Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65
SYLLABUS

COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND VISUALIZATION

I.A. Marks : 25
Exam Hours: 03
Exam Marks: 100

Subject Code: 10CS65

Hours/Week : 04
Total Hours : 52

cs.

co

PART - A
UNIT - 1
INTRODUCTION: Applications of computer graphics; A graphics system; Images:
Physical and synthetic; Imaging systems; The synthetic camera model; The programmers
interface; Graphics architectures; Programmable pipelines; Performance characteristics.
Graphics Programming: The Sierpinski gasket; Programming two-dimensional applications.
7 Hours
UNIT - 2
THE OPENGL: The OpenGL API; Primitives and a6ributes; Color; Viewing; Control
functions; The Gasket program; Polygons and recursion; The three-dimensional gasket;
Plo8ng implicit functions.
6 Hours

ww
w.
vtu

UNIT - 3
INPUT AND INTERACTION: Interaction; Input devices; Clients and servers; Display lists;
Display lists and modeling; Programming event-driven input; Menus; Picking; A simple
CAD program; Building interactive models; Animating interactive programs; Design of
interactive programs; Logic operations.
7 Hours
UNIT - 4
GEOMETRIC OBJECTS AND TRANSFORMATIONS 1: Scalars, points, and vectors;
Three-dimensional primitives; Coordinate systems and frames; Modeling a colored cube;
Affine transformations; Rotation, translation and scaling.
6 Hours
PART - B

UNIT - 5
GEOMETRIC OBJECTS AND TRANSFORMATIONS 2: Transformations in
homogeneous coordinates; Concatenation of transformations; OpenGL transformation
matrices; Interfaces to three-dimensional applications; Quaternions.
5 Hours
UNIT - 6
VIEWING: Classical and computer viewing; Viewing with a computer; Positioning of the
camera; Simple projections; Projections in OpenGL; Hidden-surface removal; Interactive
mesh displays; Parallel-projection matrices; Perspective-projection matrices; Projections and
shadows.
7 Hours
UNIT - 7
LIGHTING AND SHADING: Light and ma6er; Light sources; The Phong lighting model;
Computation of vectors; Polygonal shading; Approximation of a sphere by recursive

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 1

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

subdivisions; Light sources in OpenGL; Specification of materials in OpenGL; Shading of

the sphere model; Global illumination.
6 Hours
UNIT - 8
IMPLEMENTATION: Basic implementation strategies; The major tasks; Clipping; Linesegment clipping; Polygon clipping; Clipping of other primitives; Clipping in three
dimensions; Rasterization; Bresenhams algorithm; Polygon rasterization; Hidden-surface
removal; Antialiasing; Display considerations.
8 Hours
TEXT BOOK:

co

1. Interactive Computer Graphics A Top-Down Approach with OpenGL -Edward Angel,

5th Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2008.

ww
w.
vtu

cs.

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Computer Graphics Using OpenGL F.S. Hill,Jr. 2nd Edition, Pearson 1.
Education, 2001.
2. Computer Graphics James D Foley, Andries Van Dam, Steven K Feiner, John F
Hughes, Addison-wesley 1997.
3. Computer Graphics - OpenGL Version Donald Hearn and Pauline Baker, 2nd
Edition, Pearson Education, 2003.

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 2

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page No.
UNIT - 1

INTRODUCTION

1.1

Applications of computer graphics

1.2

A graphics system

1.3

Images: Physical and synthetic

1.4

Imaging systems

1.5

The synthetic camera model

1.6

The programmers interface

1.7

Graphics architectures

1.8

Programmable pipelines; Performance characteristics

1.9

Graphics Programming:

ww
w.
vtu

cs.

co

8-19

The Sierpinski gasket

Programming two-dimensional applications

UNIT - 2

THE OPENGL

2.1

The OpenGL API

2.2

Primitives and attributes

2.3

Color; Viewing

2.4

Control functions

2.5

The Gasket program

2.6

Polygons and recursion

2.7

The three-dimensional gasket

2.8

Plotting implicit functions.

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

20-30

Page 3

Computer Graphics and Visualization

INPUT AND INTERACTION

Interaction

31-47

3.2

Input devices

3.3

Clients and servers

3.4

Display lists

3.5

Display lists and modelling

3.6

Programming event-driven input

3.7

Menus; Picking

3.8

A simple CAD program

3.9

Building interactive models

3.10

Animating interactive programs

3.11

Design of interactive programs

3.12

Logic operations

ww
w.
vtu

cs.

co

3.1

UNIT-3

10CS65

UNIT-4
GEOMETRIC
TRANSFORMATIONS I
4.1
Scalars

OBJECTS

4.2

points, and vectors

4.3

Three-dimensional primitives

4.4

Coordinate systems and frames

4.5

Modeling a colored cube

4.6

Affine transformations

4.7

Rotation, translation and scaling.

AND
48-59

UNIT 5
GEOMETRIC OBJECTS AND
TRANSFORMATIONS II
Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 4

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Transformations in homogeneous coordinates

5.2

Concatenation of transformations

5.3

OpenGL transformation matrices

5.4

Interfaces to three-dimensional applications

5.5

Quaternions.

VIEWING
Classical and computer viewing

6.2

Viewing with a computer

6.3

Positioning of the camera

6.4

Simple projections

6.5

Projections in OpenGL

ww
w.
vtu
6.6

Hidden-surface removal

6.7

Interactive mesh displays

6.8

Parallel-projection matrices

6.9

Perspective-projection matrices

6.10

Projections and shadows.

UNIT - 7

68-78

cs.

6.1

co

UNIT - 6

61-67

5.1

LIGHTING AND SHADING

7.1

Light and matter

7.2

The Phong lighting model

7.3

Computation of vectors

7.4

Polygonal shading

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

79-87

Page 5

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Approximation of a sphere by recursive subdivisions

7.6

Light sources in OpenGL

7.7

Specification of materials in OpenGL

7.8

Shading of the sphere model

7.9

Global illumination.

8.2

The major tasks

8.3

Clipping

88-97

cs.

UNIT - 8 IMPLEMENTATION
8.1
Basic implementation strategies

co

7.5

Line-segment clipping
Polygon clipping

ww
w.
vtu

Clipping of other primitives

Clipping in three dimensions

8.4

Rasterization

8.5

Bresenhams algorithm

8.6

Polygon rasterization

8.7

Hidden-surface removal

8.8

Antialiasing

8.9

Display considerations.

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 6

10CS65

cs.

co

Computer Graphics and Visualization

ww
w.
vtu

PART - A

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 7

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

UNIT - 1

7 Hours

INTRODUCTION
Applications of computer graphics

A graphics system
Images:

co

Physical and synthetic

Imaging systems

The programmers interface

Graphics architectures

ww
w.
vtu

Programmable pipelines

cs.

