Course Calendar

Here is a rough estimate of how the class will proceed.

Week

Date

Lecture Topic

Milestone

1

Sep 29

Introduction, displays, image processing

Impressionist project assigned
 

2

Oct 6

Affine transformations, hierarchical modeling, projections

 

3

Oct 13

Projections, hidden surface removal

Impressionist due before class
Impressionist artifact due Wednesday
Modeler project assigned

4

Oct 20

Shading, ray tracing

Homework #1 assigned

5

Oct 27

Ray tracing, help session

Modeler project due before class
Modeler artifact due Wednesday

Trace project assigned

6

Nov 3

Anti-aliased, accelerated, and distribution ray tracing, texture mapping

Homework #1 due

7

Nov 10

Parametric curves, particle systems

Trace project due before class
Trace artifact due Wednesday
Animator project assigned

8

Nov 17

Parametric curves and surfaces, subdivision curves and surfaces, animation principles

Homework #2 assigned

9

Nov 24

Special topics

Animator project due on 11/27

10

Dec 1

Homework #2 due

11

Dec 8

Final animations due by 10am