Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 37 views

    Lecture 1

    Uploaded by

    yashu J
    This document provides an overview of computer graphics, including its applications and graphics packages. It discusses what computer graphics is, its uses in fields like CAD, presentation graphics, computer art, entertainment, education and training, visualization, image processing, and graphical user interfaces. It also outlines the topics that will be covered in the course, including fundamentals of computer graphics algorithms, basics of real-time rendering, basic OpenGL, and C/C++ programming. Prerequisites and assignments are also mentioned.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Lecture 1

    Uploaded by

    yashu J
    37 views34 pages
    This document provides an overview of computer graphics, including its applications and graphics packages. It discusses what computer graphics is, its uses in fields like CAD, presentation graphics, computer art, entertainment, education and training, visualization, image processing, and graphical user interfaces. It also outlines the topics that will be covered in the course, including fundamentals of computer graphics algorithms, basics of real-time rendering, basic OpenGL, and C/C++ programming. Prerequisites and assignments are also mentioned.

    Original Description:

    introduction

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    This document provides an overview of computer graphics, including its applications and graphics packages. It discusses what computer graphics is, its uses in fields like CAD, presentation graphics, computer art, entertainment, education and training, visualization, image processing, and graphical user interfaces. It also outlines the topics that will be covered in the course, including fundamentals of computer graphics algorithms, basics of real-time rendering, basic OpenGL, and C/C++ programming. Prerequisites and assignments are also mentioned.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    37 views34 pages

    Lecture 1

    Uploaded by

    yashu J
    This document provides an overview of computer graphics, including its applications and graphics packages. It discusses what computer graphics is, its uses in fields like CAD, presentation graphics, computer art, entertainment, education and training, visualization, image processing, and graphical user interfaces. It also outlines the topics that will be covered in the course, including fundamentals of computer graphics algorithms, basics of real-time rendering, basic OpenGL, and C/C++ programming. Prerequisites and assignments are also mentioned.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 34

    Computer Graphics and Visualization

    18CS62
    Introduction

    •What is Computer Graphics?


    •Applications
    •Graphics packages
    What is Computer Graphics?

     Computer Graphics is concerned with all


    aspects of producing pictures or images
    using a computer.
    Text Books
    1. Donald Hern & Pauline Baker: Computer Graphics with OpenGL, 3rd
    Ed
    2. Edward Angel: Interactive Computer Graphics- A Top Down
    Approach with OpenGL, 5th Ed
    Discussion regarding syllabus
    Module 1: Overview- Computer Graphics and OpenGL
    Module 2: Fill area Primitives, Geometric Transformations and 2D
    viewing
    Module 3: Clipping, 3D Geometric Transformations, color and
    Illumination models
    Module 4: 3D viewing and visible surface detection
    Module 5: Input & interaction, curves and animation
    What you will learn in 18cs62
    Fundamentals of computer graphics algorithms
    ◦ The ideas behind most of the applications just shown

    Basics of real-time rendering

    Basic OpenGL

    C/C++ programming
    Prerequisites
    How much math?
    linear algebra, differential equations, splines, matrix ……
    Basics of computer
    programming???
    Assignments
    1. Quiz
    2. Writing exercise
    3. Practical exercise

    Projects

    Continuous learning
    Applications of Computer Graphics
     Computer Aided Design (CAD)
     Presentation Graphics
     Computer Art
     Entertainment (animation, games, …)
     Education & Training
     Visualization (scientific & business)
     Image Processing
     Graphical User Interfaces
    1.Computer Aided Design (CAD)
     Used in design of buildings, automobiles, aircraft,
    watercraft, spacecraft, computers, textiles & many
    other products
     Objects are displayed in wire frame outline form
     Software packages provide multi-window
    environment
     Graphics design package provides standard
    shapes (useful for repeated placements)
     Animations are also used in CAD applications
     Realistic displays of architectural design permits
    simulated “walk” through the rooms (virtual
    -reality systems)
    2.Presentation Graphics
     Used to produce illustrations for reports or
    generate slides for use with projectors
     Commonly used to summarize financial,
    statistical, mathematical, scientific, economic
    data for research reports, managerial reports &
    customer information bulletins
     Examples : Bar charts, line graphs, pie charts,
    surface graphs, time chart
    Examples of presentation graphics
    Examples of presentation graphics
    Examples of presentation
    graphics
    3.Computer Art

