1. Daily Announcements Aaron Bloomfield CS 445: Introduction to Graphics Fall 2006

2. 2 Today’s announcements (29 Aug) Tests on 28 September and 5 December Dates in the last slide set were wrong The final project presentations are currently scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening HW 1 VS.zip file was e-mailed out last night Will be on the website soon A copy for VS 2003 was e-mailed out today Submission details will arrive Thursday in lecture

3. 3 Today’s announcements (31 Aug) Tests on 28 September and 5 December Dates in the first slide set were wrong The final project presentations are currently scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening HW 1 VS.zip files were e-mailed out a few days ago And are on the website Submission details today Are also on the website I won’t have office hours today But Jason will have them from 3:30-4:30

4. 4 Tuesday, 5 September 2006 Tests on 28 September and 5 December Dates in the first slide set were wrong The final project presentations are currently scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening HW discussion Can use the HW 1 VS.zip files to start HW 2 Thoughts on HW 1 HW 1 grade should be back sometime this week Where we are and where we are going Finished talking about hardware and 2-D images Today is 3-D math and the graphics hardware pipeline

5. 5 Thursday, 7 September 2006 Tests on 28 September and 5 December Dates in the first slide set were wrong The final project presentations are currently scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening HW discussion HW 1 grade should be back sometime this week Where we are and where we are going Will finish the graphical pipeline today And then move onto ray tracing Which will be HW 3

6. 6 Tuesday, 12 September 2006 Tests on 28 September and 5 December Dates in the first slide set were wrong I have to e-mail about that soon… The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening HW 1 grades returned this past week Sorry about the lack of comments! See Jason for details about why you lost points and for what HW 2 due this Thursday HW 3 will be out on Thursday Where we are and where we are going Will finish ray tracing today This is going to be HW 3! And then move onto lighting

7. 7 Thursday, 14 September 2006 Tests on 28 September and 5 December Dates in the first slide set were wrong I have to e-mail about that soon… The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening HW 2 due today HW due day of week? HW 3 will be out today Still working on a bit of the details (due date, groups, etc.) Where we are and where we are going Will take care of lighting today The probably onto transformations My office hours will start at 2:30 today

8. 8 Tuesday, 19 September 2006 Tests on 28 September and 5 December Dates in the first slide set were wrong I have to e-mail about that soon… The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening HW 3 out today Due two weeks from this Thursday That’s the week after the exam Can work in pairs E-mail Jason if you want to work in pairs but not sure who to work with Where we are and where we are going Will take care of lighting today The onto transformations First exam is a week from Thursday!

9. 9 Thursday, 21 September 2006 Tests on 28 September and 5 December Dates in the first slide set were wrong I have to e-mail about that soon… The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening HW 3 out Due two weeks from today That’s the week after the exam Can work in pairs E-mail Jason if you want to work in pairs but not sure who to work with Where we are and where we are going Will finish transformations today The onto clipping First exam is a week from Thursday!

10. 10 Tuesday, 26 September 2006 Tests on 28 September and 5 December Dates in the first slide set were wrong I have to e-mail about that soon… The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening HW 3 out Due one week from today Can work in pairs Office hours change Jason’s will now be from 4-6 on Thursday instead of Wednesday Mine will end at 2:45 today Where we are and where we are going Will finish clipping today Then onto rasterization Then onto visibility issues First exam is this Thursday!

11. 11 Exam Honor Pledge On my honor as a student, I have neither given nor received any unauthorized help on this exam The only authorized help (other than the instructor clarifying a question, of course) on this exam is the sole exception listed below All students in CS 445 are allowed to use one (1) reference card, as long as it fulfills ALL of the following requirements: It is no larger than standard letter size (8.5” x 11”) Only one side may have writing; the other side must be blank (please put your name and e-mail ID on the other side) It may not be a photocopy (or other reproduction) of another person’s reference card You must turn it in with your exam It must be your own work. While you are welcome to have worked together with others on the card, all the work on the card must be EITHER: Your sole work, or Joint work where you put in an equal amount of effort Note that you cannot share a reference card with somebody else during the exam

12. 12 Tuesday, 3 October 2006 Final on 5 December Dates in the first slide set were wrong The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening HW 3 out Due this Thursday! Due time? Can work in pairs Exam grades will be online “soon” And returned in lecture Thursday HW 2 is graded, and will be returned shortly Sorry for the delay! Office hours change Jason’s will now be from 4-6 on Thursday instead of Wednesday Where we are and where we are going Texture mapping today A few parts of the pipeline we have skipped: visible surface determination, anti-aliasing