The synthetic camera model

Performance characteristics
Graphics Programming:

The Sierpinski gasket

Programming two-dimensional applications

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 8

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

UNIT -1
Graphics Systems and Models
1.1

Applications of computer graphics:

Display Of Information

Design
Simulation & Animation

1.2

Graphics systems
A Graphics system has 5 main elements:
Input Devices
Memory
Frame Buffer

ww
w.
vtu

Output Devices

cs.

Processor

co

User Interfaces

Pixels and the Frame Buffer

A picture is produced as an array (raster) of picture elements (pixels).

These pixels are collectively stored in the Frame Buffer.

Properties of frame buffer:

Resolution number of pixels in the frame buffer

Depth or Precision number of bits used for each pixel

E.g.: 1 bit deep frame buffer allows 2 colors
8 bit deep frame buffer allows 256 colors.

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 9

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

A Frame buffer is implemented either with special types of memory chips or it can be a part
of system memory.
In simple systems the CPU does both normal and graphical processing.
Graphics processing - Take specifications of graphical primitives from application program
and assign values to the pixels in the frame buffer It is also known as Rasterization or scan

conversion.
Output Devices

ww
w.
vtu

cs.

co

The most predominant type of display has been the Cathode Ray Tube (CRT).

Various parts of a CRT :

Electron Gun emits electron beam which strikes the phosphor coating to emit light.
Deflection Plates controls the direction of beam. The output of the computer is
converted by digital-to-analog converters o voltages across x & y deflection plates.

Refresh Rate In order to view a flicker free image, the image on the screen has to be
retraced by the beam at a high rate (modern systems operate at 85Hz)

2 types of refresh:

Noninterlaced display: Pixels are displayed row by row at the refresh rate.
Interlaced display: Odd rows and even rows are refreshed alternately.

1.3

Images: Physical and synthetic

Elements of image formation:
Objects
Viewer
Light source (s)

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 10

10CS65

Image formation models

Ray tracing :

co

Computer Graphics and Visualization

cs.

One way to form an image is to follow rays of light from a point source finding which
rays enter the lens of the camera. However, each ray of light may have multiple interactions

ww
w.
vtu

with objects before being absorbed or going to infinity.

1.4

Imaging systems

It is important to study the methods of image formation in the real world so that this could be
utilized in image formation in the graphics systems as well.
1. Pinhole camera:

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 11

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Use trigonometry to find projection of point at (x,y,z)

xp= -x/z/d

yp= -y/z/d

zp= d

These are equations of simple perspective

cs.

co

2. Human visual system

Rods are used for : monochromatic, night vision

Cones
Color sensitive

ww
w.
vtu

Three types of cones

Only three values (the tristimulus values) are sent to the brain

Need only match these three values

1.5

Need only three primary colors

The Synthetic camera model

The paradigm which looks at creating a computer generated image as being similar to
forming an image using an optical system.

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 12

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Various notions in the model :

Center of Projection
Projector lines
Image plane

Clipping window
In case of image formation using optical systems, the image is flipped relative to the
object.

which is called the image plane.

co

In synthetic camera model this is avoided by introducing a plane in front of the lens

viewed.

cs.

The angle of view of the camera poses a restriction on the part of the object which can be

This limitation is moved to the front of the camera by placing a Clipping Window in the
projection plane.
Programers interface :

ww
w.
vtu

1.6

A user interacts with the graphics system with self-contained packages and input devices. E.g.
A paint editor.

This package or interface enables the user to create or modify images without having to write
programs. The interface consists of a set of functions (API) that resides in a graphics library

The application programmer uses the API functions and is shielded from the details of
its implementation.

The device driver is responsible to interpret the output of the API and converting it
into a form understood by the particular hardware.
Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 13

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

The pen-plotter model

This is a 2-D system which moves a pen to draw images in 2 orthogonal directions.
E.g. : LOGO language implements this system.
moveto(x,y) moves pen to (x,y) without tracing a line.
lineto(x,y) moves pen to (x,y) by tracing a line.

Alternate raster based 2-D model :

Writes pixels directly to frame buffer
E.g. : write_pixel(x,y,color)

3-D APIs (OpenGL - basics)

co

In order to obtain images of objects close to the real world, we need 3-D object model.

To follow the synthetic camera model discussed earlier, the API should support:

cs.

Objects, viewers, light sources, material properties.

OpenGL defines primitives through a list of vertices.

Primitives: simple geometric objects having a simple relation between a list of vertices
Simple prog to draw a triangular polygon :

ww
w.
vtu

glBegin(GL_POLYGON)
glVertex3f(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
glVertex3f(0.0, 1.0, 0.0);
glVertex3f(0.0, 0.0, 1.0);

glEnd( );

Specifying viewer or camera:

Position - position of the COP

Orientation rotation of the camera along 3 axes

Focal length determines the size of image

Film Plane has a height & width & can be adjusted independent of orientation of lens.
Function call for camera orientation :

gluLookAt(cop_x,cop_y,cop_z,at_x,at_y,at_z,up_x,up_y,up_z);
gluPerspective(field_of_view,aspect_ratio,near,far);
Lights and materials :

Types of lights

Point sources vs distributed sources

Spot lights

Near and far sources

Color properties

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 14

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Material properties

Absorption: color properties

Scattering

Modeling Rendering Paradigm :

Viewing image formation as a 2 step process

Rendering

E.g. Producing a single frame in an animation:

cs.

1st step : Designing and positioning objects

co

Modeling

2nd step : Adding effects, light sources and other details

The interface can be a file with the model and additional info for final rendering.

Graphics Architectures

ww
w.
vtu

1.7

Combination of hardware and software that implements the functionality of the API.
Early Graphics system :

Host

DAC

Output Device

Here the host system runs the application and generates vertices of the image.
Display processor architecture :

Relieves the CPU from doing the refreshing action

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 15

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Display processor assembles instructions to generate image once & stores it in the
Display List. This is executed repeatedly to avoid flicker.
The whole process is independent of the host system.

1.8

Programmable Pipelines

E.g. An arithmetic pipeline

Terminologies :

Throughput : Number of outputs per given time.

cs.

Graphics Pipeline :

co

Latency : time taken from the first stage till the end result is produced.

Process objects one at a time in the order they are generated by the application

ww
w.
vtu

All steps can be implemented in hardware on the graphics card

Vertex Processor

Much of the work in the pipeline is in converting object representations from one
coordinate system to another

Object coordinates

Camera (eye) coordinates

Screen coordinates

Every change of coordinates is equivalent to a matrix transformation

Vertex processor also computes vertex colors

Primitive Assembly

Vertices must be collected into geometric objects before clipping and rasterization can take
place

Line segments

Polygons

Curves and surfaces

Clipping
Just as a real camera cannot see the whole world, the virtual camera can only see part of the
world or object space
Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 16

Computer Graphics and Visualization

Objects that are not within this volume are said to be clipped out of the scene

10CS65

Rasterization :

assigned colors

co

If an object is not clipped out, the appropriate pixels in the frame buffer must be
Rasterizer produces a set of fragments for each object
Fragments are potential pixels
Have a location in frame bufffer

Color and depth attributes

cs.

