CS 184: Foundations of Computer Graphics
Fall 2002
TENTATIVE LAB ASSIGNMENTS

• Assignment #1: DUE: ?.
  INTERACTIVE POLYGON BUILDER
  Polygon format in SLIDE, basic mouse interaction, writing SLIDE files.

• Assignment #2: DUE: ?.
  ``FISH INTO FOWL'' : EDITING AND MORPHING
  More interaction, finding vertices, reading SLIDE, interpolation.

• Assignment #3: DUE: ?.
  HIERARCHICAL SCENE ``FISH 'N' SHIPS''
  2D transforms, hierarchical composition, SLIDE parsing and display.

• Assignment #4: DUE: ?.
  POLYGON CLIPPER AND INTERACTIVE ``SEA VIEW''
  Line and polygon clipping algorithms, windowing, scene hierarchy.

• Assignment #5: DUE: ?.
  CRYSTAL BALL VIEWER FOR 3D CONVEX OBJECTS
  Parallel projection, 3D transformations, polygon filling.

• Assignment #6: DUE: ?.
  PERSPECTIVE PROJECTION AND VIEW CONTROL
  Perspective projection, viewing transformation, backface removal.

• Assignment #7: DUE: ?.
  SCAN CONVERTING POLYGONS & Z-BUFFERING
  Sweep-line algorithm, pixel-level display control.
  Software line-z-buffer for hidden feature elimination.

• Assignment #8: DUE: ?.
  ILLUMINATION, LAMBERT AND GOURAUD SHADING
  Smooth shading, color spaces, value vs. normal interpolation.

• Project Assignment #9: DUE: ?.
  MODELING OF A CURVED 3D OBJECT
  Procedural object generation, spline surfaces.

• Project Assignment #10: DUE: ?.
  REALISM IN RENDERING
  Specular reflections, shadows, radiosity.

• Final Project: DUE: ?.
  OBJECT MODELING, ANIMATION, AND RENDERING
  Construct and render articulated, animated objects.