Advanced Rendering

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide a comprehensive overview to computer graphics techniques in 3D modeling, image synthesis, and rendering. Topics cover: geometric transformations, geometric algorithms, software systems, 3D object models (surface, volume and implicit), visible surface algorithms, image synthesis, shading, mapping, ray tracing, radiosity, global illumination, sampling, anti- aliasing, Monte Carlo path tracing, and photon mapping. Prerequisite: A working knowledge of C++ programming is required (one year programming experience in general). Knowledge of vector geometry is useful.