Vertex attributes are interpolated over objects by the rasterizer

Fragment Processor :

ww
w.
vtu

Fragments are processed to determine the color of the corresponding pixel in the
frame buffer

Colors can be determined by texture mapping or interpolation of vertex colors

Fragments may be blocked by other fragments closer to the camera

1.9

Hidden-surface removal

Graphics Programming

The Sierpinski Gasket :

It is an object that can be defined recursively & randomly

Basic Algorithm :

Start with 3 non-collinear points in space. Let the plane be z=0.

1. Pick an initial point (x,y,z) at random inside the triangle.
2. Select 1 of the 3 vertices in random.

3. Find the location halfway between the initial point & the randomly selected vertex.
4. Display the new point.

5. Replace the point (x,y,z) with the new point

6. Return to step 2.
Assumption : we view the 2-D space or surface as a subset of the 3-D space.
Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 17

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

A point can be represented as p=(x,y,z). In the plane z=0, p = (x,y,0).

Vertex function genral form glVertex*() - * is of the form ntv
n dimensions (2,3,4)
t data type (i,f,d)
v if present, represents a pointer to an array.

Programing 2-D applications :

Definition of basic OpenGL types :
E.g. glVertex2i(Glint xi, Glint yi)

co

or
#define GLfloat float.
GLfloat vertex[3]

E.g. prog :
glBegin(GL_LINES);
glVertex3f(x1,y1,z1);

ww
w.
vtu

glVertex3f(x2,y2,z2);

cs.

glVertex3fv(vertex)

glEnd();

The sierpinski gasket display() function :

void display()
{

GLfloat vertices[3][3] = {{0.0,0.0,0.0},{25.0,50.0,0.0},{50.0,0.0,0.0}};

/* an arbitrary triangle in the plane z=0 */

GLfloat p[3] = {7.5,5.0,0.0}; /* initial point inside the triangle */

int j,k;

int rand();

glBegin(GL_POINTS);
for (k=0;k<5000;k++){
j=rand()%3;

p[0] = (p[0] + vertices[j][0])/2; /* compute new location */

p[1] = (p[1] + vertices[j][1])/2;
/* display new point */
glVertex3fv(p);

}
Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 18

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

glEnd();
glFlush();
}
Coordinate Systems :

One of the major advances in the graphics systems allows the users to work on any
coordinate systems that they desire.

The users coordinate system is known as the world coordinate system

co

The actual coordinate system on the output device is known as the screen coordinates.
The graphics system is responsible to map the users coordinate to the screen

ww
w.
vtu

cs.

coordinate.

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 19

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

UNIT - 2

6 Hours

THE OPENGL

The OpenGL API

Primitives and attributes

Control functions
The Gasket program
Polygons and recursion

ww
w.
vtu

The three-dimensional gasket

cs.

Viewing

co

Color

Plotting implicit functions.

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 20

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

UNIT-2
THE OPENGL
2.1

The OpenGL API

OpenGL is a software interface to graphics hardware.

This interface consists of about 150 distinct commands that you use to specify the objects
and operations needed to produce interactive three-dimensional applications.

OpenGL is designed as a streamlined, hardware-independent interface to be implemented

co

on many different hardware platforms.

To achieve these qualities, no commands for performing windowing tasks or obtaining

user input are included in OpenGL; instead, you must work through whatever windowing
system controls the particular hardware youre using.

render an image on the screen.

cs.

The following list briefly describes the major graphics operations which OpenGL performs to

1. Construct shapes from geometric primitives, thereby creating mathematical descriptions of

objects.

ww
w.
vtu

(OpenGL considers points, lines, polygons, images, and bitmaps to be primitives.)

2. Arrange the objects in three-dimensional space and select the desired vantage point for
viewing the composed scene.

3. Calculate the color of all the objects. The color might be explicitly assigned by the
application, determined from specified lighting conditions, obtained by pasting a texture onto
the objects, or some combination of these three actions.

4. Convert the mathematical description of objects and their associated color information to
pixels on the screen. This process is called rasterization.

2.2

OpenGL functions

Primitive functions : Defines low level objects such as points, line segments, polygons
etc.
Attribute functions : Attributes determine the appearance of objects

Color (points, lines, polygons)

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 21

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Size and width (points, lines)

Polygon mode
Display as filled

ww
w.
vtu

Display vertices

cs.

co

Display edges

Viewing functions : Allows us to specify various views by describing the cameras

position and orientation.

Transformation functions : Provides user to carry out transformation of objects like

rotation, scaling etc.

Input functions : Allows us to deal with a diverse set of input devices like keyboard,
mouse etc

Control functions : Enables us to initialize our programs, helps in dealing with any
errors during execution of the program.

Query functions : Helps query information about the properties of the particular
implementation.

The entire graphics system can be considered as a state machine getting inputs from the
application prog.
Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 22

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

inputs may change the state of a machine

inputs may cause the machine to produce a

visible output.
2 types of graphics functions :

functions that change the state of the machine.

functions defining primitives

Primitives and attributes

OpenGL supports 2 types of primitives :

co

2.3

Geometric primitives (vertices, line segments..) they pass through the geometric

cs.

pipeline

Raster primitives (arrays of pixels) passes through a separate pipeline to the frame
buffer.

ww
w.
vtu

Line segments

GL_LINES

GL_LINE_STRIP
GL_LINE_LOOP
Polygons :

Polygons :Object that has a border that can be described by a line loop & also has a well
defined interior

Properties of polygon for it to be rendered correctly :

Simple No 2 edges of a polygon cross each other

Convex All points on the line segment between any 2 points inside the object, or on
its boundary, are inside the object.

Flat All the vertices forming the polygon lie in the same plane . E.g. a triangle.
Polygon Issues

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 23

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

User program can check if above true

OpenGL will produce output if these conditions are violated but it may not be
what is desired

Triangles satisfy all conditions

Approximating a sphere

2.4

Fans and strips allow us to approximate curved surfaces in a simple way.

co

E.g. a unit sphere can be described by the following set of equations :

X(,)=sin cos ,
Y(,)=cos sin ,

cs.

Z(,)=sin
The sphere shown is constructed using quad strips.

A circle could be approximated using Quad strips.

ww
w.
vtu

The poles of the sphere are constructed using triangle fans as can be seen in the diagram

Graphics Text :

A graphics application should also be able to provide textual display.

There are 2 forms of text :

Stroke text Like any other geometric object, vertices are used to define line
segments & curves that form the outline of each character.

Raster text Characters are defined as rectangles of bits called bit blocks.

