mshah.ioCourse ScheduleCourse Information
Introduction to Computer GraphicsGraphics Application, SDL Setup, and PPM ImagesBuilding Virtual Worlds, and GPU Graphics Pipeline IntroductionModern Graphics: Buffers, Shaders, and a first triangleAttributes and UniformsMeshes 01: Indexed MeshesMath 1 - Transformations: Numbers, Coordinate Systems, and VectorsMath 2 - Transformations: Matrices, Rotation, and CameraMath 3 - Transformations: CameraScenegraphs and the Visibility ProblemTextures, MipmappingGraphics Architecture and DebuggingTerrain Rendering and MultitexturingBasic LightingPoint Lights and Multiple LightsNo Class -- Exam OnlineNo ClassNo ClassNo ClassNo ClassAdvanced Lighting (Normal and Parallax), Cube and Environment MappingFramebuffer Objects (FBO): Color + Stencil + Depth and post-processingCube Maps and Shadow MapsAdvanced Graphics - Deferred RenderingGraphics Engine StudyAdvanced Graphics - More Shaders (Geometry, Tesselation, and Compute)Shading Models: PBR and Procedural TexturesInstructors Choice -- TBD (e.g. Water, animation, particles)Vulkan and future graphics APIs or Reserved for Tentative Industry Guest SpeakersCourse wrap up


Module 28 - Instructors Choice -- TBD (e.g. Water, animation, particles) - 2025-Apr-15

Overview

In this module we have a special topic or range of topics.

  • Meshes
  • Animated Sprites (for particles)
  • Instancing (for particles)
  • Potentially: Bloom and HDR Rendering
  • Shaders in OpenGL 3.3 to 4.6+
  • Instancing and Billboarding
  • Instancing
  • Water Rendering
  • Animated model formats (e.g. md2, md3, etc.)
  • Instancing
  • Polygon Soup/Triangles
  • Creating a mesh class (Geometry)

Slides and Class Content

Please note: Your in-class activity is graded. Your first attempt will be graded. You can use your notes and slides if you like. You have 1 week from the date of this module opening to complete the in-class activity. In-class activities are completed individually.

Audio/Video Recording

Note: Audio/Video recordings are made in a best effort in case you have to miss class or you would otherwise like to re-watch a portion of lecture. Occassional recording errors (e.g. missing sound, corrupted video, etc.) may occur, and I apologize in advance if a recording is not able to be made available.

Readings

    Please use the following resources to supplement this lecture. You may choose to read 1 or more of these before/during/after the lecture to fully immerse into the material.

  1. Instancing Tutorial
    • Learnopengl
  2. Opengl water tutorial video series
    • Water Video Tutorials
  3. Learnopengl Mesh
    • learnopengl reading
  4. MD2 Animation
    • (For Spring 2024)
  5. Particles/Instancing
    • (For Summer 2023) OpenGl-tutorial
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