Daily Announcements

Aaron Bloomfield

CS 445: Introduction to Graphics

Fall 2006

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Today’s announcements (29 Aug)

Tests on 28 September and 5 December Dates in the last slide set were wrong

The final project presentations are currently scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening

HW 1 VS .zip file was e-mailed out last night Will be on the website soon A copy for VS 2003 was e-mailed out today

Submission details will arrive Thursday in lecture

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Today’s announcements (31 Aug)

Tests on 28 September and 5 December Dates in the first slide set were wrong

The final project presentations are currently scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening

HW 1 VS .zip files were e-mailed out a few days ago And are on the website

Submission details today Are also on the website

I won’t have office hours today But Jason will have them from 3:30-4:30

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Tuesday, 5 September 2006

Tests on 28 September and 5 December Dates in the first slide set were wrong

The final project presentations are currently scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening

HW discussion Can use the HW 1 VS .zip files to start HW 2 Thoughts on HW 1 HW 1 grade should be back sometime this week

Where we are and where we are going Finished talking about hardware and 2-D images Today is 3-D math and the graphics hardware pipeline

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Thursday, 7 September 2006

Tests on 28 September and 5 December Dates in the first slide set were wrong

The final project presentations are currently scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening

HW discussion HW 1 grade should be back sometime this week

Where we are and where we are going Will finish the graphical pipeline today And then move onto ray tracing

Which will be HW 3

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Tuesday, 12 September 2006 Tests on 28 September and 5 December

Dates in the first slide set were wrong I have to e-mail about that soon…

The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening

HW 1 grades returned this past week Sorry about the lack of comments! See Jason for details about why

you lost points and for what HW 2 due this Thursday HW 3 will be out on Thursday Where we are and where we are going

Will finish ray tracing today This is going to be HW 3!

And then move onto lighting

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Thursday, 14 September 2006

Tests on 28 September and 5 December Dates in the first slide set were wrong I have to e-mail about that soon…

The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening

HW 2 due today HW due day of week?

HW 3 will be out today Still working on a bit of the details (due date, groups, etc.)

Where we are and where we are going Will take care of lighting today The probably onto transformations

My office hours will start at 2:30 today

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Tuesday, 19 September 2006 Tests on 28 September and 5 December

Dates in the first slide set were wrong I have to e-mail about that soon…

The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening

HW 3 out today Due two weeks from this Thursday

That’s the week after the exam Can work in pairs

E-mail Jason if you want to work in pairs but not sure who to work with Where we are and where we are going

Will take care of lighting today The onto transformations

First exam is a week from Thursday!

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Thursday, 21 September 2006 Tests on 28 September and 5 December

Dates in the first slide set were wrong I have to e-mail about that soon…

The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening

HW 3 out Due two weeks from today

That’s the week after the exam Can work in pairs

E-mail Jason if you want to work in pairs but not sure who to work with Where we are and where we are going

Will finish transformations today The onto clipping

First exam is a week from Thursday!

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Tuesday, 26 September 2006 Tests on 28 September and 5 December

Dates in the first slide set were wrong I have to e-mail about that soon…

The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening

HW 3 out Due one week from today Can work in pairs

Office hours change Jason’s will now be from 4-6 on Thursday instead of Wednesday Mine will end at 2:45 today

Where we are and where we are going Will finish clipping today Then onto rasterization Then onto visibility issues

First exam is this Thursday!

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Exam Honor Pledge On my honor as a student, I have neither given nor received any

unauthorized help on this exam The only authorized help (other than the instructor clarifying a question,

of course) on this exam is the sole exception listed below All students in CS 445 are allowed to use one (1) reference card, as

long as it fulfills ALL of the following requirements: It is no larger than standard letter size (8.5” x 11”) Only one side may have writing; the other side must be blank (please put

your name and e-mail ID on the other side) It may not be a photocopy (or other reproduction) of another person’s

reference card You must turn it in with your exam It must be your own work. While you are welcome to have worked together

with others on the card, all the work on the card must be EITHER: Your sole work, or Joint work where you put in an equal amount of effort

Note that you cannot share a reference card with somebody else during the exam

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Tuesday, 3 October 2006 Final on 5 December

Dates in the first slide set were wrong The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the

evening HW 3 out

Due this Thursday! Due time? Can work in pairs

Exam grades will be online “soon” And returned in lecture Thursday

HW 2 is graded, and will be returned shortly Sorry for the delay!