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 24

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

bit-block-transfer : the entire block of bits can be moved to the frame buffer using a single
function call.
2.5

Color

A visible color can be characterized by the function C()

Tristimulus values responses of the 3 types of cones to the colors.

3 color theory If 2 colors produce the same tristimulus values, then they are visually

co

indistinguishable.

Additive color model Adding together the primary colors to get the percieved colors.

cs.

E.g. CRT.

Subtractive color model Colored pigments remove color components from light that is
striking the surface. Here the primaries are the complimentary colors : cyan, magenta and

ww
w.
vtu

yellow.
RGB color

Each color component is stored separately in the frame buffer

Usually 8 bits per component in buffer

Note in glColor3f the color values range from 0.0 (none) to 1.0 (all), whereas in
glColor3ub the values range from 0 to 255

The color as set by glColor becomes part of the state and will be used until changed

Colors and other attributes are not part of the object but are assigned when the
object is rendered

We can create conceptual vertex colors by code such as

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 25

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

glColor
glVertex
glColor
glVertex
RGBA color system :

This has 4 arguments RGB and alpha

alpha Opacity.
glClearColor(1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0)

as alpha is also set to 1.0

Indexed color

Requires less memory

o indices usually 8 bits
o not as important now

Memory inexpensive

ww
w.
vtu

cs.

Colors are indices into tables of RGB values

co

This would render the window white since all components are equal to 1.0, and is opaque

2.6

Need more colors for shading

Viewing

The default viewing conditions in computer image formation are similar to the settings on a
basic camera with a fixed lens
The Orthographic view

Direction of Projection : When image plane is fixed and the camera is moved far from
the plane, the projectors become parallel and the COP becomes direction of
projection

OpenGL Camera

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 26

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

OpenGL places a camera at the origin in object space pointing in the negative z
direction

co

The default viewing volume is a box centered at the origin with a side of length 2

cs.

Orthographic view

ww
w.
vtu

In the default orthographic view, points are projected forward along the z axis onto theplane

z=0

z=0

Transformations and Viewing

The pipeline architecture depends on multiplying together a number of transformation

matrices to achieve the desired image of a primitive.
Two important matrices :

Model-view

Projection

The values of these matrices are part of the state of the system.
In OpenGL, projection is carried out by a projection matrix (transformation)
There is only one set of transformation functions so we must set the matrix mode first
Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 27

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

glMatrixMode (GL_PROJECTION)
Transformation functions are incremental so we start with an identity matrix and alter it with
a projection matrix that gives the view volume
glLoadIdentity();

2.7

Control Functions (interaction with windows)

co

Window A rectangular area of our display.

glOrtho(-1.0, 1.0, -1.0, 1.0, -1.0, 1.0);

Modern systems allow many windows to be displayed on the screen (multiwindow

cs.

environment).

The position of the window is with reference to the origin. The origin (0,0) is the top
left corner of the screen.

glutInit allows application to get command line arguments and initializes system

ww
w.
vtu

gluInitDisplayMode requests properties for the window (the rendering context)

o RGB color

o Single buffering

o Properties logically ORed together

glutWindowSize in pixels

glutWindowPosition from top-left corner of display

glutCreateWindow create window with a particular title

Aspect ratio and viewports

Aspect ratio is the ratio of width to height of a particular object.

We may obtain undesirable output if the aspect ratio of the viewing rectangle
(specified by glOrtho), is not same as the aspect ratio of the window (specified by
glutInitWindowSize)

Viewport A rectangular area of the display window, whose height and width can be
adjusted to match that of the clipping window, to avoid distortion of the images.
void glViewport(Glint x, Glint y, GLsizei w, GLsizei h) ;
Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 28

10CS65

The main, display and myinit functions

co

Computer Graphics and Visualization

In our application, once the primitive is rendered onto the display and the application

Event processing loop :

void glutMainLoop();

cs.

program ends, the window may disappear from the display.

Graphics is sent to the screen through a function called display callback.

ww
w.
vtu

void glutDisplayFunc(function name)

The function myinit() is used to set the OpenGL state variables dealing with viewing and
attributes.

Control Functions

glutInit(int *argc, char **argv) initializes GLUT and processes any command line
arguments (for X, this would be options like -display and -geometry). glutInit() should be
called before any other GLUT routine.

glutInitDisplayMode(unsigned int mode) specifies whether to use an RGBA or colorindex color model. You can also specify whether you want a single- or double-buffered
window. (If youre working in color-index mode, youll want to load certain colors into
the color map; use glutSetColor() to do this.)

glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_DOUBLE | GLUT_RGB | GLUT_DEPTH).

If you want a window with double buffering, the RGBA color model, and a depth buffer,
you might call
glutInitWindowPosition(int x, int y) specifies the screen location for the upper-left
corner of your window

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 29

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

glutInitWindowSize(int width, int size) specifies the size, in pixels, of your window.
int glutCreateWindow(char *string) creates a window with an OpenGL context. It
returns a unique identifier for the new window. Be warned: Until glutMainLoop() is

ww
w.
vtu

cs.

co

called.

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 30

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

UNIT - 3

7 Hours
INPUT AND INTERACTION

Interaction

Input devices
Clients and servers

Programming event-driven input

Menus; Picking
A simple CAD program

ww
w.
vtu

Building interactive models

cs.

Display lists and modeling

co

Display lists

Animating interactive programs

Design of interactive programs
Logic operations.

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 31

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

UNIT - 3
INPUT AND INTERACTION
3.1

Interaction

Project Sketchpad :

Ivan Sutherland (MIT 1963) established the basic interactive paradigm that characterizes
interactive computer graphics:
User sees an object on the display

User points to (picks) the object with an input device (light pen, mouse,

co

trackball)

Object changes (moves, rotates, morphs)

Repeat

Input devices
Devices can be described either by
o Physical properties
Mouse

Keyboard

Trackball

ww
w.
vtu

cs.

3.2

o Logical Properties

What is returned to program via API

A position

An object identifier

Modes

o How and when input is obtained

Request or event

Incremental (Relative) Devices

Devices such as the data tablet return a position directly to the operating system
Devices such as the mouse, trackball, and joy stick return incremental inputs (or
velocities) to the operating system

o Must integrate these inputs to obtain an absolute position

Rotation of cylinders in mouse

Roll of trackball

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 32

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Difficult to obtain absolute position

Can get variable sensitivity

Logical Devices
Consider the C and C++ code

o C++: cin >> x;

o C: scanf (%d, &x);
What is the input device?

co

o Cant tell from the code

o Could be keyboard, file, output from another program

The code provides logical input

Graphical Logical Devices

cs.

o A number (an int) is returned to the program regardless of the physical device

ww
w.
vtu

Graphical input is more varied than input to standard programs which is usually
numbers, characters, or bits

