Catalog Description :

Introduction to computer graphics hardware, animation, theory and implementation.  Use of graphics API’s like DirectX or OpenGL. Developing 2D graphics applications software.

Prerequisite:

Units:

Coordinator:

• To distinguish the capabilities of different levels of graphics software and describe the appropriateness of each.
• To implement simple procedures that perform transformation and clipping operations on a simple 2-dimensional image.
• To describe the appropriateness of graphics architectures for given applications. 
• To understand the rendering process and use current hardware and software for creating and displaying graphics.
• To develop software for simple graphics applications

Current Texts:

• Edward Angel Interactive Computer Graphics, ISBN 0-201-77343-0

Topics:

• (GV1)Fundamental techniques in graphics:Hierarchy of graphics software, using a graphics API, simple color models (RGB, HSB, CMYK), homogeneous coordinates, affine transformations (scaling, rotation, translation), viewing transformation, clipping.
• (GV2) Graphic sytems: Raster and vector graphics systems, video display devices, physical and logical input devices, issues facing the developer of graphical systems.
• (GV5) Rendering: Line generation algorithms, font generation, light-source and material properties, ambient, diffuse, and specular reflections, phong reflection model, rendering of a polygonal surface; flat, Gouraud, and Phong shading, texture mapping, bump texture, environment map, introduction to ray tracing, image synthesis, sampling techniques, and anti-aliasing.
• (GV8) Animation Key-frame animation, camera animation, animation of articulated structures, procedural animation
• (---) Graphics Applications: Simple graphics applications

ACM Sub Areas or Units Covered::

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Version & Date

Version 1, 5/6/2003

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