COMPUTER GRAPHICS
Academic Year 2024/2025 - Teacher: Giovanni GALLOExpected Learning Outcomes
These are the main objectives of the course:
- to acquire basic knowledge and understanding about the basic workflows and methods for the production of images from 3d models and scenarios;
- to gain basic ability in using a contemporary state of the art software uite devoted to 3d models creation, texturing, animation and rendering;
- to have principles and references to choose among different graphics platforms for projects and data visualization;
- very basic introduction to the fundamentals principles of visual design and of animation.
- to provide a starting point to proceed either in autonomy or in a specialized academic course to a higher education in digital graphics and animation
Course Structure
Frontal lectures on theoretical topics
Laboratory using Blender 3d, latest version
Modalities of teaching may change subject to objective necessities (COVID19)
Required Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of cartesian geometry, linear and projective transformations;
Elementary calculus;
Trigonometric basic knowledge;
Basic Linear algebra and vector calculus;
Basic notion about physical properties of light.
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
Geometric transformation.
Mesh modeling and representations.
Fundamental rendering equation.
Ray casting, ray tracing, path tracing (montecarlo methods)
Animation and deformation of meshes.
Basic of movie languae
Basic of CAd: Bezier and NURBS.
Practical Blender 3d usage.
Textbook Information
Teacher's hand-outs
Web tutorials
3D ART ESSENTIALS, The Fundamentals of 3D Modeling, Texturing, and Animation, AMI CHOPINE, Focal Press
Fundamental of Computer Graphics (IV ed) Marschner, Shirely, CRC press
Fondamenti di grafica tridimensionale interattiva , Montani, Scopigno Scateni, McGrawHill
Grafica 3d con Blender , Siddi, Apogeo
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utilizzo del programma Blender nelle funzionalità di base | Grafica 3d con Blender, Siddi, ed.Apogeo |
| 2 | Proiezioni e trasformazioni Geometriche | Dispense del docente |
| 3 | Rappresentazione mesh e editing di solidi | Dispense del docente |
| 4 | Rendering: l'equazione fondamentale | Dispense del docente |
| 5 | Ray casting e algoritmi correlati | Dispense del docente |
| 6 | Ray tracing ricorsivo e algoritmi correlati | Dispense del docente |
| 7 | Path tracing e metodo montecarlo | Dispense del docente |
| 8 | Texture mapping | Dispense del docente |
| 9 | Principi dell'animazione | Dispense del docente |
| 10 | Camera Tracking lab | on line instructional videos |
| 11 | Controllo della deformazione delle mesh: rigging | Dispense del docente |
| 12 | Computer Aided Geometric design: Hermit, Bezier, B-Spline, NURBS | Primi capitoli del libro CAGD, Farin, Academic press,dispense del docente |
| 13 | Photogrammetry simple lab | on line instructional videos |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Evaluation of profit will be done with three projects and an interview.
b) Camera tracking of a short video and inseriton of an animated object in AR modality (10% del voto)
c) Environment modeling in 3d accoridng to references assigne by the teacher (20% del voto)
d) Interview about the theoretical notions introduced in the lectures (30% del voto)
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
Project a)
Short animation in 3d from 40'' to 90'' in lenght. It
has to include an environemnt and assets. At least 505 of the asets have
to be produced from the student. Screenplay and Story board are
required.
Project b)
Short (10''-30'') camera tracking activity
on a real viedo chosen from the student. Insertion in the video of
animated virtual elements .
Modeling, texturing , lighting and rendering of a 3d environment according to references assigned individually to the student.