Two older APIs (GKS, PHIGS) defined six types of logical input

Locator: return a position

Pick: return ID of an object

Keyboard: return strings of characters

Stroke: return array of positions

Valuator: return floating point number

Choice: return one of n items

Input Modes

Input devices contain a trigger which can be used to send a signal to the operating
system

o Button on mouse

o Pressing or releasing a key

When triggered, input devices return information (their measure) to the system
o Mouse returns position information
o Keyboard returns ASCII code
Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 33

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Request Mode
Input provided to program only when user triggers the device
Typical of keyboard input

Can erase (backspace), edit, correct until enter (return) key (the trigger) is

Event Mode

cs.

co

depressed

Most systems have more than one input device, each of which can be triggered at an
arbitrary time by a user

ww
w.
vtu

Each trigger generates an event whose measure is put in an event queue which can be
examined by the user program

Event Types

Window: resize, expose, iconify

Mouse: click one or more buttons

Motion: move mouse

Keyboard: press or release a key

Idle: nonevent

o Define what should be done if no other event is in queue

3.3

Clients And Servers

The X Window System introduced a client-server model for a network of

workstations

Client: OpenGL program

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 34

Computer Graphics and Visualization

Graphics Server: bitmap display with a pointing device and a keyboard

3.4

Display Lists

cs.

co

10CS65

The Display Processor in modern graphics systems could be considered as a graphics server.

ww
w.
vtu

Retained mode - The host compiles the graphics program and this compiled set is
maintained in the server within the display list.

The redisplay happens by a simple function call issued from the client to the server
It avoids network clogging

Avoids executing the commands time and again by the client

Definition and Execution of display lists:

#define PNT 1

glNewList(PNT, GL_COMPILE);
glBegin(GL_POINTS);

glVertex2f(1.0,1.0);

glEnd();

glEndList();

GL_COMPILE Tells the system to send the list to the server but not to display the
contents
GL_COMPILE_AND_EXECUTE Immediate display of the contents while the list
is being constructed.

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 35

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Each time the point is to be displayed on the server, the function is executed.
glCallList(PNT);
glCallLists function executes multiple lists with a single function call

Text and Display Lists

The most efficient way of defining text is to define the font once, using a display list
for each char, and then store the font on the server using these display lists

co

A function to draw ASCII characters

void OurFont(char c)
{

{
case O :

cs.

switch(c)

glTranslatef(0.5,0.5,0.0); /* move to the center */

ww
w.
vtu

glBegin(GL_QUAD_STRIP)

for (i=0;i<12;i++) /* 12 vertices */

{

angle = 3.14159/6.0 * i; /* 30 degrees in radians */

glVertex2f(0.4 * cos(angle)+0.5, 0.4 * sin(angle)+0.5)
glVertex2f(0.5 * cos(angle)+0.5, 0.5 * sin(angle)+0.5)

glEnd();

break;
}

Fonts in GLUT

GLUT provides a few raster and stroke fonts

Function call for stroke text :

glutStrokeCharacter(GLUT_STROKE_MONO_ROMAN, int character)

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 36

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Function call for bitmap text :

glutBitmapCharacter(GLUT_BITMAP_8_BY_13, int character)

Display Lists And Modeling

3.5

Building hierarchical models involves incorporating relationships between various

co

parts of a model

glTranslatef();

#define EYE 1

glCallList(EYE);

cs.

glNewList(EYE);
/* code to draw eye */
glEndList();

ww
w.
vtu

# define FACE 2
glNewList(FACE);
/* Draw outline */
glTranslatef(..)
glCallList(EYE);

3.6

Programing Event Driven Input

Pointing Devices :

A mouse event occurs when one of the buttons of the mouse is pressed or released
void myMouse(int button, int state, int x, int y)

if (button == GLUT_LEFT_BUTTON && state == GLUT_DOWN)

exit(0);

The callback from the main function would be :

glutMouseFunc(myMouse);

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 37

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Window Events
Most windows system allows user to resize window.

Do we redraw all the images

The aspect ratio

Do we change the size or attributes of the

primitives to suit the new window

co

void myReshape(GLsizei w, GLsizei h)

{
/* first adjust clipping box */

cs.

glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
glLoadIdentity();

This is a window event and it poses several problems like

gluOrtho2D(0.0,(GLdouble)w, 0.0, (GLdouble)h);

glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);

ww
w.
vtu

glLoadIdentity();

/* adjust viewport */

glViewport(0,0,w,h);

Keyboard Events

When a keyboard event occurs, the ASCII code for the key that generated the event and the
mouse location are returned.
E.g.

void myKey(unsigned char key, int x, int y)

{

if (key==q || key==Q)
exit(0);
}

Callback : glutKeyboardFunc(myKey);
GLUT provides the function glutGetModifiers function enables us to define
functionalities for the meta keys

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 38

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

The Display and Idle callbacks

Interactive and animation programs might contain many calls for the reexecution of the
display function.
glutPostRedisplay() Calling this function sets a flag inside GLUTs main loop
indicating that the display needs to be redrawn.

At the end of each execution of the main loop, GLUT uses this flag to determine if the
display function will be executed.

The function ensures that the display will be drawn only once each time the program

co

goes through the event loop.

Idle Callback is invoked when there are no other events to be performed.

Its typical use is to continuously generate graphical primitives when nothing else is

cs.

happening.
Idle callback : glutIdleFunc(function name)

Window Management

ww
w.
vtu

GLUT supports creation of multiple windows

Id = glutCreateWindow(second window);

To set a particular window as the current window where the image has to be rendered

glutSetWindow(id);

3.7

Menus

GLUT supports pop-up menus

o A menu can have submenus

Three steps

o Define entries for the menu

o Define action for each menu item

Action carried out if entry selected

Attach menu to a mouse button

Defining a simple menu

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 39

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

menu_id = glutCreateMenu(mymenu);
glutAddmenuEntry(clear Screen, 1);
gluAddMenuEntry(exit, 2);
glutAttachMenu(GLUT_RIGHT_BUTTON);

Menu callback

void mymenu(int id)

{

co

if(id == 1) glClear();
if(id == 2) exit(0);

cs.

Note each menu has an id that is returned when it is created

Add submenus by

ww
w.
vtu

glutAddSubMenu(char *submenu_name, submenu id)

3.8

Picking

Identify a user-defined object on the display

In principle, it should be simple because the mouse gives the position and we should be
able to determine to which object(s) a position corresponds
Practical difficulties

o Pipeline architecture is feed forward, hard to go from screen back to world

o Complicated by screen being 2D, world is 3D
o How close do we have to come to object to say we selected it?

