CS 550 IUPUI

CSCI 550 (Fall 2008) Assignment #3 Handout: Monday, Oct. 27, 2008 Due: 1:30pm, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2008 Non-programming assignments can be either in any format: Word, PDF, plain text or hand-writing. Programming assignments can be submitted either o

CSCI 550 Interactive Computer Graphics Shiaofen Fang Department of Computer and Information Science Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis What is computer graphics ? Computer graphics is concerned with Producing pictures using computer.

Global illumination Global illumination model: lights that reach a point by reflection from or transmitted through other objects are also considered in shading computation. Most visible surface algorithms do not support global illumination Graphics p

WCS and VCS World space: a computer generated 2D or 3D virtual world, representing a real or imaginary physical world. World coordinate system (WCS): the reference coordinate system in which objects are defined. Viewing region: an area of the world

CSCI 550 (Fall 2007) Assignment #3 Handout: Monday, Oct. 22, 2007 Due: 1pm, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007 All programming assignments are to be submitted either online using the \"submitd\" program on pegasus.cs.iupui.edu or on a CD. Non-programming assign

Texture Mapping Enhancing rendering realism by adding surface textures to faces of mesh objects. Texture image: a function f ( s, t ) : [0,1] [0,1] D where D is the color domain. It is often represented as a 2D image (bitmap), but can also be compu

Fractals A technique used to define objects without well defined surfaces, e.g. mountains, clouds, trees, etc. Fractal geometry methods: procedures rather than equations are used to model the surfaces of fractal objects. Two basic characteristics: in

CSCI 550 (Fall 2008) Assignment #1 Handout: Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008 Due: 1:30pm, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2008 Non-programming assignments can be either in any format: Word, PDF, plain text or hand-writing. Programming assignments can be submitted eithe

CSCI 550 (Fall 2008) Assignment #2 Handout: Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008 Due: 1:30pm, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008 Non-programming assignments can be either in any format: Word, PDF, plain text or hand-writing. Programming assignments can be submitted either