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Basic Techniques in Computer Graphics


Semester:

WS 2016

Type:

Lecture

Lecturer:

Credits:

ECTS 6 (V3/Ü2)

Links:

Campus Office (lecture), Campus Office (exercise course), L²P course room, CG 1 Lecture Notes (These do not cover the entire lecture!)

Contact:

cg1@informatik.rwth-aachen.de
Note: This page is for a course from a previous semester.
Find a list of current courses on the Teaching page.
Course Dates:

Type

Date

Room

Lecture Tue, 16:15 – 17:45, starting Oct 25 AH V
Lecture Wed, 10:15 – 11:45, starting Oct 19 AH VI
Exercise Mon, 10:15 – 11:45, starting Oct 24 Aula 2
Exercise Wed, 17:00 – 18:30, starting Oct 26 Seminarroom 118, E3
Exam February 15, 14:30 Aula 2

Topics covered in the lecture include:

  • Foundations of geometry representations
    • polygonal meshes
    • volumetric representations
    • freeform curves and surfaces
    • 3D transformations
  • Local illumination
    • clipping
    • rasterization
    • local lighting
    • shading
  • Global illumination
    • visibility problem
    • shadow computation
    • ray tracing
    • radiosity
  • OpenGL Rendering
    • shader
    • texturing
    • multi-pass rendering
    • image post processing
  • Optimization Structures
  • Volume Rendering

The OpenGL primer samples can be found here.

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