Office hours change Jason’s will now be from 4-6 on Thursday instead of Wednesday

Where we are and where we are going Texture mapping today A few parts of the pipeline we have skipped: visible surface determination,

anti-aliasing

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Thursday, 5 October 2006 Final on 5 December

Dates in the first slide set were wrong The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13

Dec in the evening HW 3 out

Due this Thursday! Due time? Can work in pairs

Exam grades are online And will be returned today

Office hours change Jason’s will now be from 4-6 on Thursday instead of Wednesday

Where we are and where we are going Texture mapping today Then onto visibility

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Tuesday, 10 October 2006 Final on 5 December

Dates in the first slide set were wrong The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13

Dec in the evening Will be talking about the projects soon

HW 4 will be out today Due two weeks from this Thursday (27 Oct) Due time? Is NOT a group assignment

Exam grades are online Have them with me today

Office hours change Jason’s will now be from 4-6 on Thursday instead of Wednesday

Newsgroup-like forum?

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Tuesday, 10 October 2006 Where we are

Will finish visibility today or Thursday This (essentially) completes all the stages of the graphical pipeline

Then onto more specialized topics Anti-aliasing Animation Virtual (and augmented) reality, haptics GPUs and programmable hardware

Other possible topics Level of detail Guest lectures by Profs. Humphreys and/or Lawrence Shadows Human modeling OpenGL extensions

Feel free to make requests if there is something you want me to cover!

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HW 3 information With 12 submission (about 24 students out of 36 registered) Graph of survey

results:

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Thursday, 12 October 2006 Final on 5 December, which is in class

Dates in the first slide set were wrong The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the

evening Will be talking about the projects soon (probably on Tuesday)

HW 4 is out Due two weeks from today (27 Oct) Due time is 5 a.m. on Friday morning Is NOT a group assignment

Office hours change Jason’s will now be from 4-6 on Thursday instead of Wednesday

Newsgroup-like forum? Where we are

Will finish visibility today This (essentially) completes all the stages of the graphical pipeline Then onto anti-aliasing (will most likely finish next Tuesday) And onto more specalized topics

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Tuesday, 17 October 2006 Final on 5 December, which is in class

Dates in the first slide set were wrong The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13

Dec in the evening Can be done in groups (at least 2, possibly more) Presentations due Thursday, 16 November

HW 5 will be due the week before Will have to make a presentation on it (on 13 Dec)

So that’s the due date for the project Projects themselves due Can be on anything you want Grading policy for projects

HW 4 is out Due on 27 Oct, due time is 5 a.m. on Friday morning Is NOT a group assignment

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Topic coverage Today will finish anti-aliasing, and then review the graphical

pipeline Upcoming topics:

Research talks, by Greg Humphreys, Jason Lawrence, and myself Virtual (and augmented) reality, haptics Animation (using Blender) Hardware Radiosity Curves, splines, surfaces, etc.

A few more to figure out. Possibilities include: Level of detail Subdivision surfaces Shadows How movies are made

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What’s wrong with this picture?

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Without the Gourand shading

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Thursday, 19 October 2006 Final on 5 December, which is in class

Dates in the first slide set were wrong I won’t have office hours today The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening

Can be done in groups (at least 2, possibly more) Presentations due Thursday, 16 November

HW 5 will be due the week before Will have to make a presentation on it (on 13 Dec)

So that’s the due date for the project Projects themselves due Can be on anything you want Grading policy for projects

Ideas for the final HW Morphing Clipping NPR (I’m leaning towards this one)

HW 4 is out Due on 27 Oct, due time is 5 a.m. on Friday morning Is NOT a group assignment

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Tuesday, 24 October 2006 Final on 5 December, which is in class

Dates in the first slide set were wrong The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the

evening Can be done in groups (at least 2, possibly more) Presentations due Thursday, 16 November

HW 5 will be due the week before Will have to make a presentation on it (on 13 Dec)

So that’s the due date for the project Projects themselves due Can be on anything you want Grading policy for projects

HW 4 is out Due on 27 Oct, due time is 5 a.m. on Friday morning Is NOT a group assignment

Final HW will be out this week, and is on non-photorealistic rendering (i.e. cartoon lighting issues)

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Thursday, 26 October 2006 Final on 5 December, which is in class

Dates in the first slide set were wrong The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the

evening Can be done in groups (at least 2, possibly more) Presentations due Thursday, 16 November

HW 5 will be due the week before Will have to make a presentation on it (on 13 Dec)

So that’s the due date for the project Projects themselves due Can be on anything you want Grading policy for projects

HW 4 is out Due on 27 Oct, due time is 5 a.m. on Friday morning Is NOT a group assignment

HW 5 is ready Is on the website, will be linked to after tomorrow’s due date/time

But you can type in the URL directly Is NOT a group assignment

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Halloween! Final on 5 December, which is in class

Dates in the first slide set were wrong The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening

Can be done in groups (at least 2, possibly more) Presentations due Thursday, 16 November

HW 5 will be due the week before Will have to make a presentation on it (on 13 Dec)

So that’s the due date for the project Projects themselves due Can be on anything you want Project proposals due the next week (Thursday by 10 a.m.)

