CSE 472 COMPUTER GRAPHICS Michigan State University

CSE472 Computer Graphics Reyes Rendering Developed by Lucasfilm In use by Pixar (Renderman) Renders Everything You Ever Saw 1 CSE472 Computer Graphics Design Goals for a Rendering System Natural Coordinates Do calculations in coordinate

CSE472 Computer Graphics Particle Systems Why we need them they can do What How to do it 1 CSE472 Computer Graphics Particle Systems A very large number of very tiny particles for: May or may not have any geometry Useful Fire, explosi

CSE472 Computer Graphics Curves II Blending Functions Bernstein Polynomials Bzier Surface Patches 1 CSE472 Computer Graphics A Bzier Curve p1 p0 p2 p3 2 CSE472 Computer Graphics Bzier Curve Geometry Matrix The matrix we computed for the

CSE472 Computer Graphics Curves I Curves Representations of Curves and Surfaces Hermite Curves Bezier Curves Notice: A program called curves is available On class web site You can run this and try different curve ideas You can also examine t

CSE472 Computer Graphics Scene Graph Data Structures Modeling/Rendering C+ Classes 1 CSE472 Computer Graphics Modeling/Rendering Graphical Model Rendering Parameters Rendering Output Device 2 CSE472 Computer Graphics Does OpenGL Support Mo

CSE472 Computer Graphics Radiosity What can we do with scan line conversion and ray tracing we can\'t do What Radiosity 1 CSE472 Computer Graphics Types of Illumination Scan-line Techniques Diffuse reflection of light sources Specular r

CSE472 Computer Graphics Viewing Conversion from 3D to 2D for viewing 1 CSE472 Computer Graphics Projection Projection - the transformation of points from a coordinate system in n dimensions to a coordinate system in m dimensions where m<n. w

CSE472 Computer Graphics Ray Tracing Rendering Rays Rays Methods for screen images Shadows Recursion 1 CSE472 Computer Graphics Z-Buffer Rendering Object Coordinates Objects are immediately drawn onto the screen. We use a \"z-buffer\" to k

CSE472 Computer Graphics Shading Models Where to compute colors Simulating Curved Surfaces Smooth Shading Gourard Shading Phong Shading Problems with Smooth Shading 1 CSE472 Computer Graphics Computing Colors We are drawing primitives!