CSCI 441 - Computer Graphics

Fall 2018 - Schedule

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ICG: Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach with Shader Based OpenGL, 6th ed., Edward Angel, Dave Shreiner, 2011.
Primer: OpenGL: A Primer, 3rd ed., Edward Angel, 2007.
ODC: OpenGL Development Cookbook, 1st ed., Muhammad Mobeen Movania, 2013.
SLC: OpenGL 4 Shading Language Cookbook, 2nd ed., David Wolff, 2013.
Ref: OpenGL Quick Refernce API Version 4.5, Khronos Group, 2014.

DOW	Date	##	Lecture Subject	Reading	Handouts	Notes
M	08/20/2018	0	Welcome to Findias Speedway!	ICG 1.1-1.2	Slides (.pdf)	A0 assigned
T	08/21/2018					A0 due
W	08/22/2018	1	OpenGL 2.1 & GLFW: Primitives & Attributes	ICG 2.1-2.5 Primer 1.1-1.7, 2.4, 2.6, 2.11-2.14 Ref p1 OpenGL Command Syntax	Slides (.pdf)	A1 assigned
F	08/24/2018	2	Drawing in 2D		Lab00 (.zip)

M	08/27/2018	3	Vertex Transformation Pipeline, Transformations, & Linear Algebra	ICG 3.1, 3.3-3.4, 3.7-3.10, B.1-B.6, C.1-C.8 Primer 2.10, 5.8-5.9 SLC pp13-15	Slides (.pdf)
W	08/29/2018	4	Animation & Interaction	ICG 2.7, 2.11, 8.1-8.6	Slides (.pdf)	A2 assigned SQ1 assigned
R	08/30/2018					A1 due L00 due
F	08/31/2018	5	Callbacks		Lab01 (.zip)

M	09/03/2018	--- NO CLASS --- LABOR DAY ---
W	09/05/2018	6	Vertex Transformation Pipeline: Projection	ICG 1.3-1.5, 1.7, 2.6, 4.1-4.2, 4.4-4.7 Primer 2.9	Slides (.pdf)	A3 assigned
F	09/07/2018	7	Camera Models & 3D Objects	ICG 2.10, 3.2, 4.3	Slides (.pdf) Lab02 (.zip)	A2 due Lab01 due

M	09/10/2018	8	Rendering Pipeline: Clipping & Culling	ICG 4.8, 6.1-6.12	Slides (.pdf)
W	09/12/2018	9	Rasterization Bézier Curves & Surfaces	ICG 6.6.3, 7.1, 10.1-10.6, 10.9-10.10 Primer 3.13, 9.1-9.3 Ref p6 Per-Fragment Operations	Slides (.pdf)
F	09/14/2018	10	Bézier Curves & Picking	Picking Made Easy (.pdf)	Lab03 (.zip)	Lab02 due

M	09/17/2018	11	Raytracing w/ Global Illumination vs. Lighting w/ Local Illumination	ICG 5.1, 5.3, 5.11, 11.2-11.3 Primer 6.1-6.2	Slides (.pdf)	A3 due SQ1 due A4 assigned
W	09/19/2018	12	Types of Lights, Materials, & Shading Models	ICG 5.2, 5.4-5.7 Primer 6.3-6.9	Slides (.pdf)
F	09/21/2018	13	Turn On The Lights		Lab04 (.zip) Slides (.pdf)	Lab03 due SMK assigned

M	09/24/2018	14	Texture Mapping	ICG 7.5-7.6.4 Primer 8.1-8.3 Ref pp2-3 Textures and Samplers	Slides (.pdf)
T	09/25/2018					SMK.TM due
W	09/26/2018	15	Texture Filtering	ICG 7.6.5-7.7, D.5 Primer 8.4-8.6, 8.8	Slides (.pdf)
H	09/27/2018					A4 due
F	09/28/2018	16	Texture That Teapot! (T³)		Lab05 (.zip)	Lab04 due

