Course Schedule
CMSC427 will introduce you to the generation of synthetic imagery, including underlying physical and mathematical principles, supporting algorithms and data structures, and current software and hardware implementation details. Key will be modeling, the creation and representation of 3D objects and scenes, and rendering, the production of images from models. This course will have five units:
Unit I: Object modeling, curves, surfaces and meshes
Unit II: Basics of rendering algorithms, libraries and hardware
Unit III: Scene modeling and interactivity
Unit IV: Advanced rendering for realism
Unit V: Advanced modeling for complex shapes
See the syllabus for policies and more.
The schedule is preliminary and subject to change.
| Date |
Tuesday |
Date |
Thursday |
Assignments and Links |
| Sept 1 |
Unit I: Introduction and Parametric Curves |
Sept 3 |
Unit I: Polylines and Polygons |
Assignments to be posted. |
| Sept 8 |
Unit I: Math basics (vectors) |
Sept 10 |
Unit I: 3D Meshes |
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| Sept 15 |
Unit I: 3D Meshes |
Sept 17 |
Unity I: Modeling Transforms |
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| Sept 22 |
Unit II: View Transforms |
Sept 24 |
Unit II: Transforms in Code
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| Sept 29 |
Unit II: Color |
Oct 1 |
Unit II: Shading I |
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| Oct 6 |
Unit II: Shading II
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Oct 8 |
Unit II: Shader Coding |
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| Oct 13 |
Unit II: Texture mapping |
Oct 15 |
Midterm exam
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| Oct 20 |
Unit III: Scene management |
Oct 22 |
Unit III: Visibility and occlusion culling |
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| Oct 27 |
Unit IV: Advanced Rendering I
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Oct 29 |
Unit IV: Advanced Rendering II |
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| Nov 3 |
Unit IV: Global Rendering |
Nov 5 |
Unit IV: Rendering equation & path tracing
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| Nov 10 |
Unit V: Procedural modeling I
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Nov 12 |
Unit V: Procedural modeling II |
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| Nov 17 |
Unit V: 3D Capture
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Nov 19 |
Unit V: 3D Capture II
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| Nov 24 |
Unit V: Efficient Meshes
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Nov 26 |
Thanksgiving |
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| Dec 1 |
Unit V: Advanced Curves
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Dec 3 |
Unit V: Advanced Curves |
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| Dec 8 |
TBD! |
Dec 10 |
Review |
Dec 19, Saturday
Final! |