COMP236: Computer Graphics Spring’2000 Dinesh Manocha

Computer Graphics Introduce the methods and skills for rendering computer graphics images, from modeling of polygons and closed surfaces to simulating the interactions of matter and energy that give rise to images

Background Exposure to 2D line drawing, clipping and rasterization Digital signal processing, anti-aliasing Linear algebra Good programming skills

Goals Cover some fundamental concepts Mathematical and rigorous exposition Combination of breadth & depth coverage Emphasis is not on state of the research (in terms of instruction) Programming assignments Project: deep exposure to one sub-topic

Topics Covered Polygon rasterization pipeline Visibility computations Curve, surface & solid modeling Rendering: local and global illumination models Advanced topics: texture mapping, graphics architectures

Topics Not Covered Computer animation User interfaces Physically-based modeling Virtual environments Other rendering techniques: volume rendering, image-based rendering etc. Graphics standards Applications to games, movies etc.

Advanced Courses COMP238: Advanced rendering course COMP239: VE course COMP258: Advanced modeling course COMP259: Physically-based modeling Imaging courses COMP290: Seminar on IBR or graphics architectures