Computer Graphics Lecture Notes

These lecture notes are drawn from material from a variety of sources including texts by Edward Angel; James D. Foley, Andries van Dam, Steven K. Feiner, John F. Hughes; Jackie Neider, Tom Davis, Opengl Architecture Review board; Donald Hearn, M. Pauline Baker; and lecture notes by Albert Goodman, and at University of Waterloo, and the University of Toronto's Dynamic Graphics Project.

Lecture Topic 01 -- Introduction pdf pdf one up
Lecture Topic 02 -- Development of Computer Graphics : History pdf pdf one up
Lecture Topic 03 -- Graphics Systems pdf pdf one up
Lecture Topic 04 -- Simple X graphics program; Introduction to Scan Conversion pdf pdf one up
Lecture Topic 04b -- Reference pages on a Simple X Graphics Program
Lecture Topic 05 -- Efficient Scan Conversion for Lines
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Lecture Topic 06 -- Polygon Filling
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Lecture Topic 07 -- Clipping
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Lecture Topic 08 -- Antialiasing
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Lecture Topic 09 -- Introduction to OpenGL Introduction to OpenGL
Lecture Topic 10 -- The OpenGL Rendering Pipeline Reference material
Lecture Topic 11 -- Drawing Geometric Objects in OpenGL Reference Material
Lecture Topic 12 -- Viewing in OpenGL Reference Material
Lecture Topic 13 -- Color Representation
Lecture Topic 14 -- Color in OpenGL Reference Material
Lecture Topic 15 -- Local Illumination Models
Lecture Topic 16 -- Lighting in OpenGL Reference Material
Lecture Topic 17 -- Photorealistic Effects
Lecture Topic 17a -- Rendering Line Drawings and Shaded Images
Lecture Topic 18 -- Blending, Antialiasing, and Fog in OpenGL Reference Material
Lecture Topic 19 -- Display Lists in OpenGL Reference Material

The midterm will cover the material in lecture topics 1 through 8 above.

The lecture notes below are from previous offerings of the course - they may be modified for the 2001 offering. They are made available in advance of the lectures for student guidance only.

pdf and postscript versions are in 6 up format that is 6 slides per page.
pdf and postscript one up versions are in 1 up landscape format .
The pdf versions are strongly recommended for browsing online.

Lecture Topic 01 -- Introduction pdf
Lecture Topic 02 -- Development of Computer Graphics : History pdf
Lecture Topic 03 -- Development of Computer Graphics (ctd). pdf pdf one up
Lecture Topic 04 -- Simple X graphics program; Introduction to Scan Conversion
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Lecture Topic 04b -- Reference pages on a Simple X Graphics Program
Lecture Topic 05 -- Efficient Scan Conversion for Lines
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Lecture Topic 06 -- Polygon Filling
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Lecture Topic 07 -- Clipping
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Lecture Topic 08 -- Antialiasing
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Reference Material

Color and Lighting
Reference Material
OpenGL Programming Guide

Paul A. Farrell