CSE 4431 Advanced Topics in 3D Computer Graphics

CSE 4431/5331.03M Advanced Topics in 3D Computer Graphics

Lecture Notes

Any overheads/slides that I use in lecture will appear here, typically a day or so before class. They are in PDF 6-up format (6 slides per page with room for notes). The files are accessible only from machines within York University! If you need access to the lecture notes from machines outside the department log in via 'ssh' (see e.g. http://www.cs.yorku.ca/ssh) and use either 'lynx' (a text browser) or 'wget <URL>' to save the file to your directory. For details on these commands please refer to the respective man-pages. Then retrieve the file via ftp. Do not re-publish the slides on the WWW!

Mar 04 - Introduction, Advanced Graphics Datastructures PDF
Mar 09 - Advanced Graphics Datastructures
Mar 11 - Extended OpenGL Pipeline PDF
Mar 16 - no class, instructor at conference
Mar 18 - Vertex and Pixel Shaders PDF
Mar 23 - Vertex and Pixel Shaders
Mar 25 - Bump Mapping PDF
Mar 30 - Multi-pass Rendering PDF
Apr 01 - Real-time Rendering PDF
Apr 06 - no class, instructor at conference
Apr 08 - no class, instructor at conference
Apr 13 - Image-Based Rendering PDF
Apr 15 - midterm, in class
Apr 20 - Shadows PDF
Apr 22 - Rendering Equation, Radiosity PDF
Apr 27 - Radiosity
Apr 29 - Path Tracing PDF
May 04 - Complete Global Illumination PDF
May 06 - Complete Global Illumination, Realtime Globillum PDF
May 11 - Advanced Modeling PDF
May 13 - Volume Rendering PDF
May 18 - no class, Victoria Day
May 20 -

Note that, as usual, exams cover all the material in the course. This includes all material as covered in the lectures and assignments, Everything covered in class (blackboard, in-class discussions, etc) is also considered examinable content.

OpenGL Links

These are only listed for convenience, the course assumes that students already know 3D graphics programming. Links to GLSL information can be found on the WWW page for the first assignment.

Introduction to OpenGL, Version 1.1 (slightly out of date version of OpenGL guide)
Man pages for all OpenGL and GLUT commands are installed in Prism. (e.g. see 'man glBegin' and 'man glut'.)
MSDN Library "Documentation on C", including reference pages can be found under "Visual Studio Documentation->Visual C++ Documentation". "An Introduction to OpenGL" including OpenGL reference pages can be found under "Platform SDK->Graphics and Multimedia Services->OpenGL".
www.opengl.org
Collection of OpenGL & GLUT sample code
Brown Exploratory (Java applets explaining graphics concepts)
Some more Java applets explaining computer graphics concepts/algorithms can be found here.
GLUT Library
Mesa (software implementation of OpenGL)

Note that OpenGL & GLUT are already installed in the undergrad labs, see the example Makefile in /cs/course/4431/examples/Makefile. Most PC Developer Environments have OpenGL libraries and DLL's and need only GLUT. Linux users may need Mesa and GLUT.

Additional Textbooks

Neider, Davis, Woo, "OpenGL Programming Guide", Addison Wesley {Also available on-line, see below}.
Shirley, "Realistic Ray Tracing", A K Peters.
Foley, VanDam, Feiner, Hughes "Computer Graphics Principles and Practice, Addison Wesley.
Newman, Sproull, "Principles of Interactive Computer Graphics", McGraw-Hill.
Rogers, Adams, "Mathematical Elements for Computer Graphics", McGraw-Hill.
Rogers, "Procedural Elements for Computer Graphics", McGraw-Hill.
Watt, "Fundamentals of Three-Dimensional Computer Graphics", Addison-Wesley

GLUT

A short description of GLUT can be found in Appendix D from the OpenGL Programming Guide.
Short reference with the most important API functions.
Complete reference

Another useful resource is the SIGGRAPH Five-Minute Career Mentor, The Demo Reel From Hell