Syllabus of Andhra University BTech Information Technology - IT 3.1.3 - Computer Graphics

Third year - First Semester

Instruction: 3 Periods & 1 Tut /week
Univ. Exam : 3 Hours

Sessional Marks: 30
Univ-Exam-Marks:70

Introduction: Usage of Graphics and their applications, Presentation Graphics-Computer Aided Design- Computer Art- Entertainment- Education and Training-Visualization- Image Processing- Graphical User Interfaces

Over view of Graphics systems: Video Display Devices- Raster Scan systems-randomscan systems-Graphics monitors and workstations-Input devices-hard copy devices-Graphics software

Output primitives: Points and Lines-Line Drawing Algorithms- Loading the Framebuffer- Line function- Circle- Generating Algorithms- Ellipse Generating Algorithms-Other Curves- Parallel Curve Algorithms-Curve Functions-Pixel Addressing- Filled AreaPrimitives-Filled Area Functions- Cell Array- Character Generation

Attributes of Output Primitives: Line and Curve Attributes-Color and Gray scalelevels- Area Fill Attributes- Character Attributes-Bundled Attributes- Inquiry Functions-Antialiasing

Two Dimensional Geometric Transformations: Basic Transformations- MatrixRepresentations-Homogeneous Coordinates-Composite Transformations-OtherTransformations-Transformations between Coordinate Systems- Affine Transformations-Transformation Functions- Raster methods for Transformations

Two Dimensional Viewing: The viewing Pipeline-Viewing Coordinate ReferenceFrame-Window-to-Viewport Coordinate Transformation-Two Dimensional ViewingFunctions-Clipping Operations-Point Clipping-Line Clipping-Polygon Clipping-CurveClipping- Text and Exterior Clipping

Structure And Hierarchical Modeling: Concepts of Structures and Basic models-Editing - Hierarchical Modeling with Structures-GUI and Interactive Input Methods-Windows and Icons- Virtual Reality Environments

Three Dimensional Concepts and Object representations: 3D display methods-3DGraphics-Polygon Surfaces- Curved Lines and Surfaces- Quadratic Surfaces-SuperQuadrics-Blobby Objects-Spline Representations- Cubic Spline methods-Bézier Curvesand Surfaces- B Spline Curves and Surfaces

Three Dimensional Geometric and Modeling Transformations: Translation-Rotation-scaling-Other Transformations-Composite Transformations-3D TransformationFunctions-Modeling and Coordinate Transformations

Three Dimensional Viewing: Viewing Pipeline- Viewing Coordinates- Projections-View Volumes- General Projection Transformations-Clipping-HardwareImplementations- Three Dimensional Viewing

Chapters 1 to 12 except 10-9 to 10-22 of the Text book

Text Book:

Computer Graphics C Version by Donald Hearn & M. Pauline BakerPearson Education, New Delhi, 2004

Reference Books:

1) Procedural Elements for Computer Graphics by David F. Rogers, Tata McGraw HillBook Company, New Delhi, 2003

2) Computer Graphics: Principles & Practice in C by J. D. Foley, S. K Feiner, A Van Dam F. H John, Pearson Education, 2004

3) Computer Graphics using Open GL by Franscis S Hill Jr Pearson Education, 2004.