M	10/01/2018	17	Fixed Function Pipeline Review		Slides (.pdf)
W	10/03/2018	18	Exam I
F	10/05/2018	19	The Ticket Booth

M	10/08/2018	20	Springs, Strands, & Cloth	ICG 9.3, 9.5		Lab05 due
W	10/10/2018	21	OpenGL 3.3 - Shaders & VBOs	ICG 1.8, 2.8 Ref p8 OpenGL Pipeline	Slides (.pdf)
H	10/11/2018					SMK due
F	10/12/2018	22	Fall 500

M	10/15/2018	--- NO CLASS --- FALL BREAK ---
W	10/17/2018	23	Vertex Buffer Objects (VBOs) & Vertex Array Objects (VAOs): Object Files & Skeleton Rigging	ICG A.2, D.2 Primer 4.5 ODC pp146-170 Ref p1 Buffer Objects, pp4-5 Vertex Arrays	Slides (.pdf)	VAO & VBO Checklist (.pdf)
F	10/19/2018	24	Doom MD5 Model Loader		Lab08 (.zip)

M	10/22/2018	25	Shader Programs & GLSL	ICG 3.12.2, A.1, D.8 Primer 10.1-10.7 ODC pp19-27 SLC pp17-25 Ref pp1-2 Shaders and Programs, p5 Vertex Attributes, pp9-12	Slides (.pdf)	Shaders Checklist (.pdf)
W	10/24/2018	26	Vertex & Fragment Shaders	ICG 5.8-5.10, A.7 ODC pp28-37, 48-54, 107-122 SLC pp25-42, 57-80, 91-107, 117-123 Ref p4 Vertices	Slides (.pdf)	A5 assigned
F	10/26/2018	27	Space Jam		Lab09 (.zip)	Lab08 due

M	10/29/2018	28	Particle Systems	ICG 7.11, 9.3-9.6 Primer 6.10 ODC pp171-179 SLC pp320-326 Ref p6 Per-Fragment Operations	Slides (.pdf)
W	10/31/2018	29	Geometry Shader	ODL pp37-44 SLC pp215-233	Slides (.pdf)
F	11/02/2018	30	Billboarded Point Sprites		Lab10 (.zip)

M	11/05/2018	31	Mesh Deformation	ODC pp141-146		Lab09 due
T	11/06/2018					A5 due
W	11/07/2018	32	Collision Detection			A6 assigned A7 assigned FP assigned
F	11/09/2018	33	Marble Madness		Lab11 (.zip)	Lab10 due

M	11/12/2018	34	Fragment Shader Techniques	ODC pp98-106, 195-201 SLC pp107-109, 163-195	Slides (.pdf)	FP.TP due
W	11/14/2018	35	Multipass & Framebuffer Objects (FBOs)	SLC pp154-159 Ref p4 Framebuffer Objects	Slides (.pdf)
F	11/16/2018	36	Pleasantville		Lab12 (.zip)

M	11/19/2018	37	OpenGL ES & WebGL		Slides (.pdf)	Lab11 due SQ2 assigned
W	11/21/2018	--- NO CLASS --- THANKSGIVING BREAK ---				A6 due
F	11/23/2018	--- NO CLASS --- THANKSGIVING BREAK ---

M	11/26/2018	38	Shader Programming Review
W	11/28/2018	39	Exam II
F	11/30/2018	40	Get Your Season Pass			A7 due Lab12 due

M	12/03/2018	41	Shadow & Environment Mapping	ICG 4.10, 7.8-7.9 ODC pp85-97, 122-140 SLC pp126-148, 263-283
W	12/05/2018	42	Advanced Computer Graphics	ICG 9.8-9.9, 11.9 SLC 124-136, 293-314
F	12/07/2018	--- NO CLASS --- DEAD DAY ---
F	12/07/2018	LAST DAY TO SUBMIT XP!!!				FP due SQ2 due
S	12/08/2018	43	Final Project Presentations 08:00 AM - 10:00 AM