CS 248: Introduction to Computer Graphics

Pat Hanrahan

Textbooks and Papers

The following books are required:

James Foley, Andries Van Dam, Steven Feiner, and John Hugues,
Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice,
2nd edition in C, Addison-Wesley, 1996.
Readings from this book are indicated below using the key FvD.
Errata

Jackie Neider, Tom Davis, Mason Woo,
OpenGL Programming Guide,
Addison-Wesley, 1993.
Readings from this book are indicated below using the key GL.

A course reader containing additional material not covered in the texts will also be made available. This consists of several papers and draft notes written by Prof. Hanrahan for several of the lectures. Slides of the lectures will also be made available via the CS 248 Home Page. All reading material will be available on reserve in the Math/CS Library.

Assigned Readings

Week 1

1. Lecture 1: Overview
   • FvD, 1
   • GL, 1, 2
2. Lecture 2: Raster Graphics
   • FvD, 4
   • GL, 8 (skim), 12 (skim)

Week 2

1. Lecture 3: Intensity
   • FvD, 13.1
   • Lectures Notes on Intensity (not available yet)
2. Lecture 4: Color
   • FvD, 13.2-13.15
   • GL, 5

Week 3

1. Lecture 5: Compositing and Painting
   • Porter and Duff, Compositing Digital Images
   • (FvD, 17.6 optional)
   • GL, 7 (Section Blending)
2. Lecture 6: Signal Processing and Sampling
   • Lectures Notes on Signal Processing
   • FvD, 14.10, (17.2 optional)

Week 4

1. Lecture 7: Scan Conversion: Lines and Curves
   • Lectures Notes on Scan converting lines
   • FvD, 3.1-3.4, 3.17, (19.2 optional)
2. Lecture 8: Scan Conversion: Polygons
   • Lectures Notes on scan converting polygons
   • FvD, 3.5-3.10, (19.3 optional)
   • GL, 7 (Section Antialiasing)

Week 5

1. Lecture 9: 2D Projective Geometry
   • Lectures Notes on 2d Projective Geometry
2. Lecture 10: Texture Mapping
   • A Survey of Texture Mapping, by Paul Heckbert
   • FvD, 16.3, 17.4, (17.5 optional)
   • GL, 9

Week 6

1. Lecture 11: Transforms I
   • Lectures Notes on Transformations
   • FvD, 5
   • GL, 3
2. Lecture 12: Transforms II
   • Lectures Notes on Transformations
   • FvD, (7.4-6 skim)

Week 7

1. Lecture 13: Viewing Transforms
   • Lectures Notes on Viewing Transformations
   • FvD, 6
   • GL, 3 (continued)
2. Lecture 14: Hidden Surface Algorithms
   • The Hidden Charms of the Z-buffer, by Kurt Akeley
   • FvD, 15

Week 8

1. Lecture 15: Splines
   • FvD, 11.2 (11.3 optional)
2. Lecture 16: Animation
   • FvD, 21

Week 9

1. Lecture 17: Reflection Models
   • FvD, 16.1-2
   • GL, 6
2. Lecture 18: Illumination Algorithms
   • FvD, 16.4-7