Course schedule

CS 248 - Introduction to Computer Graphics
Autumn Quarter, 2008
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 23 Thu Sep 25	Introduction (as PPT or PDF ) Visual perception, raster displays		FvD 1, 4, 13.1
Tue Sep 30 Thu Oct 2 Fri Oct 3	Color theory, color spaces   A bit more on color, introduction to sampling theory	proj1 assigned     proj1 help (Ethan) (PPT)	FvD 13.2-13.6 [Haeberli] FvD 14.10
Tue Oct 7 Wed Oct 8 Thu Oct 9	Aliasing and antialiasing     Practical supersampling, and rasterization algorithms	proj1 demos proj1 writeup due	FvD 3.17.1-3.17.3     FvD 3.1-3.14 [Haeberli-Akeley]
Tue Oct 14   Thu Oct 16 Fri Oct 17	Practical polygon antialiasing, digital compositing   2D geometric transformations	proj2 assigned     proj2 help (Abe) (PPT or PDF)	FvD 17.6, [Blinn{16,17}]   FvD 5
Tue Oct 21 Wed Oct 22 Thu Oct 23 Fri Oct 24	3D geometric transformations     Texture mapping and rendering	proj2 demos proj2 writeups due midterm review (Derek & Ethan)	FvD 17.4, [Heckbert], [Beier]
Mon Oct 27   Tue Oct 28   Thu Oct 30   Fri Oct 30 Fri Oct 31	Viewing I: the wonders of perspective Viewing II: mathematics of perspective (5:15 - 6:05, room B03) (2:15 - 3:05, room B01)	Midterm, 7-9pm Bldg 370, room 370 proj3 assigned       proj3 help (Abe) OpenGL help (Derek)	FvD 6 (skip 6.2,.3,.5.1-.5.3) GL 1, 2, 3 GL Appendix D
Mon Nov 3   Tue Nov 4     Thu Nov 6	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 11   Thu Nov 13   Fri Nov 14	Visibility III: ray tracing   Real-time graphics, hardware shaders (or PDF)	proj3 first crits	FvD 15.10-15.11     MH 10,14,16,17
Tue Nov 18     Thu Nov 20	Lighting I: illumination, diffuse reflection Lighting II: generalized lighting models		FvD 16.1-16.3, GL 5, 9
Nov 24 - 28	Thanksgiving recess, no classes
Tue Dec 2   Wed Dec 3   Thu Dec 4   Fri Dec 5	Volume rendering (class canceled)   Image-based rendering, computational photography (or PDF)	proj3 final demos, game competition   proj3 writeup due, final exam review (Derek, Abe)
Mon Dec 8		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,
third edition, A K Peters, 2002.

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