: Solutions to Homework 5/6 posted.
• Mar 16, 2009: Homwework 7 posted. Solutions will be discussed in the labs Mar 23-27.
• Mar 11, 2009: There will be two extra office hours before the 2nd quiz: Thursday, Friday (March 12/13), 11:30-12:30 in my offcie (x639).
• Mar 2, 2009: Homework 6 posted. Solutions will be discussed in the labs Mar 9-13.
• Feb 26, 2009: Assignment 3 is online. Due date is Wednesday, Apr 1.
• Feb 23, 2009: Quiz 2 is moved to March 13 (Friday) (from the previously announced date of March 11). The reason is that I will be out of town on March 9/10, and I want to be able to hold office hours the day before the quiz.
• Feb 20, 2009: Homework 5 posted. Solutions will be discussed in the labs from Mar 2-6.
• Feb 20, 2009: Solutions to H3, H4 posted.
• Feb 9, 2009: Class cancelled due to sickness
• Feb 1, 2009: Assignment 2 is online. Due date is Monday, Mar 2.
• Feb 1, 2009: Homework 3 posted. Solutions will be discussed in the labs from Feb 9-13.
• Jan 26, 2009: Solutions to H1, H2 posted.
• Jan 21, 2009: Important! I have updated the reading list for the whole course. The old chapter numbers were with respect to an old edition of the textbook. The new numbers reflect the latest edition. Sorry for the confusion, and thanks to those who pointed out the discrepancy!
• Jan 17, 2009: The first set of homework problems on transformation hierarchies and perspective transformations is online. They will be discussed in the labs in the week of Jan 26-30
• Jan 11, 2009: Assignment 1 is online. Due date is Monday, Feb 2
• Jan 11, 2009: The first set of homework problems on transformations is online. They will be discussed in the labs in the week of Jan 19-23
• Jan 4, 2009: Assignment 0 is online. Due date is Monday, Jan 12
• Nov 24, 2008: First class is Monday, January 5. Labs start the same day.

• Benjamin Cecchetto
• Landon Boyd
• Sarah Motiee (hourly)

• Project 1: Building Beasties.

  previous: Mice (Jan 2008) | Spiders (Sep 2007) | Armadillos (Jan 2007) | Cats (Sep 2006) | Frogs (May 2006) | Monkeys (Jan 2006) | Dinosaurs (Sep 2005) | Giraffes (May 2005) | Kangaroos (Jan 2005) | Poodles (Sep 2004) | Birds (Jan 2004) | Elephants (Sep 2003)

• Project 3

  previous: Jan 2008 | Sep 2007 | Sep 2006 | Jan 2006 | Sep 2005 | May 2005 | Jan 2005 | Sep 2004 | Jan 2004 | Sep 2003 | Jan 2003 | Sep 2002

• Week 1 (Jan 5-9): Intro and Overview of Rendering Pipeline
• Math prerequisite reading: Textbook, Chaper 2 (except 2.5-2.9), Chapter 5
• Weekly reading: Textbook, Chapter 1
• Lecture 1 slides: 2 slides/page, 6 slides/page.
• Lecture 2 slides: 2, 6. Pinhole photo from the lecture.
• Lecture 3 slides: 2, 6.
• Week 2 (Jan 12-16): Affine Transformations, Hierarchical Modeling
• Weekly reading: Chapter 6 (5 in old book edition)
• Mon, Jan 12: Assignment 0 due
• Lecture 4 slides: 2, 6 (updated after lecture)
• Lecture 5 slides: 2, 6.
• Lecture 6 slides: 2, 6.
• Week 3 (Jan 19-23): Perspective
• Weekly reading: Chapter 7 (6 in old edition)
• Lecture 7 slides: 2, 6 Tuebingen applet demoed in class (English version).
• Lecture 8 slides: 2, 6.
• Lecture 9 slides: 2, 6.
• Week 4 (Jan 26-30): Lighting & Shading
• Weekly reading: Chapter 9 (8 in old edition)
• Lecture 10 slides: 2, 6.
• Wed, Jan 28: Quiz 1
• Lecture 11 slides: 2, 6.
• Week 5 (Feb 2-6): Scan Conversion & Shading
• Weekly reading: Chapter 3 (except 3.8)
• Mon, Feb 2: Assignment 1 due
• Lecture 12 slides: 2, 6.
• Lecture 13 slides: 2, 6.
• Lecture 14 slides: 2, 6.
• Week 6 (Feb 9-13): Clipping, Hidden Surface Removal
• Weekly reading: Chapter 8
• Mon, Jan 9: Class cancelled due to sickness
• Lecture 15 slides: 2, 6.
• Lecture 16 slides: 2, 6.
• Week 7 (Feb 16-20): Reading Week
• Rehearsal reading: Chapter 2, 3 (except 3.8), 6, 7, 8 (old edition: 2, 3 (except 3.8), 5, 6, 7)
• New reading: Chapter 2 (rest), 12
• Week 8 (Feb 23-27): Blending, Picking
• Weekly reading:No new reading.
• Lecture 17 slides: 2, 6.
• Lecture 18 slides: 2, 6.
• Lecture 19 slides: 2, 6.
• Week 9 (Mar 2-6): Sampling & Texture Mapping
• Weekly reading: Chapter 11 (except 11.8)
• Mon, Mar 2: Assignment 2 due
• Lecture 20 slides: 2, 6.
• Lecture 21 slides: 2, 6.
• Lecture 22 slides: 2, 6.
• Week 10 (Mar 9-13): Shadows & Modern GPUs
• Weekly reading: Chapter 11.8
• Lecture 23 slides: 2, 6 (Gordon Wetzstein). Example code: vertex shader, fragment shader, vertex/fragment shader, heat simulation.
• Lecture 24 slides: 2, 6.
• Fri, Mar 13: Quiz 2 (NOTE: new date!)
• Week 11 (Mar 16-20): Color; Ray-Tracing
• Weekly reading: Chapter 20, 10 (except 10.8-10.11)
• Lecture 25 slides: 2, 6.
• Lecture 26 slides: 2, 6.
• Lecture 27 slides: 2, 6.
• Week 12 (Mar 23-27): Global Illumination
• Weekly reading: Chapter 10.11, 14
• Lecture 28 slides: 2, 6.
• Lecture 29 slides: 2, 6.
• Lecture 30 slides: 2, 6.
• Week 13: (Mar 30-Apr 3): Parametric Curves, Surfaces
• Weekly reading: Chapters 2.4-2.9, 15.1-15.4
• Wed, Apr 1: Assignment 3 due
• Week 14: (Apr 6-8): Current Research, Q&A
• Topics for final exam: 2up

