Computer Graphics 2: 15-463, Spring 1997

Syllabus with approximate pace and recommended reading

The topics of the class are rendering (image synthesis) and image processing.

Foley's book is required; Gonzalez's is recommended.

• Introduction (.5 lecture)
• Image Processing
  • Raster Images (.5 lecture, Gonzalez 2.3)
  • Point Processing (1 lecture, Foley 17.6.1-2, 17.7.1, Gonzalez 4.2)
    • contrast enhancement
    • compositing
  • Filtering (1 lecture, Gonzalez 4.3)
  • Warping and Morphing (2 lectures, Gonzalez 5.9)
  • Aliasing & Fourier Transform (2 lectures, Foley 14.10, Gonzalez 3.1)
  • Antialiasing (1 lecture)
  • Discrete Fourier Transform & FFT (1 lecture, Gonzalez 3.2-3.4)
  • Image Compression & Video (1 lecture, Gonzalez 6)
  • Review (1 lecture)
  • Midterm (1 lecture)
• Rendering
  • A simple scene format (1 lecture)
  • Visibility algorithms (Foley 15.4-10)
    • Ray casting (2 lectures)
      • Ray-surface intersection testing
      • Spatial data structures
    • Painter's algorithm (.5 lecture)
    • Z-buffer algorithm (.5 lecture)
    • Scanline & object space algorithms (.5 lecture)
  • Optics
    • Light & color (1 lecture, Foley 13)
    • Diffuse & specular reflection (1 lecture, Foley 16.1-2, 16.7)
    • Shadows, transparency, & interreflection (1 lecture, Foley 16.4-6)
  • Shading
    • Ray tracing (2 lectures, Foley 16.7-12)
      • Recursive ray tracing
      • Antialiasing by stochastic & adaptive sampling
    • Texture mapping (1.5 lecture, Foley 16.3)
    • Radiosity & global illumination (2.5 lecture, Foley 16.11, 16.13)
  • Volume Rendering (2 lectures, Foley 20.6)
  • Graphics Hardware (1 lecture, Foley 18.3, 18.8)
  • Review (1 lecture)