Fakultät Informatik

Computer Graphics

 Prof. Dr. Westermann

 Computer Graphics

Time, Place

Mo 14:00 - 16:00 MI HS2 Tue 13:00 - 14:30 MI HS2

Begin:

02.05.2011

Details:

IN2017

Prerequisites

none

Announcements

Inspection of the exams will take place on Wednesday, 14. September, from 10am - 12am in room 02.13.054.

The repetition of the written exam for those who didn't pass the first exam will be on Thursday 13.10.2011 at 10am in room MI 02.13.010.

Content

This lecture is the introductory course to Computer Graphics. The course teaches the algorithms used to program a computer to generate images of a geometric model with associated appearance properties. Ths lecture is held in German language. The following topics are discussed:

  • Geometric Models
  • Color & perception
  • Lighting
  • Ray Tracing
  • Texture mapping
  • Graphics APIs
  • Linear and affine Transformations
  • Rasterization and Shading
  • Clipping
  • Visibility & shadows
  • Curves & surfaces

Literature

  • Foley, Van Dam, Feiner, Hughes: Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice, Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition in C
  • Watt, Watt: Computer Graphics, Addison-Wesley
  • Glassner: Principles of digital image synthesis, Morgan Kaufman
  • Encarnaçao, Klein, Strasser: Graphische Datenverarbeitung, 4. Auflage, Oldenburg Verlag
  • Griebel, Bungartz, Zenger: Computer Graphik, Vieweg Verlag
  • Watt, Watt: Advanced Animation and Rendering Techniques; Theory and Practice, Addison-Wesley
  • Parent: Computer Animation: Algorithms and Techniques, Morgan Kaufmann
  • Ebert, Musgrave, Peachey, Perlin, Worley: Texturing and Modeling: A Procedural Appproach, Academic Press

Lecture Slides

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