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Assignments and Homework Problems

• Assignment 0 Handout, Code, Sample implementation for the programming part (compiled for the lab machines).


• Assignment 1 Handout, Code, Sample Implementation (compiled for the lab machines).


• Homework 1 Handout, solution


• Homework 2 Handout, solution


• Homework 3 Handout, solution


• Assignment 2 Handout, Code, Sample Implementation (compiled for lab machines)


• Homework 4 Handout, solution


• Homework 5 Handout (revised formula for problem 1), solution


• Assignment 3 Handout


• Homework 6 Handout, solution


• Homework 7 Handout, solution


• Homework 8 Handout, solution

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Resources

• Textbooks:

  	Fundamentals of Computer Graphics: 2nd Edition by Peter Shirley A K Peters, 2005, ISBN: 1568812698 Table of Contents Second edition errata First edition errata
  	OpenGL Programming Guide version 2.1 Addison Wesley, ISBN: 0321335732, (6th edition) You do NOT need to buy this book Use the online version Also see theOpenGL reference

• GLUT: GLUT reference | GLUT downloads | GLUT for Windows | About GLUT
• OpenGL tutorials: NeHe | Nate Robins' OpenGL tutorials
• Remote computing: Compiling OpenGL/GLUT outside the lab
• Stanford Video Game Project Resource List
  
• Mark Kilgard's list of 19 OpenGL Pitfalls
• Omniverous Biped's OpenGL FAQ

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Sources

The lectures draw on many other graphics courses and books, listed here in rough order from heavy influence to light influence:
• Tamara Munzener, UBC
• David Brogan, Virginia, Fall 2002
• Michiel van de Panne, UBC, Fall 2002-2003, Spring 2002-2003
• Alla Sheffer, UBC, Fall 2004-2005
• Greg Humphreys, Virginia, Fall 2004
• Stephen Chenney, Wisconsin, Fall 2004
• Marc Levoy, Stanford, Fall 2002-2003
• Pat Hanrahan, Stanford, Fall 1998-1999
• Peter Shirley, Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, publisher: AK Peters
• Joel Welling et al, CMU, Spring 2001
• Pascal Vuylsteker, Australian National University, Fall 2003-2004
• Maureen Stone, StoneSoup Consulting, SIGGRAPH 2001 color course

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Previous Course Offerings

• 314 Fall 2008 (Bridson)
• 314 Spring 2008 (Munzner)
• 314 Fall 2007 (Heidrich)
• 314 Spring 2007 (Munzner)
• 314 Fall 2006 (van de Panne)
• 314 Summer 2006 (Heidrich)
• 314 Spring 2006 (van de Panne)
• 314 Fall 2005 (Sheffer)
• 314 Summer 2005 (Munzner)
• 314 Spring 2005 (Munzner)
• 314 Fall 2004 (van de Panne)
• 414 Spring 2004 (van de Panne)
• 414 Fall 2003 (Munzner)
• 414 Spring 2003 (van de Panne)
• 414 Fall 2002 (van de Panne)

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