Schedule
| Date | Lecture | Reading | Deadlines |
| January 8 | Course Introduction |
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| January 10 | Rasterization | Textbook: Chapter 3 | Course pre-survey |
| January 15 | Color Spaces and Color Perception | Textbook: Chapter 21 Supplemental (optional, but really cool!): Color Vision, by Bruce MacEvoy |
Assignment 1 |
| January 17 | Assignment 1 Review |
Chapter 6.1 |
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| January 22 | Image Processing and Composition | Textbook: Chapter 9.1 - 9.2 Additional Reading: Automatic Natural Video Matting with Depth |
2D Project Proposal Reading Response |
| January 24 | Mini-Project Scoping and Feedback Workshop | ||
| January 29 | Introduction to 3D Rendering |
Textbook: Chapters 4.1-4.4 | |
| January 31 | Shading and Lighting | Textbook: Chapters 4.5-4.9 | |
| February 5 | 2D Project Lightning Presentations | 2D Project | |
| February 7 | Raytracing Lab | ||
| February 12 | 3D Shapes and Transformations |
Textbook: Chapter 6.2-6.5 Additional "reading": Polly |
"Reading" Response to Polly |
| February 14 | Graphics Pipeline I | Textbook: Chapter 8 | |
| February 19 | Graphics Pipeline II | TBA | Assignment 2 |
| February 21 | OpenGL Lab | ||
| February 26 | Assignment 2 Review |
Textbook: Chapter 11 | |
| February 28 | No Class |
Assignment 3 (March 2nd, 11:59pm) | |
| March 5 | Spring Break!! | ||
| March 7 | Spring Break!! | ||
| March 12 | Assignment 3 Review |
Textbook: Chapter 18 | |
| March 14 | Topics in Graphics: Modeling | Textbook: Chapter 15-16 | |
| March 19 | Topics in Graphics: Animation | Textbook: Chapter 17 | Assignment 4 |
| March 21 |
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Painterly Rendering for Animation Rendering Effective Route Maps: Improving Usability Through Generalization |
Reading Response for one of these papers Final Project Proposal (Due Friday, March 24th, 11:59pm) |
| March 26 | Topics in Graphics: Augmented Reality [Guest Lecture: Prof. Vona] | ||
| March 28 | No class due to instructor travel (Game Developers Conference) | ||
| April 2 | Course Wrap-up & Project Workshop |
Final Project Status Report | |
| April 4 | Guest Lecture: Prof. Pensyl [Art + Design], topic TBA |
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| April 9 | Final Project Presentations | ||
| April 11 | Final Project Presentations | ||
| April 16 | Final Project Presentations | Final project due (Friday, April 19th, 11:59pm) Don't forget to do the TRACE evaluation! |