CMPS 160 Home Page
Fall 2000

Texts

Computer Graphics: C Version Donald Hearn & M. Pauline Baker, Prentice Hall (a.k.a. HB)

OpenGL Texts

OpenGL Programming Guide (aka The Red Book) Neider, David & Woo, Addison-Wesley

OpenGL Reference Manual Addison-Wesley

Reference Texts

• Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice
  Foley, Van Dam, feiner and Hughes, Addison-Wesley
• Mathematical Elements for Computer Graphics
  David Rogers and J.Alan Adams
• Graphics Gems I, II, III, IV, V
  Glassner, Arvo, Kirk, Heckbert (respectively)
• Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top Down Approach with OpenGL
  Edward Angel, Addison-Wesley

Course Information

• Course Overview
• Tentative Course Schedule
• Practice Exam 1 .ps
• Practice Exam 1 .pdf
• Practice Exam 2 .pdf
• OnLine Grade Information

Class Newsgroup

• ucsc.class.cmp160 - for announcements, general discussion, and help

Programming Assignments and Project

• Program 1 due Monday, October 2
• Program 2 due Monday, October 16
• Program 3 due Wednesday, November 8
• Final Project.
• Final Project Demonstration Times.

Links to Other Information

• Official UCSC Guideline on Academic Integrity.
• To register for a new CATS account.
  
• OpenGL.org site.
• Mesa, a freeware version of OpenGL for most platforms (Linux, MacOS, Windows, etc).
• A game programming site that offers some interesting tutorials on graphics programming.
• The Red Book online...
• This is the NeHe website with tons of great tutorials on OpenGL.
• XForms documentation.
• Here is an example of texture setup by Jon Cheatham if you use it, please site him in your code and paper.
• Dave's Math Tables is a math reference site. On it, you'll find the basic trig identities and a description of the general functions (it's in the aptly named "Trig" section). There's also stuff on Algebra, Calculus, and Linear Algebra (which may be helpful if you plan to do direct matrix manipulation of some sort).