Course schedule

CS 248 - Introduction to Computer Graphics
Autumn Quarter, 2000
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 one class before the date they appear below. (However, Haeberli's article will be handed out in class on Thursday, October 5.)

Date	Lecture	Coursework	Reading
Thu Sep 28	Introduction (or PPT )
Tue Oct 3 Thu Oct 5 Fri Oct 6	Raster displays Color theory, colorspaces	proj1 assigned proj1 help session (Yu Ping Hu)	FvD 1, 4 FvD 13.2-13.6 [Haeberli]
Tue Oct 10 Thu Oct 12	A bit more on color, and grayscale, gamma, dithering Sampling theory, aliasing		FvD 13.1 FvD 14.10
Mon Oct 16 Tue Oct 17 Thu Oct 19 Fri Oct 20	Practical antialiasing methods Rasterization algorithms	proj1 demos proj1 writeup due proj2 assigned proj2 help session (Hiroshi Ishii)	FvD 3.17.1-3.17.3 FvD 3.1-3.14
Tue Oct 24 Thu Oct 26	Digital compositing 2D geometric transformations		FvD 17.6, [Blinn16], [Blinn17] FvD 5
Tue Oct 31 Thu Nov 2 Fri Nov 3	3D geometric transformations Image warping	proj2 due midterm review (your TAs)	FvD 17.4, [Heckbert]
Mon Nov 6 Tue Nov 7 Wed Nov 8 Thu Nov 9 Fri Nov 10	Viewing I: the wonders of perspective Real-time graphics programming (or as PPT file)	Midterm exam 7-9pm, Cubberly Aud. proj3 assigned proj3 help session (David Koller) OpenGL help session (Matt Ginzton)	FvD 6, (skip 6.2,.3,.5.1-.5.3) GL 1, 2, App D, MH 7,8,11
Tue Nov 14 Thu Nov 16	Viewing II: mathematics of perspective Visibility I: Z-buffer algorithm	proj3 proposal due	GL 3 FvD 15.1-15.5,
Mon Nov 20 Tue Nov 21 Thu Nov 23	Visibility II: scanline, area, list priority algs Thanksgiving - no class	proj3 first crits	FvD 15.6-15.7
Tue Nov 28 Thu Nov 30	Visibility III: ray tracing Lighting I: illumination, diffuse reflection		FvD 15.10-15.11 FvD 16.1-16.3, GL 5
Tue Dec 5 Wed Dec 6 Thu Dec 7 Fri Dec 8	Lighting II: generalized lighting models Volume rendering, image-based rendering (or PPT)	proj3 final demos, game competition proj3 writeup due
Mon Dec 11		Final exam 3:30 - 6:30pm, Gates B01/03

Readings: ((*) starred entries will be handed out in class)

[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,
Jim Blinn's Corner: Dirty Pixels. (*)

[Blinn17] Blinn, J., Chapter 17: Compositing - Practice,
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. (*)

[Heckbert] Heckbert, P., A Survey of Texture Mapping,
IEEE Computer Graphics, 6:11, pp. 56-67, 1986. (*)

[MH] Möller and Haines,
Real-Time Rendering,
A K Peters, 1999.

[GL] Woo, Neider, and Davis,
OpenGL Programming Guide
third edition, Addison-Wesley.
Click here for errata