Course Overview
Introduction to Computer Graphics
and Animation
(Principle of Computer Graphics)
Rattapoom Waranusast
Course Overview
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Lecturer: Rattapoom Waranusast
Email: waranusast@gmail.com
Website: http://www.ecpe.nu.ac.th/rattapoom/
Twitter: @rattapoomw
Office: EE 406
• Time:
Tue: 13:00-15:00, Wed 13:00-15:00 (Regular)
Tue: 15:00-17:00, Wed 19:00-21:00 (Special)
• Room: EN 609
• Prerequisite: (not officially)
– C/C++ Programming
– You also need to know basic co-ordinate geometry,
trigonometry, matrix, linear algebra, and vector algebra.
Course Overview
• Textbook:
– S. Guha, Computer Graphics Through Opengl: From Theory to Experiments, CRC
Press, 2011.
– P. Shirley, Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, 2nd ed., A K Peters, 2005.
– D. Shreiner , OpenGL Programming Guide: The Official Guide to Learning OpenGL
Versions 3.0 and 3.1, 7th ed., Addison-Wesley, 2010.
– R. S. Wright, N. Haemel, G. Sellers, and B. Lipchak, OpenGL SuperBible:
Comprehensive Tutorial and Reference, 5th ed., Addison-Wesley, 2010.
– E. Angel, D. Shreiner, Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach with
Shader-Based OpenGL, 6th ed., Addison-Wesley, 2011.
– D. Salomon, The Computer Graphics Manual, volume 1 & 2., Springer-Verlag, 2011.
– T. McReynolds, and D. Blythe, Advanced Graphics Programming Using OpenGL,
Morgan Kaufmann, 2005.
– R. Whitrow, OpenGL Graphics Through Applications, Springer-Verlag, 2008.
– R. Wang, and X. Qian, OpenSceneGraph 3.0 Beginner's Guide, Packt, 2010.
– Lecture notes and slide handouts
Textbook
• S. Guha, Computer Graphics Through Opengl: From
Theory to Experiments, CRC Press, 2011.
Textbook
• P. Shirley, Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, 2nd
ed., A K Peters, 2005.
Textbook
• D. Shreiner , OpenGL Programming Guide: The Official
Guide to Learning OpenGL Versions 3.0 and 3.1, 7th
ed., Addison-Wesley, 2010.
Textbook
• R. S. Wright, N. Haemel, G. Sellers, and B. Lipchak,
OpenGL SuperBible: Comprehensive Tutorial and
Reference, 5th ed., Addison-Wesley, 2010.
Textbook
• E. Angel, D. Shreiner, Interactive Computer Graphics: A
Top-Down Approach with Shader-Based OpenGL, 6th
ed., Addison-Wesley, 2011.
Course Overview
• Objectives: To introduce 3-dimensional
computer graphics and animation as a practical
discipline and to learn theory that will enable our
understanding of 3D graphics programming. Our
goal will be to reach a point in understanding
and practice that we shall be able to go out and
function productively in any 3D programming
environment.
Teaching Style
• The graphics API used (with C or C++) is the industrystandard OpenGL. The approach will be top-down.
Students will right from the start use OpenGL to code up
and animate 3D objects and scenes. I believe in learning
by doing.
• As we proceed to learn and use OpenGL we shall pick
up the underlying theory, mostly the mathematics of
geometric transformations and various implementation
algorithms.
• This will be a practical course!! Almost all lectures will be
delivered in the lab with students learning concepts by
running and modifying live OpenGL code through the
class period.
This course is not
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Grading System
• Assignments and Project – 60%
– Assignments – 40%
– Project – 20%
• Examinations – 40%
– Midterm – 20%
– Final – 20%
Grading Policy
• Late assignments lose 10% on first 24 hours,
and 20% every 24 hours after that.
• You might lose all credits in the assignments
that you cheat.
• Keep in mind that CG assignments are very
easy to detect plagialism.
How to pass this course
• Attend the lectures regularly
– I will randomly check for an attendance
• Understand the concepts
• Do the assignments and projects
– Try to get the bonus credits
– Don’t cheat
• Do all the exams
– Don’t cheat
How to fail this course
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Skip the lectures
Avoid studying the concepts or read textbooks
Slack the assignments and projects
Skip the exams
Plagiarize or cheat
Classroom Policy
• Participate every lectures and focus on the
lessons
• Disconnect from the whole world for a while
– Mute or turn off your phones
– Don’t use any social networks (Facebook, Twitter, BB,
MSN, Whatsapp, Line, etc.)
• Dress properly especially in exams and
presentations
• Willing to ask and answer questions
Enjoy the Course
• Be enthusiastic about the course because it is
interesting, practical, and extremely important in
the modern day world, and your career. My job
is to help you learn and enjoy the experience. I
will do our best but I also need your help. So
let’s all have fun together with computer
graphics and animation…!!!