HW 5 is out Due on 9 Nov, due time is 5 a.m. on Friday morning Is NOT a group assignment

Where we are and where we are going Today: modeling Thursday: how to make movies (and games!) Next week: research talks Following Tuesday: Not sure yet (Tron?) That Thursday: project proposals That leaves 2 lectures after Thanksgiving (the final is Dec 5)

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Project thoughts

Should take about 60 hours per person That’s 15 hours per week

Ideas A game of some kind. 3-D games preferred, but 2-D may be

allowable. Making stuff with fractals -- mountains, clouds, terrain, etc. (same

algorithm can do both). Today’s lecture discusses fractals Procedural modeling (sea shells (siggraph paper from '92), more

complex stuff). Today’s lecture will see this as well. 4-D fractals using quarternions -- how do you visualize it in 3D? Morphing (totally 2-D). Or any sort of sophisticated image

processing Extend a ray tracer Ideas from the research talks next week

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Thursday, 2 November 2006

Final on 5 December, which is in class Dates in the first slide set were wrong

The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening

HW 5 is out Due on next Friday at 5 a.m. Is NOT a group assignment

Where we are and where we are going Today: Tron Next week: finish Tron, research talks Week after that: one last research talk, and how to make

movies (and games!)

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Tuesday, 7 November 2006 Vote today! (whomever you vote for) Final on 5 December, which is in class

Dates in the first slide set were wrong More details on final project

Can be groups of up to 3 If you want to be in a group, e-mail the TA who will do group matching Groups of 4 may be allowed with prior permission

The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening

HW 5 is out Due this Friday at 5 a.m.

Where we are and where we are going This week: finish Tron, research talks, how to make movies (and games!) Next week: VR, research talks, project presentations Week after Turkey day: … Last day of class: final!

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Thursday, 9 November 2006 Final on 5 December, which is in class

Dates in the first slide set were wrong More details on final project

Can be groups of up to 3 If you want to be in a group, e-mail the TA who will do group

matching Groups of 4 may be allowed with prior permission

The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening

HW 5 is out Due this tomorrow morning at 5 a.m.

Where we are and where we are going This week: research talks, how to make movies (and games!) Next week: VR, research talks, project presentations Week after Turkey day: … Last day of class: final!

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Tuesday, 14 November 2006 Final on 5 December, which is in class

Dates in the first slide set were wrong More details on final project

Can be groups of up to 3 If you want to be in a group, e-mail the TA who will do group

matching Groups of 4 may be allowed with prior permission Presentations are this Thursday Any questions on any of this?

The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the evening

Where we are and where we are going This week: VR, my research talk, project presentations Week after Turkey day: … Last day of class: final!

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Tuesday, 28 November 2006 Final on 5 December (next Tuesday!), which is in class

Dates in the first slide set were wrong The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13

Dec in the evening Room and time to be announced

Regrades Please see Jason, as that’s the easiest way to deal with them For those who entered the wrong number of late days for HW 5, I’ll

take care of it this weekend But if you try using more than your 5 late days, bad things will

happen! Where we are and where we are going

This week: making movies, GPGPU, radiosity, course reflection Last day of class: final!

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Thursday, 30 November 2006 Final on 5 December (next Tuesday!), which is in class

Dates in the first slide set were wrong The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13 Dec in the

evening Room and time to be announced Will assign (via e-mail) group numbers to help with grading Will send out an e-mail about what to talk about in the presentation

Must include a demo! Regrades

Please see Jason, as that’s the easiest way to deal with them For those who entered the wrong number of late days for HW 5, I’ll take

care of it this weekend But if you try using more than your 5 late days, bad things will happen!

Where we are and where we are going This week: a quick tour of radiosity, course reflection, SigGraph electronic

theater Last day of class: final!

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Tuesday, 5 December 2006 Final on today! The final project presentations are scheduled for Wed, 13

Dec in the evening Room and time to be announced Will assign (via e-mail) group numbers to help with grading Will send out an e-mail about what to talk about in the presentation

Must include a demo! Regrades

Please see Jason, as that’s the easiest way to deal with them For those who entered the wrong number of late days for HW 5, it’s

been taken care of But if you try using more than your 5 late days, bad things will

happen! Good luck on the rest of your finals!