Topics for the Week of Oct 20, 2008
CS 445: Computer Graphics

• Labs
  • Tues: continue to work on Lab 3: Navigation and Specifying Geometry.
  • Thurs:
    • Look at student work for Lab 3.
    • Begin Lab 4: Lighting, Normals and Color Ramps.

• More on Lighting

  • Specifying and calculating normals
    • Normal Computations for Heightfield Lighting and A Heightfield on an Isometric Grid
    • Algebraic Surfaces: implicit vs explicit functions
  • Specifying lights and light parameters.
  • Gouraud vs Phong Shading (not to be confused with the Phong Lighting Model):
    • Gouraud: average lighting values
    • Phong: average normals

• Thurs: Review for exam.