ECE 57600 - Image Synthesis
Course Details
Lecture Hours: 3 Credits: 3
Areas of Specialization:
- Education
Counts as:
- EE Elective
Normally Offered:
Spring - odd years
Requisites:
ECE 30100
Catalog Description:
The purpose of this course is to introduce techniques for producing synthetic photo-realistic images by simulating the interaction of light with 3D geometric models. The emphasis will be on computationally expensive techniques centered around ray tracing and radiosity as opposed to approximate algorithms amenable to real-time display.
Required Text(s):
- Advanced Animation and Rendering Techniques , A. Watt and M. Watt , Addison Wesley , 1992 , ISBN No. 201544121
Recommended Text(s):
None.
Lecture Outline:
| Weeks | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1. Introduction (Ch. 1 of text) |
| 2 | 2. Local Illumination Models (Ch. 2) |
| 1 | 3. Basic Ray Tracing (Ch. 8) |
| 1 | 4. Accelerated Ray Tracing (Ch. 9) |
| 2 | 5. Aliasing (Ch. 4) |
| 1 | 6. Texture Mapping (Ch. 6) |
| 2 | 7. Distributed Ray Tracing (Ch. 10) |
| 1 | 8. Shadows (Ch. 5) |
| 2 | 9. Radiosity (Ch. 11) |
| 1 | 10. Global Illumination Models (Ch. 12) |
| 1 | 11. Exams and Project |
Assessment Method:
none