     Used in fine art & commercial art


     Includes artist’s paintbrush programs, paint
    packages, CAD packages and animation
    packages
     These packages provides facilities for
    designing object shapes & specifying object
    motions.
     Examples : Cartoon drawing, paintings,
    product advertisements, logo design
    Examples :
    Computer Art

     Electronic painting
     Picturepainted electronically on
    a graphics tablet (digitizer) using a stylus
     Cordless, pressure sensitive stylus
     Morphing
     A graphicsmethod in which one object is
    transformed into another
    4.Entertainment
     Movie Industry
    Used in motion pictures, music
    videos, and television shows.
    Used in making of cartoon
    animation films

    Slide information from Leonard McMillian's slides


    http://www.cs.unc.edu/~mcmillan/comp136/Lecture1/compgraf.ht
    ml
    Computer Graphics is about animation
    (films)
     Game Industry
     Focus on interactivity
     Cost effective solutions
    Avoiding computations and
    other tricks
    5.Education & Training
     Computer generated models of physical,
    financial and economic systems are used
    as educational aids.
     Models of physical systems, physiological
    systems, population trends, or equipment
    such as color-coded diagram help trainees
    understand the operation of the system
     Specialized systems
    used for training
    applications
     simulators for practice
    sessions or training of
    ship captains
     aircraft pilots
     heavy equipment
    operators
     air traffic-control
    personnel
    Training
    6.Visualization
     Scientific Visualization
     Producing graphical representations for
    scientific, engineering, and medical data
    sets
    Scientific Visualisation
    above
     Business Visualization is used in
    connection with data sets related to
    commerce, industry and other non-
    scientific areas
     Techniques used- color coding, contour
    plots, graphs, charts, surface renderings &
    visualizations of volume interiors.
     Image processing techniques are
    combined with computer graphics to
    produce many of the data visualizations
    7. Image Processing
     CG- Computer is used to create a picture
     Image Processing – applies techniques to
    modify or interpret existing pictures such as
    photographs and TV scans
     Medical applications
     Picture enhancements
     Tomography
     Simulations of operations
     Ultrasonics & nuclear medicine scanners
     2 applications of image processing
     Improving picture quality
     Machine perception of visual information
    (Robotics)
     To apply image processing methods
     Digitizea photograph (or picture) into an image file
     Apply digital methods to rearrange picture parts to
     enhance color separations
     Improve quality of shading
     Tomography – technique of X-ray photography that
    allows cross-sectional views of physiological systems
    to be displayed
     Computed X-ray tomography (CT) and position
    emission tomography ( PET) use projection methods
    to reconstruct cross sections from digital data
     Computer-Aided Surgery is a medical application
    technique to model and study physical functions to
    design artificial limbs and to plan & practice surgery
    8.Graphical User Interfaces
     Major component – Window manager (multiple-window areas)
    To make a particular window active, click in that window (using an
     interactive pointing device)
    Interfaces display – menus & icons
     Icons – graphical symbol designed to look like the processing
     option it represents
    Advantages of icons – less screen space, easily understood
     Menus contain lists of textual descriptions & icons


    Graphics packages
     A set of libraries that provide programmatically
    access to some kind of graphics 2D functions.
     Types
     GKS-Graphics Kernel System – first graphics package
    – accepted by ISO & ANSI
     PHIGS (Programmer’s Hierarchical Interactive
    Graphics Standard)-accepted by ISO & ANSI
     PHIGS + (Expanded package)
     Silicon Graphics GL (Graphics Library)
     Open GL
     Pixar Render Man interface
     Postscript interpreters
     Painting, drawing, design packages

    You might also like