CS2401 COMPUTER GRAPHICS ANNA UNIVERSITY SYLLABUS

CS2401 COMPUTER GRAPHICS

UNIT I 2D PRIMITIVES

output primitives – Line, Circle and Ellipse drawing algorithms - Attributes of output primitives – Two dimensional Geometric transformation - Two dimensional viewing – Line, Polygon, Curve and Text clipping algorithms

UNIT II 3D CONCEPTS

Parallel and Perspective projections - Three dimensional object representation – Polygons, Curved lines, Splines, Quadric Surfaces,- Visualization of data sets - 3D transformations – Viewing -Visible surface identification.

UNIT III GRAPHICS PROGRAMMING

Color Models – RGB, YIQ, CMY, HSV – Animations – General Computer Animation, Raster, Keyframe - Graphics programming using OPENGL – Basic graphics primitives –Drawing three dimensional objects - Drawing three dimensional scenes

UNIT IV RENDERING

Introduction to Shading models – Flat and Smooth shading – Adding texture to faces – Adding shadows of objects – Building a camera in a program – Creating shaded objects – Rendering texture – Drawing Shadows.

UNIT V FRACTALS

Fractals and Self similarity – Peano curves – Creating image by iterated functions – Mandelbrot sets – Julia Sets – Random Fractals – Overview of Ray Tracing – Intersecting rays with other primitives – Adding Surface texture – Reflections and Transparency – Boolean operations on Objects

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Donald Hearn, Pauline Baker, Computer Graphics – C Version, second edition, Pearson Education,2004.
2. F.S. Hill, Computer Graphics using OPENGL, Second edition, Pearson Education, 2003.

REFERENCES:

1. James D. Foley, Andries Van Dam, Steven K. Feiner, John F. Hughes, Computer
Graphics- Principles and practice, Second Edition in C, Pearson Education, 2007.