Computer Graphics and Animation

Types of computer graphics, Graphic Displays- Random scan displays, Raster scan displays, Frame buffer and video controller, Points and lines, Line drawing algorithms, Circle generating algorithms, Mid-point circle generating algorithm, and parallel version of these algorithms.

Basic transformation, Matrix representations and homogenous coordinates, Composite transformations, Reflections and shearing. Windowing and Clipping: Viewing pipeline, Viewing transformations, 2-D Clipping algorithms- Line clipping algorithms such as Cohen Sutherland line clipping algorithm, Liang Barsky algorithm, Line clipping against non rectangular clip windows; Polygon clipping – Sutherland Hodgeman polygon clipping, Weiler and Atherton polygon clipping, Curve clipping, Text clipping.

3-D Geometric Primitives, 3-D Object representation, 3 D Transformation, 3-D viewing, projections, 3-D Clipping. Curves and Surfaces: Quadric surfaces, Spheres, Ellipsoid, Blobby objects, Introductory concepts of Spline, Bspline and Bezier curves and surfaces.

Back Face Detection algorithm, Depth buffer method, A- buffer method, Scan line method, basic illumination models– Ambient light, Diffuse reflection, Specular reflection and Phong model, Combined approach, Warn model, Intensity Attenuation, Color consideration, Transparency and Shadows.

Design Fundamentals, Back ground of Art, Color theory overview, Sketching & illustration, Storyboarding, different tools for animation. Animation: Principles of Animations, Elements of animation and their use, Power of Motion, Animation Techniques, Animation File Format, Making animation for Rolling Ball, making animation for a Bouncing Ball, Animation for the web, GIF, Plugins and Players, Animation tools for World Wide Web.