CSE202

Computer Graphics Using

OpenGL
Unit I
Overview of Computer Graphics

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 Syllabus

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 Syllabus

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 Unit-wise Learning Outcomes

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 Course Learning Outcomes

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 Introduction
• About Computer Graphics
• Survey of Graphics

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 About Computer Graphics
• Computers have become a powerful tool for the rapid and
economical production of pictures
• Use of computers to create and manipulate pictures on a display
device.
• It comprises of software techniques to create, store, modify,
represents pictures.

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 A Survey of Computer Graphics
• Graphs and Charts
• Computer Aided Design (CAD)
• Virtual-Reality
• Data Visualizations
• Education & Training
• Computer Art
• Entertainment
• Image Processing
• GUI

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 Graphs & Charts
• Display of simple data graphs
• Plotter
• Used to summarize financial, statistical, mathematical, scientific data
• Data plots are line graphs, bar charts, pie charts, surface graphs

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 Computer Aided Design (CAD)
• Design for engineering and architectural systems
• Design of building, automobiles, aircraft, computers, textiles, home
appliances etc.
• Wire-frame outline that shows the overall shape and internal features
of the object.
• Animation

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 Virtual-Reality
• A user can interact with the objects in a three-dimensional scene
• Demo
• Specialized hardware devices provide 3D viewing effects and allow
the user to “pick up” objects in a scene
• Used to train heavy equipment operators or analyse the effectiveness
• Stereoscopic view - depicting left-eye and right-eye views of the same
scene, as a single three-dimensional image

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 Data Visualizations
• Graphical representation
• Scientific visualization
• Scientific, engineering, medical data sets
• Business visualization
• Data set related to commerce, industry and
other non-scientific areas
• Mathematical function

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 Education & Training
• Models of physical processes, physiological functions, equipment
• For training applications – simulators

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 Computer Art
• Both fine art and commercial art make use of computer-graphics
method
• Specialized hardware, commercial software packages
• Graphics tablet and stylus
• Logo
• Morphing

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 Entertainment
• Television productions, motion pictures and music videos
• Combine people, animals with
the live actors in a scene

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 Image Processing
• The modification or interpretation of existing pictures
• CG – used to create a picture
• Image Processing – used to improve image quality, analyse images,
recognise visual patterns
• Medical applications – Computed X-ray Tomography(CT), Positron
Emission Tomography (PET) use projection methods

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 GUI
• A graphical interface is a window manager that allows a user to
display multiple, rectangular screen areas
• Interactive pointing device – mouse
• Icon
• Drag and drop

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 References
• Donald D. Hearn, M. Pauline Baker and Warren Carithers, “Computer
Graphics with OpenGL”, Pearson Education, Fourth Edition, 2011.

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