MIT Computer Graphics Lecture Notes

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LEC # TOPICS 1 Course Overview ( PDF - 1.1MB) C++ Tutorial (PDF) 2 Ray Casting 1: Generation and Intersection (PDF - 1.2 MB) 3 Ray Casting 2: More Intersection (PDF - 1.7 MB) 4 Transformations 1: Translation, Rotation and Scale (PDF - 1.0 MB) 5 Transformations 2: In Modeling (PDF - 1.7 MB) Linear Algebra Tutorial (PDF) 6 Ray Tracing (PDF - 2.4 MB) 7 Local Illumination (PDF) 8 Acceleration Data Structures (PDF - 3.9 MB) 9 Curves and Surfaces (PDF - 3.2 MB) 10 Animation 1: Interpolation and Kinematics (PDF) 11 Animation 2: Orientation and Quaternions (PDF) 12 Animation 3: Dynamics (PDF - 1.7 MB) 13 Graphics Pipeline 1: Perspective Transformations (PDF - 1.1 MB) 14 Graphics Pipeline 2: Line Clipping and Rasterization (PDF) 15 Graphics Pipeline 3: Polygon Rasterization (PDF) 16 Graphics Pipeline 4: Polygon Clipping (PDF - 3.1 MB) 17 Shadows (PDF - 3.1 MB) 18 Global Illumination: Radiosity (PDF - 2.7 MB) 19 Monte Carlo Ray Tracing (PDF - 3.4 MB) 20 Color 1: Color Vision and Color Spaces (PDF - 2.3 MB) (Courtesy of Victor Ostromoukhov. Used with permission.) 21 Color 2: Color Effects and Production (PDF - 2.6 MB) (Courtesy of Victor Ostromoukhov. Used with permission.) 22 Texture Mapping (PDF - 3.6 MB) 23 Sampling, Aliasing and MIP Mapping (PDF - 2.0 MB)