UBC CPSC 314, Computer Graphics

CPSC 314, Introduction to Computer Graphics, University of British Columbia
Winter Term 2 (Jan-Apr), 2012-13
Instructor: Tamara Munzner

Details

Lectures: Mon/Wed/Fri 1-2pm in Dempster 301
Labs: Mon 2-3, Tue 1-2, Fri 12-1 in ICICS/CS 005.
Instructor Office Hours: Fri 2-3 in 005 lab. Or by appointment in my office (X661), send me email at tmm@cs.ubc.ca to arrange.
TAs: Peter Beshai (pbeshai AT domain1), James Gregson (jgregson AT domain1), Yufeng Zhu (mike323zyf AT domain2). domain1 is cs.ubc.ca, domain2 is gmail.com
UBC Course Calendar: page for 314

Discussion

314 Piazza page
Piazza signup link

I will use Piazza for all announcements, and you should use it for your own questions and answers about course material. Posting questions to Piazza is a better choice than sending email to the instructor or TAs individually, since we're all three monitoring the group - plus, your classmates may have a useful answers! You may choose whether to post questions and answers anonymously or using your own name. If you are asking a question that involves your own code, then please make sure to post it as a private question so that your classmates cannot see it, only the instructors.

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Schedule Summary

Week 1, Jan 4/6: Mon Dec 31: no class, Math Review, Intro
Week 2, Jan 7/9/11: Rendering Pipeline / OpenGL, Transformations I/II
Week 3, Jan 14/16/18: Transformations III/IV/V
- Mon 1/14: Project/Homework 1 out.
Week 4, Jan 21/23/25: Viewing/Projections I/II/III
- Project/Homework 1 due 5pm.
Week 5, Jan 28/30 Feb 1: Viewing IV/V/VI
- Mon 1/28: Project/Homework 2 out.
Week 6, Feb 4/6/8: Lighting/Shading I/II/III
- Fri 2/8: Project 3 out. Project 2 due 5pm.
Week 7, Feb 13/15: Mon Feb 13: no class, Advanced Rendering I/II
- Update: Wed 2/13 Homework 3 out, Homework 2 due 5pm.
Break Feb 18-22, no class
Week 8, Feb 25/27 Mar 1: Acceleration/Collision, Rasterization I/II
- Fri 3/1: Project/Homework 3 due 5pm.
Week 9, Mar 4/6/8: Hidden Surfaces I/II, Midterm
- Mon 3/4: Project 4 out. This week: study for midterm!
Week 10, Mar 11/13/15: Blending, Textures I/II, Procedural
Week 11, Mar 18/20/22: Clipping I/II, Color I
- Mon Mar 18: Project 4 proposals due, Homework 4 out.
Week 12, Mar 25/27: Color II, Geometry Fri Mar 29: no class
Week 13, Apr 3/5: Mon Apr 1: no class, Visualization, Wrapup
- Wed, Apr 3: Homework 4 due 5pm.
- Fri, Apr 5: Project 4 due 5pm.
Post-Lecture
- Review Session: Wed Apr 10 12-3pm DMP 301
- Final: Fri Apr 12 8:30am. Location: DMP 310.

Schedule subject to change.

Hall of Fame

Project 1: Building Beasties. This term: Rabbits
previous: Robots (Sep 2012) | Swimmers (Jan 2012) | Giraffes (Sep 2011) | Camels (Jan 2011) | Clowns (Sep 2010) | Iguanas (Jan 2010) | Bison (Jan 2009) | Mice (Jan 2008) | Spiders (Sep 2007) | Armadillos (Jan 2007) | Cats (Sep 2006) | Frogs (May 2006) | Monkeys (Jan 2006) | Dinosaurs (Sep 2005) | Giraffes (May 2005) | Kangaroos (Jan 2005) | Poodles (Sep 2004) | Birds (Jan 2004) | Elephants (Sep 2003)
Final Project: Graphics Games. This term: Hall of Fame
previous: Jan 2012 | Jan 2010 | Jan 2009 | Jan 2008 | Jan 2007 | Sep 2006 | Jan 2006 | Sep 2005 | May 2005 | Jan 2005 | Sep 2004 | Jan 2004 | Sep 2003 | Jan 2003 | Sep 2002

Assignments

Homework 4: H4 writeup, H4 solution
Project 4: P4 writeup
Homework 3: H3 writeup, H3 solution
Project 3
- P3 writeup
- template:
- demo binaries
  - raytracer_bin_linux.tar.gz (Linux). to run: first unpack with gunzip < raytracer_bin_linux.tar.gz | tar xvf -, do cd raytracer_bin_linux then chmod +x raytracer, then type raytracer demo/testscene.ray
  - raytracer_bin_win.zip (Windows). to run: unzip, cd to the new subdirectory raytracer_bin_win, then run raytracer.exe demo/testscene.ray.
  - raytracer_bin_mac.tar.gz (Mac). to run: first unpack with gunzip < raytracer_bin_mac.tar.gz | tar xvf -, do cd raytracer_bin_mac then do chmod +x raytracer.mac, then type raytracer.mac demo/testscene.ray
- test1 output color image
- test1 depth image
- test1 scene description
- test2 output color image
- test2 depth image
- test2 scene description
Project 2
- P2 writeup
- template: P2 template zip. Download, unzip, see README.txt for setup directions.
- demo binaries: P2 binaries zip. Download and unzip. Contains P2_demo_linux (Linux), P2_demo.exe (Windows), P2_demo_mac (Mac).
  In the demo, the 'm' key both resets location and switches you back to absolute mode. If you switch to absolute mode from a relative mode, the location switches to the reset position; it does not reset the location when switching into relative modes (although you may do the location reset here as well if you want).
- keyboard image with all the commands labelled for quick reference
Homework 2: H2 writeup, H2 solution
Project 1
- P1 writeup
- template:
  - p1_template_linux.tar.gz
    - to unpack: gunzip < p1_template_linux.tar.gz | tar xvf -
  - p1_template_mac.tar.gz
  - p1_template_windows.zip
- demo binaries
  - p1.lin (Linux). to run: first do chmod +x p1.lin, then type ./p1.lin
  - p1.zip (Windows). to run: unzip to get p1.exe. requires Visual Studio 2012 or VC++ 2012 redistributable installation
  - p1.mac (Mac). to run: first do chmod +x p1.mac, then type ./p1.mac
Homework 1: H1 writeup, H1 solution