Rendering Modes

OpenGL can render in one of three modes selected by glRenderMode(mode)

GL_RENDER: normal rendering to the frame buffer (default)
GL_FEEDBACK: provides list of primitives rendered but no output to the
frame buffer

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 40

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

GL_SELECTION: Each primitive in the view volume generates a hit record

that is placed in a name stack which can be examined later

Selection Mode Functions

glInitNames(): initializes name buffer

glPushName(GLuint name): push id on name buffer
glPopName(): pop top of name buffer

glSelectBuffer(GLsizei n, GLuint *buff): specifies name buffer

co

glLoadName(GLuint name): replace top name on buffer

Using Selection Mode

Initialize name buffer

cs.

id is set by application program to identify objects

ww
w.
vtu

Enter selection mode (using mouse)

Render scene with user-defined identifiers

Reenter normal render mode

o This operation returns number of hits

Examine contents of name buffer (hit records)

Hit records include id and depth information

Selection Mode and Picking

As we just described it, selection mode wont work for picking because every
primitive in the view volume will generate a hit

Change the viewing parameters so that only those primitives near the cursor are in the
altered view volume

Use gluPickMatrix (see text for details)

void mouse (int button, int state, int x, int y)

{
GLUint nameBuffer[SIZE];
GLint hits;
Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 41

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

GLint viewport[4];
if (button == GLUT_LEFT_BUTTON && state== GLUT_DOWN)
{
/* initialize the name stack */

glPushName(0);
glSelectBuffer(SIZE, nameBuffer)l

co

/* set up viewing for selection mode */

glInitNames();

glGetIntegerv(GL_VIEWPORT, viewport); //gets the current viewport

cs.

glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);

/* save original viewing matrix */

ww
w.
vtu

glPushMatrix();
glLoadIdentity();

/* N X N pick area around cursor */

gluPickMatrix( (GLdouble) x,(GLdouble)(viewport[3]-y),N,N,viewport);

/* same clipping window as in reshape callback */

gluOrtho2D(xmin,xmax,ymin,ymax);

draw_objects(GL_SELECT);

glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);

/* restore viewing matrix */

glPopMatrix();
glFlush();

/* return back to normal render mode */

hits = glRenderMode(GL_RENDER);
Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 42

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

/* process hits from selection mode rendering*/

processHits(hits, nameBuff);

/* normal render */
glutPostRedisplay();
}

co

void draw_objects(GLenum mode)

if (mode == GL_SELECT)
glLoadName(1);
glColor3f(1.0,0.0,0.0)

ww
w.
vtu

glRectf(-0.5,-0.5,1.0,1.0);

cs.

if (mode == GL_SELECT)

glLoadName(2);

glColor3f(0.0,0.0,1.0)

glRectf(-1.0,-1.0,0.5,0.5);

void processHits(GLint hits, GLUint buffer[])

{

unsigned int i,j;

3.9

Building Interactive Programs

Building blocks : equilateral triangle, square, horizontal and vertical line segments.

typedef struct object{

int type;
float x,y;
Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 43

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

float color[3];
} object;
Define array of 100 objects & index to last object in the list.
object table[100];

int last_object;

Entering info into the object:

table[last_object].type = SQUARE;

co

table[last_object].x = x0;
table[last_object].y = y0;
..
last_object ++;

cs.

table[last_object].color[0] = red;

To display all the objects, the code looks like this:

ww
w.
vtu

for (i=0;i<last_object;i++)
{

switch(table[i].type)
{

case 0: break;
case 1:
{

glColor3fv(table[i].color);

triangle(table[i].x,table[i].y);
break;

..

In order to add code for deleting an object, we include some extra information in the
object structure:

float bb[2][2];

bb[0][0] = x0-1.0;
Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 44

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

bb[0][1] = y0-1.0;.

3.10

Animating interactive programs

The points x=cos , y=sin always lies on a unit circle regardless of the value of .
In order to increase by a fixed amount whenever nothing is happening, we use the
idle function

co

void(idle)
{
theta+ =2;

glutPostRedisplay();
}

cs.

If (theta > 360.0) theta - = 360.0;

ww
w.
vtu

In order to turn the rotation feature on and off, we can include a mouse function as
follows :

Void mouse(int button, int state, intx, int y)

{

if (button == GLUT_LEFT_BUTTON && state == GLUT_DOWN)

glutIdleFunc(idle);

if (button == GLUT_RIGHT_BUTTON && state == GLUT_DOWN)

glutIdleFunc(NULL);

Double Buffering

We have 2 color buffers for our disposal called the Front and the Back buffers.
Front buffer is the one which is always displayed.
Back buffer is the one on which we draw
Function call to swap buffers :
glutSwapBuffers();
By default openGl writes on to the back buffer.
But this can be controlled using

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 45

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

glDrawBuffer(GL_BACK);
glDrawBuffer(FRONT_AND_BACK);

Writing Modes

cs.

co

XOR write

Usual (default) mode: source replaces destination (d = s)

o Cannot write temporary lines this way because we cannot recover what was

ww
w.
vtu

under the line in a fast simple way

Exclusive OR mode (XOR) (d = d

o x

s)

x =y

Hence, if we use XOR mode to write a line, we can draw it a second time and
line is erased!

Rubberbanding

Switch to XOR write mode

Draw object

For line can use first mouse click to fix one endpoint and then use motion
callback to continuously update the second endpoint

Each time mouse is moved, redraw line which erases it and then draw line
from fixed first position to to new second position

At end, switch back to normal drawing mode and draw line

Works for other objects: rectangles, circles

XOR in OpenGL
There are 16 possible logical operations between two bits
Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 46

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

All are supported by OpenGL

o Must first enable logical operations

glEnable(GL_COLOR_LOGIC_OP)

glLogicOp(GL_XOR)

glLogicOp(GL_COPY) (default)

ww
w.
vtu

cs.

co

o Choose logical operation

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 47

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

UNIT - 4

6 Hrs

GEOMETRIC OBJECTS AND TRANSFORMATIONS I

Scalars

Points, and vectors

Three-dimensional primitives

Affine transformations

ww
w.
vtu

Rotation, translation and scaling

cs.

Modelling a colored cube

co

Coordinate systems and frames

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 48

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

UNIT - 4

6 Hrs
GEOMETRIC OBJECTS AND TRANSFORMATIONS I

4.1 Scalars, points and vectors

fundamental types called scalars, points and vectors.

co

Geometric Objects.

The basic geometric objects and relationship among them can be described using the three

Points:

One of the fundamental geometric objects is a point.

cs.

In 3D geometric system, point is a location in space. Point possesses only the

location property, mathematically point neither a size nor a shape.
Points are useful in specifying objects but not sufficient.
Scalars:

Scalars are objects that obey a set of rules that are abstraction of the operations

ww
w.
vtu

of ordinary arithmetic.

Thus, addition and multiplication are defined and obey the usual rules such as
commutativity and associativity and also every scalar has multiplicative and
additive inverses.

Vector:

Another basic object which has both direction and magnitude, however, vector
does not have a fixed location in space.

Directed line segment shown in figure below connects two points has both
direction i.e, orientation and magnitude i.e., its length so it is called as a vector

because of vectors does not have fixed position, the directed line segments shown in figure
below are identical because they have the same direction and magnitude.

