Links
CS 445: Computer Graphics

Code::Blocks and Libraries

• Code::Blocks
• Glut 3.7.6 binaries for Windows
• Glew
• Freeglut 2.8.0: binaries for MinGW/Windows, source.
• MinGW - "Minimalist GNU for Windows", wiki
• Simple OpenGL Image Library

C++

• Programming Abstractions in C++, Roberts & Zelenski
• C++ How to Program, 7/e, Deitel & Deitel
• Stanford Video: Introduction to Computer Science | Programming Abstractions
• C++ Reference
• C++ Language Tutorial

Ray Tracing

• POV-Ray
• Ray Tracing notes
• Calculating intersections of rays and objects. For this, we need the equations of
  • Spheres
  • Plane
  • Cylinder
  • Cones
  • Algebraic Surfaces
  • Steiner Surfaces

Opengl

• Book support for our textbook: This includes the code used in textbook.
• OpenGL Extensions Viewer
• Industry-wide OpenGL Information
• Khronos & OpenGL, About Khronos
• 3D Rendering Pipeline
• View Frustrum
• OpenGL & GLSL API References
  • OpenGL 3.3 Reference Pages
  • OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL) Reference Pages
  • OpenGL 3.2 API Quick Reference Card
  • OpenGL 4.3 API Quick Reference Card
• OpenGL Books
• Notes from Mile Bailey (OSU)
  • Bailey/OSU: Pipline
  • Bailey/OSU: Hardware view of Graphics Process

Misc

• SIGGRAPH
• Projections
• Color
• Phong Lighting - Note, we will need normals for all of the above shapes.
• For an entertaining lecture on lighting, see Knoll's Computer Class, episode 1
• Generating Random Fractal Terrain - Diamond Square Algorithm
• The Stanford 3D Scanning Repository