Fractals
CS-116A: Introduction to Computer Graphics
Instructor: Rob Bruce
Fall 2016
SLIDE 1: Example of a Mandelbrot fractal:
SLIDE 2: Mandelbrot Fractals
- Code example for drawing Mandelbrot fractals is available in Computer Graphics with OpenGL on pages 714-715.
- Source code (Chapter 23) available for download at http://wps.prenhall.com/ecs_hearn_cg_o_gl_4/
Robert Bruce
Research
Courses
Fall 2016, CS-116A:
Lectures:
- Introduction to OpenGL and GLUT
- Fractals
- Splines
- Mesh: Vertices, Edges, and Faces
- Event driven programming, capturing keypresses and mouse clicks
- Camera and clipping plane
- Animating the camera
- Light and Color (part 1 of 2)
- Light and Color (part 2 of 2)
- Graphics File Formats
- Creating mouse-driven menus in GLUT
- Developing Graphical user interface widgets with OpenGL
- Hidden surface removal
- GLSL: OpenGL Shading Language (part 1 of 2)
- GLSL: OpenGL Shading Language (part 2 of 2)
- Accelerated Graphics Hardware (GPU)
- Metaballs and Blobbies
- Linear transformations
- Coordinate systems in OpenGL
- Introduction to Blender
- Algorithmic animation and modelling (part 1 of 2)
- Algorithmic animation and modelling (part 2 of 2)
- Squash, Stretch, and Bounce: The twelve principles of animation
- Character Rigging for animation
- Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality
- Introduction to WebGL
Assignments:
Handouts:
- Creating a bootable Linux Mint flash drive
- How to update software on Linux Mint
- Installing OpenGL libraries in Linux Mint
Programs:
Other