13. 13 Thursday, 5 October 2006 Final on 5 December Dates in the first slide set were wrong The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening HW 3 out Due this Thursday! Due time? Can work in pairs Exam grades are online And will be returned today Office hours change Jason’s will now be from 4-6 on Thursday instead of Wednesday Where we are and where we are going Texture mapping today Then onto visibility

14. 14 Tuesday, 10 October 2006 Final on 5 December Dates in the first slide set were wrong The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening Will be talking about the projects soon HW 4 will be out today Due two weeks from this Thursday (27 Oct) Due time? Is NOT a group assignment Exam grades are online Have them with me today Office hours change Jason’s will now be from 4-6 on Thursday instead of Wednesday Newsgroup-like forum?

15. 15 Tuesday, 10 October 2006 Where we are Will finish visibility today or Thursday This (essentially) completes all the stages of the graphical pipeline Then onto more specialized topics Anti-aliasing Animation Virtual (and augmented) reality, haptics GPUs and programmable hardware Other possible topics Level of detail Guest lectures by Profs. Humphreys and/or Lawrence Shadows Human modeling OpenGL extensions Feel free to make requests if there is something you want me to cover!

16. 16 HW 3 information With 12 submission (about 24 students out of 36 registered) Graph of survey results:

17. 17 Thursday, 12 October 2006 Final on 5 December, which is in class Dates in the first slide set were wrong The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening Will be talking about the projects soon (probably on Tuesday) HW 4 is out Due two weeks from today (27 Oct) Due time is 5 a.m. on Friday morning Is NOT a group assignment Office hours change Jason’s will now be from 4-6 on Thursday instead of Wednesday Newsgroup-like forum? Where we are Will finish visibility today This (essentially) completes all the stages of the graphical pipeline Then onto anti-aliasing (will most likely finish next Tuesday) And onto more specalized topics

18. 18 Tuesday, 17 October 2006 Final on 5 December, which is in class Dates in the first slide set were wrong The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening Can be done in groups (at least 2, possibly more) Presentations due Thursday, 16 November HW 5 will be due the week before Will have to make a presentation on it (on 13 Dec) So that’s the due date for the project Projects themselves due Can be on anything you want Grading policy for projects HW 4 is out Due on 27 Oct, due time is 5 a.m. on Friday morning Is NOT a group assignment

19. 19 Topic coverage Today will finish anti-aliasing, and then review the graphical pipeline Upcoming topics: Research talks, by Greg Humphreys, Jason Lawrence, and myself Virtual (and augmented) reality, haptics Animation (using Blender) Hardware Radiosity Curves, splines, surfaces, etc. A few more to figure out. Possibilities include: Level of detail Subdivision surfaces Shadows How movies are made

20. 20 What’s wrong with this picture?

21. 21 Without the Gourand shading

22. 22 Thursday, 19 October 2006 Final on 5 December, which is in class Dates in the first slide set were wrong I won’t have office hours today The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening Can be done in groups (at least 2, possibly more) Presentations due Thursday, 16 November HW 5 will be due the week before Will have to make a presentation on it (on 13 Dec) So that’s the due date for the project Projects themselves due Can be on anything you want Grading policy for projects Ideas for the final HW Morphing Clipping NPR (I’m leaning towards this one) HW 4 is out Due on 27 Oct, due time is 5 a.m. on Friday morning Is NOT a group assignment

23. 23 Tuesday, 24 October 2006 Final on 5 December, which is in class Dates in the first slide set were wrong The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening Can be done in groups (at least 2, possibly more) Presentations due Thursday, 16 November HW 5 will be due the week before Will have to make a presentation on it (on 13 Dec) So that’s the due date for the project Projects themselves due Can be on anything you want Grading policy for projects HW 4 is out Due on 27 Oct, due time is 5 a.m. on Friday morning Is NOT a group assignment Final HW will be out this week, and is on non-photorealistic rendering (i.e. cartoon lighting issues)

24. 24 Thursday, 26 October 2006 Final on 5 December, which is in class Dates in the first slide set were wrong The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening Can be done in groups (at least 2, possibly more) Presentations due Thursday, 16 November HW 5 will be due the week before Will have to make a presentation on it (on 13 Dec) So that’s the due date for the project Projects themselves due Can be on anything you want Grading policy for projects HW 4 is out Due on 27 Oct, due time is 5 a.m. on Friday morning Is NOT a group assignment HW 5 is ready Is on the website, will be linked to after tomorrow’s due date/time But you can type in the URL directly Is NOT a group assignment

