CSE452 Computer Graphics

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CSE452 Computer Graphics

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Welcome to CSE452 !!

• What is computer graphics?

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What is Computer Graphics?

• Modeling

• Rendering

• Animation

• Simulation

• Interaction

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Where is it used?

• Entertainment

• Industrial design

• Cultural heritage

• Education

• Bio-medicine

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“Avatar” “Starcraft” “Storytelling Alice”

Car design Interior design Visualization

Virtual surgery “Rome Reborn”

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Modeling

• Computer-aided design

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Defining surfaces using control nets

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Modeling

• 3D scanning

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Captures objects as point clouds

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Modeling

• Procedural modeling

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“Growing” a large scale model following preset rules

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Rendering

• Photorealistic

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Ray tracing, radiosity

• Shadow, Reflection, Refraction, Scattering, etc.

“Soft Shadow Volumes for Ray Tracing” by Laine et al., SIGGRAPH 2005 “Shell Maps” by Porumbescu et al., SIGGRAPH 2005

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Rendering

• Photorealistic

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Using real data to illuminate the scene

“All-frequency Interactive Relighting of Translucent Objects with Single and Multiple Scattering” by Wang et al., SIGGRAPH 2005

“Real-time Soft Shadows in Dynamic Scenes” by Ren et al., SIGGRAPH 2006

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Rendering

• Non-photorealistic

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Achieving artistic effects

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Rendering

• Non-photorealistic

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Animation

• Interactive deformation

• Motion capture

Tom Hanks, Polar Express Skeletal deformation

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Lect 2-3: Images Lect 4-5: Basic shapes Lect 6-9: Camera projection Lect 10-14: Illumination Lect 15: User interfaces Lect 16-20: Curves, surfaces, fractals, and dynamic objects

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This Course

• Instructor: Tao Ju

• TAs

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Ben Berman

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Hang Dou

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Yajie Yan

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Course webpage

• http://classes.cec.wustl.edu/~cse452/

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TA office hours (TBA)

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Schedule (what is due and when)

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Lecture slides

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Assignments

• Piazza for Q&A

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Materials

• Lecture slides, handout notes

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No required textbooks

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“Introduction to Computer Graphics”, by Foley, van Dam, Feiner, Hughes, Phillips.

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Exams and Quizzes

• Focused on Math

• 4 in-class quizzes + 1 take-home final (

35%)

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Open-book and open-notes

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We help you prepare by workshop and practice questions

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Labs

• Focused on programming

• 1 + 6 labs total (

65%

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C++ on Windows

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Labs: Coding

• CSE 452 Shell

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Does a lot of things for you already

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Demo: use as a guide, but not a standard

• Write code carefully

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Labs: Schedule

• 1 week for 1

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Out on Tuesday, and due by midnight of Monday.

• Written questions (not graded)

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Help you with the math part of the lab

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Answer posted on Thursday the week that the lab is out.

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Lab out Answers

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Lab due by midnight

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Labs: Policy

• Complete Individually

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Discussion, help with coding ok (put names in readme)

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No copying. No cut-and-paste from internet.

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Cheating punishable by negative grade or failing the class

• Late days

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5 free late days; use whenever you feel like

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Late submissions get at most 50% credit

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pass the class:

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Finish through all labs (each at least 50% complete) by the due date of final.

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Who Should Take The Class

• Strong programming

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C++ (must), OpenGL (optional)

• Strong math skills

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Linear algebra, geometry.

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But

lots of fun

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Lab 0

• Getting started with the Shell code

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Download, modify, and compile the source code

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Upload via online link.

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Check course webpage for details