Lectures

*The lecture notes are all in PDF format.

Topic	Title	Extras
1	Displays and Frame Buffers	LCD, Vector Displays, Raster Displays
2	Sampling Theory	Continuous 1D convolution, Aliasing, Paper on cubic filters
3	Image Processing	Discrete 1D convolution, Snoop, Image warp
4	Affine Transformations	Change of basis, Affine Transformation Game
5	Shading	OpenGL shading applet, Szymon's BRDF viewer
6	Ray Tracing
7	Anti-aliased and accelerated ray tracing	Nyquist limit
8	Distribution ray tracing
9	Texture mapping	Texture Mapping Primitives, Procedural Textures
10	Hierarchical modeling	Hierarchy of transformations
11	Parametric curves	Tcl/Tk curve demos (zip file) , annotated lecture, Presenter tool
12	C² interpolating curves
13	Particle systems	Physically Based Modeling course, Cloth, Fish, Snake, Soda Constructor
14	Subdivision curves
15	Parametric Surfaces	Bézier patch interactive demonstration
16	Animation principles	Animation principles website, Pixar shorts, Perlin walkers
17	Subdivision surfaces	Triangular subdivision surfaces
18	Projections and z-buffers	Perspective Camera Transformations, Hitchcock, Z-buffer
19	Visual perception	Optical illusions, more, Rod response, cone metamers, reflective metamers, color spaces