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 49

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Vector lengths can be altered by the scalar components, so the line segment A shown in

co

figure below is twice t he length of line segment B

A=2B

cs.

We can also combine directed line segments as shown in figure below by using the head and

ww
w.
vtu

tail rule

D=A+B

We obtained new vector D from two vectors A and B by connecting head of A to tail of B.
Magnitude and direction of vector D is determined from the tail of A to the head of B, we can
call D has sum of A and B, so we can write it as D=A+B.
Consider the two directed line segments A and E shown in figure below with the same length
but opposite direction. We can define the vector E in terms of A as E =-A, so the vector E is
called inverse vector of A. The sum of vectors A and E is called Zero vector, which is
denoted as 0, that has a zero magnitude and orientation is undefined.

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 50

Computer Graphics and Visualization

4.2

10CS65

Coordinate systems and frames

co

The purpose of the graphics pipeline is to create images and display them on your
screen. The graphics pipeline takes geometric data representing an object or scene
(typically in three dimensions) and creates a two-dimensional image from it.
Your application supplies the geometric data as a collection of vertices that form
polygons, lines, and points.
The resulting image typically represents what an observer or camera would see from a
particular vantage point.
As the geometric data flows through the pipeline, the GPU's vertex processor
transforms the constituent vertices into one or more different coordinate systems, each
of which serves a particular purpose. Cg vertex programs provide a way for you to
program these transformations yourself.

ww
w.
vtu

cs.

Figure 4-1 illustrates the conventional arrangement of transforms used to process vertex
positions. The diagram annotates the transitions between each transform with the coordinate
space used for vertex positions as the positions pass from one transform to the next.

4.3

Modeling a colored cube

Modeling the faces

The case is as simple 3D object. There are number of ways to model it. CSG systems regard
it as a single primitive. Another way is, case as an object defined by eight vertices. We start
Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 51

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

modeling the cube by assuming that vertices of the case are available through an array of
vertices i.e,
GLfloat Vertices [8][3] =
{{-1.0, -1.0, -1.0},{1.0, -1.0, -1.0}, {1.0, 1.0, -1.0},{-1.0, 1.0, -1.0} {-1.0, -1.0, 1.0}, {1.0, -

1.0, 1.0}, {1.0, 1.0, 1.0}, {-1.0, 1.0, 1.0}}

Typedef GLfloat point3 [3];

The vertices of the cube can be defined as follows

cs.

Point3 Vertices [8] =

co

We can also use object oriented form by 3D point type as follows

{{-1.0, -1.0, -1.0},{1.0, -1.0, -1.0}, {1.0, 1.0, -1.0},{-1.0, 1.0, -1.0} {-1.0, -1.0, 1.0}, {1.0, 1.0, 1.0}, {1.0, 1.0, 1.0}, {-1.0, 1.0, 1.0}}

ww
w.
vtu

We can use the list of points to specify the faces of the cube. For example one face is
glBegin (GL_POLYGON);

glVertex3fv (vertices [0]);

glVertex3fv (vertices [3]);
glVertex3fv (vertices [2]);
glVertex3fv (vertices [1]);

glEnd ();

Similarly we can define other five faces of the cube.

Inward and outward pointing faces

When we are defining the 3D polygon, we have to be careful about the order in which we
specify the vertices, because each polygon has two sides. Graphics system can display either
or both of them. From the cameras perspective, we need to distinguish between the two faces
of a polygon. The order in which the vertices are specified provides this information. In the

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 52

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

above example we used the order 0,3,2,1 for the first face. The order 1,0,2,3 would be same
because the final vertex in polygon definition is always linked back to the first, but the order
0,1,2,3 is different.
We call face outward facing, if the vertices are traversed in a counter clockwise order, when

the face is viewed from the outside.

In our example, the order 0,3,2,1 specifies outward face of the cube. Whereas the order

cs.

co

0,1,2,3 specifies the back face of the same polygon.

ww
w.
vtu

By specifying front and back carefully, we will can eliminate faces that are not visible.
OpenGL can treat inward and outward facing polygons differently.
Data structures for object representation
It is better to use the data structure that separate the geometry from the topology. [The
geometry stands for locations of the vertices and topology stands for organization of the
vertices and edges]. We use a structure, the vertex list (shown in Fig. below) that is both
simple and useful.

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 53

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

The data specifying the location of the vertices contain the geometry and can be stored as a
simple list or array, such as in vertices the vertex list. The top level entity is a cube and is
composed of six faces. Each face consists of four ordered vertices. Each vertex can be
specified indirectly through its index. This can be represented like figure shown above..

The color cube

We can use the vertex list to define a color cube. We can define a function quad to draw
quadrilaterals polygons specified by pointers into the vertex list. The color cube specifies the

co

six faces, taking care to make them all outward facing as follows.

GLfloatVertices [8] [3] = {{-1.0, -1.0, -1.0}, {1.0, -1.0, -1.0}, {1.0, 1.0, -1.0}, {-1.0, 1.0, -1.0}
{-1.0, -1.0, 1.0}, {1.0, -1.0, 1.0}, {1.0, 1.0, 1.0}, {-1.0, 1.0, 1.0}}

cs.

GLfloat color [8] [3] = {{0.0, 0.0, 0.0}, {1.0, 0.0, 0.0}, {1.0, 1.0, 0.0}, {0.0, 1.0, 0.0}, {0.0,
0.0, 1.0}, {1.0, 0.0, 1.0}, {1.0, 1.0, 1.0}, {0.0, 1.0, 1.0}};
void quad (int a, int b, int c, int d)

ww
w.
vtu

{
glBegin (GL_QUADS);

glcolor3fv (colors[a]);

glVertex3fv(vertices[a]);
glcolor3fv(colors[b]);

glVertex3fv(vertices[b]);
glcolor3fv(colors[c]);

glVertex3fv (vertices[c]);
glcolor3fv (colors[d]);

glVertex3fv(vertices[d]);

glEnd();
}

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 54

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Void colorcube ()
{
quad (0,3,2,1);

quad (2,3,7,6);
quad (0, 4,7,3);

co

quad (1, 2, 6, 5);

quad (4, 5, 6, 7);

cs.

quad (0, 1, 5, 4);

Vertex arrays
Although we used vertex lists to model the cube, it requires many openGL function calls. For
example, the above function make 60 openGL calls: six faces, each of which needs a glBegin,
a glEnd, four calls to glColor, and four calls to glVertex. Each of which involves overhead &

ww
w.
vtu

data transfer. This problem can be solved by using vertex arrays.

Vertex arrays provide a method for encapsulating the information in data structure such that
we can draw polyhedral objects with only few function calls.
There are three steps in using vertex arrays

(i) Enable the functionality of vertex arrays

(ii) Tell openGL, location & format of the array.

(iii) Render the object.

