Computer Graphics for Program

Study of various algorithms in computer graphics and their implementation in any programming language

Things you will cover in this  course:

• Graphics hardware.
• Fundamental algorithms.
• Applications of graphics.
• Interactive graphics programming
• — graph plotting,
• windows and clipping, and segmentation.
• Programming raster display systems,
• Differential Line Algorithm,
• panning and zooming.
• Raster algorithms and software
• — Scan-Converting lines,
• characters and circles.
• Scaling, Rotation,
• Translation,
• Region filling and clipping.
• Two and three dimensional imaging geometry (Perspective projection and Orthogonal projection) and transformations. Curve and surface design,
• rendering,
• shading,
• colour and animation.

Reference material:

1. “Computer Graphics, Principles and Practice,” J. D. Foley, A. van Dam, S. K.     Feiner and J. F. Hughes, Addison-Wesley ISBN: 0-201-12110-7.

2. “Computer Graphics”, F.S.Hill, Maxwell MacMillan ISBN: 0-02-354860-6.

3. “Interactive Computer Graphics: Functional, Procedural and Device-level methods”, Peter Burger and Duncan. F. Gillies; Addison-Wesley, (2003)

Other Information:

Course code:  a

Prerequisites:  None

Credit Hours:  3

Lectures: 2

Labs:      1