25. 25 Halloween! Final on 5 December, which is in class Dates in the first slide set were wrong The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening Can be done in groups (at least 2, possibly more) Presentations due Thursday, 16 November HW 5 will be due the week before Will have to make a presentation on it (on 13 Dec) So that’s the due date for the project Projects themselves due Can be on anything you want Project proposals due the next week (Thursday by 10 a.m.) HW 5 is out Due on 9 Nov, due time is 5 a.m. on Friday morning Is NOT a group assignment Where we are and where we are going Today: modeling Thursday: how to make movies (and games!) Next week: research talks Following Tuesday: Not sure yet (Tron?) That Thursday: project proposals That leaves 2 lectures after Thanksgiving (the final is Dec 5)

26. 26 Project thoughts Should take about 60 hours per person That’s 15 hours per week Ideas A game of some kind. 3-D games preferred, but 2-D may be allowable. Making stuff with fractals -- mountains, clouds, terrain, etc. (same algorithm can do both). Today’s lecture discusses fractals Procedural modeling (sea shells (siggraph paper from '92), more complex stuff). Today’s lecture will see this as well. 4-D fractals using quarternions -- how do you visualize it in 3D? Morphing (totally 2-D). Or any sort of sophisticated image processing Extend a ray tracer Ideas from the research talks next week

27. 27 Thursday, 2 November 2006 Final on 5 December, which is in class Dates in the first slide set were wrong The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening HW 5 is out Due on next Friday at 5 a.m. Is NOT a group assignment Where we are and where we are going Today: Tron Next week: finish Tron, research talks Week after that: one last research talk, and how to make movies (and games!)

28. 28 Tuesday, 7 November 2006 Vote today! (whomever you vote for) Final on 5 December, which is in class Dates in the first slide set were wrong More details on final project Can be groups of up to 3 If you want to be in a group, e-mail the TA who will do group matching Groups of 4 may be allowed with prior permission The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening HW 5 is out Due this Friday at 5 a.m. Where we are and where we are going This week: finish Tron, research talks, how to make movies (and games!) Next week: VR, research talks, project presentations Week after Turkey day: … Last day of class: final!

29. 29 Thursday, 9 November 2006 Final on 5 December, which is in class Dates in the first slide set were wrong More details on final project Can be groups of up to 3 If you want to be in a group, e-mail the TA who will do group matching Groups of 4 may be allowed with prior permission The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening HW 5 is out Due this tomorrow morning at 5 a.m. Where we are and where we are going This week: research talks, how to make movies (and games!) Next week: VR, research talks, project presentations Week after Turkey day: … Last day of class: final!

30. 30 Tuesday, 14 November 2006 Final on 5 December, which is in class Dates in the first slide set were wrong More details on final project Can be groups of up to 3 If you want to be in a group, e-mail the TA who will do group matching Groups of 4 may be allowed with prior permission Presentations are this Thursday Any questions on any of this? The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening Where we are and where we are going This week: VR, my research talk, project presentations Week after Turkey day: … Last day of class: final!

31. 31 Tuesday, 28 November 2006 Final on 5 December (next Tuesday!), which is in class Dates in the first slide set were wrong The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening Room and time to be announced Regrades Please see Jason, as that’s the easiest way to deal with them For those who entered the wrong number of late days for HW 5, I’ll take care of it this weekend But if you try using more than your 5 late days, bad things will happen! Where we are and where we are going This week: making movies, GPGPU, radiosity, course reflection Last day of class: final!

32. 32 Thursday, 30 November 2006 Final on 5 December (next Tuesday!), which is in class Dates in the first slide set were wrong The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening Room and time to be announced Will assign (via e-mail) group numbers to help with grading Will send out an e-mail about what to talk about in the presentation Must include a demo! Regrades Please see Jason, as that’s the easiest way to deal with them For those who entered the wrong number of late days for HW 5, I’ll take care of it this weekend But if you try using more than your 5 late days, bad things will happen! Where we are and where we are going This week: a quick tour of radiosity, course reflection, SigGraph electronic theaterradiosity Last day of class: final!

33. 33 Tuesday, 5 December 2006 Final on today! The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening Room and time to be announced Will assign (via e-mail) group numbers to help with grading Will send out an e-mail about what to talk about in the presentation Must include a demo! Regrades Please see Jason, as that’s the easiest way to deal with them For those who entered the wrong number of late days for HW 5, it’s been taken care of But if you try using more than your 5 late days, bad things will happen! Good luck on the rest of your finals!