Projects

The user interface for each project is written using FLTK, a cross-platform OpenGL toolkit. There are several machines in Sieg 327 with OpenGL accelerated graphics cards. You may use these machines or your own desktop.

About Fltk	Instruction to install Fltk on your machine Fltk Programming Manual
Project 1: Impressionist Assigned: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 Due: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 Artifact Due: Friday, January 30, 2004	Handout Skeleton code (Windows) and Sample solution Skeleton code (Linux) and Sample solution Help session presentation A collection of large, high-quality images. Google also has a large image database of varying quality. Image processing explanation for computing gradients of an image. See all the artifacts. Check out the winning artifacts.
Project 2: Ray Tracing Assigned: Thursday, January 29, 2004 Due: Thursday, February 12, 2004 Artifact Due: Monday, February 16, 2004	Handout  Skeleton code (Windows) and Sample solution Skeleton code (Linux) and Sample solution Scene files (Windows or Linux) Simple test scenes with sample output More complicated scenes: ZIP, gzip File format description Help session notes Examples of cool bells and whistles Errata for Watt book (esp. refraction!) See all the artifacts. Check out the winning artifacts.
Project 3: Animator Assigned: Thursday, February 12, 2004 Due: Thursday, February 26, 2004 Artifact Due: Monday, March 1, 2004	Handout  Skeleton code (Windows), Sample solution, and FLUID executable Skeleton code (Linux), Sample solution, and FLUID executable Notes on wrapping C0 Bezier splines Notes on making your animation into an AVI See all the artifacts. Check out the winning artifacts.
Project 4: Final Project Assigned: Thursday, March 4, 2004 Due: Thursday, March 18, 2004 Artifact Due: Friday, March 19, 2004	Handout Artifacts