Lecture Notes and Applets
Here are online copies of the slides used in lectures. Please avoid printing
them out! We always make enough printed copies for the whole class; if you
missed one, there are probably extra copies in the filing cabinet in the
graphics instructional lab. Look there first rather than wasting paper.
Note also that Acrobat files are eminently readable online.
If you must print out a section of slides, try to print double-sided.
Under UNIX, this typically involves adding an option like
"-ZDuplex=DuplexNoTumble" to your lpr command. Under NT, it's an option
in the "advanced" tab of the print properties dialog. For the option
"print on both sides", select "Long Side".
Thanks for saving paper!
Each lecture is provided in PDF format. In addition, the "extras"
column contains links to relevant web pages and applets.
Topic
|
Title
|
Extras
|
1
|
Displays and Frame Buffers |
Vector Displays,
Raster Displays,
LCD Displays,
OLED Displays
|
2
|
Image Processing |
Image warp,
Continuous 1D Convolution,
Discrete 1D convolution, Snoop |
3
|
Affine Transformations
|
Change of basis,
Affine
Transformation Game
|
4
|
Hierarchical Modeling
|
Hierarchy of transformations,
Robot Arm Example
|
5 |
Projections |
Hitchcock Effect
|
6 |
Hidden surfaces |
Marked-up lecture slides,
Z-buffer,
BSP Trees
|
7 |
Shading |
OpenGL shading applet,
Szymon's
BRDF viewer
|
8 |
Ray Tracing |
Photon Mapping, Triangle Intersections,
Reflection/Refraction Applet |
9 |
Anti-aliased and accelerated ray tracing |
Nyquist Limit |
10 |
Distribution ray tracing |
|
11 |
Texture mapping |
Texture Mapping Primitives,
Marble Applet,
|
12 |
Parametric curves |
Tcl/Tk curve demos (zip file),
Bezier Curves,
B-Splines,
Curve Interpolation,
C2-Interpolating Curves
|
13 |
Particle
systems |
Differential Equation Basics,
Particle System Dynamics,
Cloth,
Fish,
Snake,
Cloth Demo,
Soda Constructor,
Annotated slides
|
14 |
Parametric
surfaces |
Bézier patch interactive demonstration
|
15 |
Subdivision
curves and surfaces |
Triangular Subdivision Surfaces,
Subdivision Tutorials and Online Demos
|
16 |
Animation principles |
Perlin
Walkers,
Pixar Shorts,
Luxo Jr., Animation Trends
|