Fall 2004

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Projects

The user interface for each project is written using FLTK, a cross-platform OpenGL toolkit. There are several machines in the Taylor Basement Computer Lab with OpenGL accelerated graphics cards. You may use these machines or your own desktop.

About Fltk	Instructions to install Fltk on your machine Fltk Programming Manual
Project 1: Impressionist Assigned: Thursday Sept 2, 2004 Due: Thursday Sept 16, 2004 Artifact Due: Monday, Sept 20, 2004	Handout Skeleton code (Windows) and Sample solution Skeleton code (Linux) and Sample solution Help session presentation A collection of large, high-quality images. Google also has a large image database of varying quality. Image processing explanation for computing gradients of an image. See all the artifacts. Check out the winning artifacts.
Project 2: Ray Tracing Assigned: Thursday, September 23, 2004 Due: Thursday, October 7, 2004 (extended to 11:59PM) Artifact Due: Monday, October 11, 2004 (by 11:59PM)	Handout  Skeleton code (Windows) and Sample solution Skeleton code (Linux) and Sample solution Scene files (Windows or Linux) Explanation of some scenes included in the project File format description Help session notes Examples of cool bells and whistles Errata for Watt book (esp. refraction!) See all the artifacts. Check out the winning artifact.
Project 3: Animator Assigned: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 Due: Tuesday, November 2, 2004 Artifact Due: Friday, November 5, 2004 (by 11:59pm)	Handout  Skeleton code (Windows), Sample solution, and FLUID executable Skeleton code (Linux), Sample solution, and FLUID executable Notes on wrapping C0 Bezier splines See all the artifacts.