Daily Announcements

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Daily Announcements

• Aaron Bloomfield
• CS 445 Introduction to Graphics
• Fall 2006

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Todays 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

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Todays 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 wont have office hours today
• But Jason will have them from 330-430

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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

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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

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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

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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 230 today

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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
• Thats 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!

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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
• Thats 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!

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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
• Jasons will now be from 4-6 on Thursday instead
  of Wednesday
• Mine will end at 245 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!

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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 persons 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

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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
• Jasons 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

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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
• Jasons 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

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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
• Jasons will now be from 4-6 on Thursday instead
  of Wednesday
• Newsgroup-like forum?

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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!

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HW 3 information

• With 12 submission (about 24 students out of 36
  registered)
• Graph of survey results

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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
• Jasons 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

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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 thats 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

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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

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Whats wrong with this picture?
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Without the Gourand shading
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Thursday, 19 October 2006

• Final on 5 December, which is in class
• Dates in the first slide set were wrong
• I wont 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 thats 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 (Im 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

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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 thats 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)

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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 thats 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
  tomorrows due date/time
• But you can type in the URL directly
• Is NOT a group assignment

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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 thats 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?)

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Project thoughts

• Should take about 60 hours per person
• Thats 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).
  Todays lecture discusses fractals
• Procedural modeling (sea shells (siggraph paper
  from '92), more complex stuff). Todays 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

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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!)

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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 thats the easiest way to
  deal with them
• For those who entered the wrong number of late
  days for HW 5, Ill 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!

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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 thats the easiest way to
  deal with them
• For those who entered the wrong number of late
  days for HW 5, Ill 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 theater
• Last day of class final!

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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 thats the easiest way to
  deal with them
• For those who entered the wrong number of late
  days for HW 5, its 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!