Introduction

Lecture: Tuesday and Thursday, 1:25-2:45pm, BH A51 Website: Here Instructor: Jim McCann Calendar: Here Gradescope: Here Autolab: Here Discord: Here OHQueue: Here

• Monday: 4-6 pm EST - Daniel & Nathan (might change)

• Thursday: 4-6 pm EST - Mia & Junyi (might change)

• Friday: 5-7 pm EST - Alan & Eve (might change)

• Location: Graphics Lounge (Smith Hall 2nd Floor, Go to Smith Hall, go up the stairs and turn immediately right. You’ll see a big table and a few couches.)

Videos by Brian Will is very helpful I thought

Grading

Breakdown:

• Programming: 70%

• Midterm/Final: 20%

• Webpage Question/Comment Participation and In-class exercises: 10%

Programming Assignments: 70% of grade

1. Math (2%)
2. Rasterization (17%)
3. Geometric Modeling (17%)
4. Photorealistic Rendering (17%)
5. Animation (17%)

Midterm / Final: 20%, a midterm and a final

Class Participation: 10%, ask two questions/comment on each set of lecture slides, via the 462 webpage, participating in in-class exercises (short questions).

Late Policy

• Due: 11:59:59pm Eastern time on the due date

• Late Days: six late-day points for the semester (for A1~A4 programming), maximum one late day for each checkpoint

• After Late Days: 10% cost per day (no late days after 3 days)

Collaboration: general idea only

Others

Extra Textbook:

• Scratch a Pixel: A Very Good Tutorial on Introductory and Advanced Topic in Computer Graphics

• Pete Shirley and Steve Marschner with Michael Ashikhmin, Michael Gleicher, Naty Hoffman, Garrett Johnson, Tamara Munzner, Erik Reinhard, Kelvin Sung, William B. Thompson, Peter Willemsen, and Bryan Wyvill Fundamentals of Computer Graphics. A K Peters, 2009

• John F. Hughes, Andries van Dam, Morgan McGuire, David F. Sklar, James D. Foley, Steven K. Feiner, and Kurt Akeley Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice

• Matt Pharr and Greg Humphreys Physically Based Rendering: From Theory to Implementation