Exams

Midterm exam, Midterm solution

Old Exams for Studying

Recent Finals
- Spring 06-07 final (was mislabelled as Spring 07-08)
- Spring 06-07 final solutions
Other Exams

Resources

Textbooks: reading is strongly encouraged but not required

	Fundamentals of Computer Graphics: 3rd Edition by Peter Shirley et al A K Peters, 2009, ISBN: 1568812698 Third edition: table of contents, errata Second edition: table of contents, errata
	OpenGL Programming Guide version 3.1 Addison Wesley, ISBN: 978-0321552624, (7th edition) You do NOT need to buy this book You can use the online version

OpenGL/GLUT:
- OpenGL: OpenGL reference | OpenGL Red Book
- GLUT: GLUT reference | GLUT for Windows | GLUT info/download
- OpenGL tutorials: Song Ho | NeHe | Nate Robins' OpenGL tutorials
- Mark Kilgard's list of 19 OpenGL Pitfalls
- Omniverous Biped's OpenGL FAQ
C++/Eclipse:
- C++ tutorial from tutorialspoint
- Eclipse: Getting started with Eclipse for C++
Remote computing: Compiling OpenGL/GLUT outside the lab
Version control: svn tutorial
Final Game Project
- Stanford Video Game Project Resource List

Labs and Office Hours

All labs and office hours are held in ICICS/CS 005, starting the second week of classes: Monday Jan 7.

Lab Day Time TA

Lab 2A Mon 2-3 pm Yufeng

Lab 2B Tue 1-2 pm James

Lab 2F Fri 12-1 pm Peter

Labs are a regularly scheduled time to get help from the TAs with programming assignments and written homeworks, and for the TAs to go over supplemental material to help you with these. I strongly encourage you to attend, but they're not mandatory. Feel free to drop by more than one during the week, as long as there's extra room. The TAs will also have extra office hours before assignment due dates; times will be announced on Piazza.

Lab Materials:

Week 2 Lab: P0 (Please handin P0 by Fri Jan 18 even if you didn't attend the lab in person)

Policies

Plagiarism and Cheating
General Policies: Prerequisites, Content, Grading, Grace Days, Severe Illness or Other Problems

Sources

The lectures draw on many other graphics courses and books, listed here in rough order from heavy influence to light influence:

David Brogan, Virginia, Fall 2002
Michiel van de Panne, UBC, Fall 2002-2003, Spring 2002-2003
Alla Sheffer, UBC, Fall 2004-2005, Fall 2012-2013
Wolfgang Heidrich, UBC, Summer 2006
Greg Humphreys, Virginia, Fall 2004
Stephen Chenney, Wisconsin, Fall 2004
Marc Levoy, Stanford, Fall 2002-2003
Pat Hanrahan, Stanford, Fall 1998-1999
Peter Shirley, Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, publisher: AK Peters
Joel Welling et al, CMU, Spring 2001
Pascal Vuylsteker, Australian National University, Fall 2003-2004
Maureen Stone, StoneSoup Consulting, SIGGRAPH 2001 color course

Previous Versions

314 Fall 2012-2013 (Sheffer)
314 Spring 2012-2013 (Bridson)
314 Fall 2011-2012 (Sheffer)
314 Spring 2011-2012 (Heidrich)
314 Fall 2010-2011 (van de Panne)
314 Spring 2010-2011 (Munzner)
314 Fall 2009-2010 (Bridson)
314 Spring 2008-2009 (Heidrich)
314 Fall 2008-2009 (Bridson)
314 Spring 2007-2008 (Munzner)
314 Fall 2007-2008 (Heidrich)
314 Spring 2006-2007 (Munzner)
314 Fall 2006-2007 (van de Panne)
314 Summer 2006 (Heidrich)
314 Spring 2005-2006 (van de Panne)
314 Fall 2005-2006 (Sheffer)
314 Summer 2005 (Munzner)
314 Spring 2004-2005 (Munzner)
314 Fall 2004-2005 (Sheffer)
414 Spring 2003-2004 (van de Panne)
414 Fall 2003-2004 (Munzner)
414 Spring 2002-2003 (van de Panne)
414 Fall 2002-2003 (van de Panne)

Current URL of this page is http://www.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca/~cs314/Vjan2013
Permanent mirror at http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~tmm/courses/314-13

Tamara Munzner

Last modified: Thu Apr 18 23:09:22 PDT 2013

Lab	Day	Time	TA
Lab 2A	Mon	2-3 pm	Yufeng
Lab 2B	Tue	1-2 pm	James
Lab 2F	Fri	12-1 pm	Peter

CPSC 314, Introduction to Computer Graphics, University of British Columbia Winter Term 2 (Jan-Apr), 2012-13 Instructor: Tamara Munzner