Computer Graphics II

Course content

Local illumination models and surface rendering methods. Ray-tracing algorithm and speed-up techniques. Radiosity lighting model and radiosity method. Adding surface detail: Texture mapping, bump mapping, and procedural texture mapping. Three dimensional object representations: Polygon meshes, parametric cubic curves, parametric bicubic surfaces, quadratic surfaces, surface of revolution, sweep surfaces, fractal-geometry methods. Volume rendering. Color models. Introduction to computer animations.