The first two steps are called initialization part and the third step is called display callback.
OpenGL allows many different types of arrays; here we are using two such arrays called
color and vertex arrays. The arrays can be enabled as follows.
glEnableClientstate (GL_COLOR_ARRAY)

glEnableClientstate (GL_VERTEX_ARRAY).
The arrays are same as before. Next, we identify where the arrays are as follows.
Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 55

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

glVertexPointer (3,GL_FLOAT, 0, Vertices);

glColorPointer (3,GL_FLOAT, 0, COLOR);
The first three arguments state that the elements are 3D colors and vertices stored as floats &
that the elements are contagious in the arrays. Fourth argument is pointer to the array holding

the data. Next, provide information in data structure about the relationship between the
vertices the faces of the cube by specifying an array that holds the 24 ordered vertex indices

co

for the six faces.

GLubytecubeIndices [24] = {0,3,2,1,2,3,7,6,0,4,7,3,1,2,6,5,4,5,6,7,0,1,5,4};

Each successive four indices describe a face of the cube, Draw the array through

cs.

glDrawElements which replaces all glVertex & glcolor calls in the display.

glDrawElements(GLenum type, GLsizei n, GLenum format, void * pointer)

We can draw the cube using two methods

ww
w.
vtu

1) for (i=0;,i<6;i++)

glDrawElements(GL_POLYGON,4,GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, & cubeIndices[4*i]);

2) glDrawElements(GL_QUADS, 24, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, cubeIndices);

4.4

Affine transformations

An affine transformation is an important class of linear 2-D geometric transformations which

maps variables (e.g. pixel intensity values located at position

in an input image) into

new variables (e.g.

in an output image) by applying a linear combination of
translation, rotation, scaling and/or shearing (i.e. non-uniform scaling in some directions)
operations.
The general affine transformation is commonly written in homogeneous coordinates as
shown below:

By defining only the B matrix, this transformation can carry out pure translation:

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 56

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Pure rotation uses the A matrix and is defined as (for positive angles being clockwise
rotations):

co

Here, we are working in image coordinates, so the y axis goes downward. Rotation formula
can be defined for when the y axis goes upward.

cs.

Similarly, pure scaling is:

ww
w.
vtu

(Note that several different affine transformations are often combined to produce a resultant
transformation. The order in which the transformations occur is significant since a translation
followed by a rotation is not necessarily equivalent to the converse.)
Since the general affine transformation is defined by 6 constants, it is possible to define this
transformation by specifying the new output image locations

of any three input image

coordinate
pairs. (In practice, many more points are measured and a least squares
method is used to find the best fitting transform.)
4.5

Rotation, translation and scaling

Translation
void glTranslate{fd} (TYPE x, TYPE y, TYPE z);

Multiplies the current matrix by a matrix that moves (translates) an object by the given x, y,
and z values

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 57

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Rotation

cs.

co

void glRotate{fd}(TYPE angle, TYPE x, TYPE y, TYPE z);

Multiplies the current matrix by a matrix that rotates an object in a

counterclockwise direction about the ray from the origin through the point (x, y, z).
The angle parameter specifies the angle of rotation in degrees.

ww
w.
vtu

Scaling

void glScale{fd} (TYPEx, TYPE y, TYPEz);

Multiplies the current matrix by a matrix that stretches, shrinks, or reflects an

object along the axes.

Equations :

Translation: Pf = T + P

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 58

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

xf = xo + dx
yf = yo + dy

Rotation: Pf = R P

xf = xo * cos - yo *sin
yf = xo * sin + yo *cos
Scale: Pf = S P
xf = sx * xo

ww
w.
vtu

cs.

yf = sy * yo

co

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 59

10CS65

ww
w.
vtu

cs.

co

Computer Graphics and Visualization

PART - B

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 60

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

UNIT - 5

5 Hrs

GEOMETRIC OBJECTS AND TRANSFORMATIONS II

Transformations in homogeneous coordinates

Concatenation of transformations
OpenGL transformation matrices

ww
w.
vtu

cs.

Quaternions.

co

Interfaces to three-dimensional applications

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 61

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

UNIT - 5

5 Hrs

GEOMETRIC OBJECTS AND TRANSFORMATIONS II

5.1 Transformations in homogeneous coordinates
More generally, we consider the <x, y, z> position vector to be merely a special case of the

four-component <x, y, z, w> form. This type of four-component position vector is called
a homogeneous position. When we express a vector position as an <x, y, z> quantity, we
assume that there is an implicit 1 for its w component.

co

Mathematically, the w value is the value by which you would divide the x, y,
and z components to obtain the conventional 3D (nonhomogeneous) position, as shown in
Equation 4-1.

cs.

Equation 4-1 Converting Between Nonhomogeneous and Homogeneous Positions

Expressing positions in this homogeneous form has many advantages.

ww
w.
vtu

For one, multiple transformations, including projective transformations required for

perspective 3D views, can be combined efficiently into a single 4x4 matrix.

Also, using homogeneous positions makes it unnecessary to perform expensive

intermediate divisions and to create special cases involving perspective views.

Homogeneous positions are also handy for representing directions and curved
surfaces described by rational polynomials.

Concatenation of transformations
Rotate a house about the origin

Rotate the house about one of its corners

translate so that a corner of the house is at the origin

rotate the house about the origin

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 62

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

translate so that the corner returns to its original position

All these operations could be carried out at once by multiplying the corresponding matrices
and obtaining one single matrix which would then be multiplied with the projection matrix
of the object to obtain the final result.

World Space

Object space for a particular object gives it no spatial relationship with respect to other
objects. The purpose of world space is to provide some absolute reference for all the objects

co

in your scene. How a world-space coordinate system is established is arbitrary. For example,
you may decide that the origin of world space is the center of your room. Objects in the
room are then positioned relative to the center of the room and some notion of scale (Is a

cs.

unit of distance a foot or a meter?) and some notion of orientation (Does the positive y-axis
point "up"? Is north in the direction of the positive x-axis?).

The Modeling Transform

ww
w.
vtu

The way an object, specified in object space, is positioned within world space is by means of
a modeling transform. For example, you may need to rotate, translate, and scale the 3D
model of a chair so that the chair is placed properly within your room's world-space
coordinate system. Two chairs in the same room may use the same 3D chair model but have
different modeling transforms, so that each chair exists at a distinct location in the room.
You can mathematically represent all the transforms in this chapter as a 4x4 matrix. Using
the properties of matrices, you can combine several translations, rotations, scales, and
projections into a single 4x4 matrix by multiplying them together. When you concatenate
matrices in this way, the combined matrix also represents the combination of the respective
transforms. This turns out to be very powerful, as you will see.
If you multiply the 4x4 matrix representing the modeling transform by the object-space
position in homogeneous form (assuming a 1 for the w component if there is no
explicit w component), the result is the same position transformed into world space. This
same matrix math principle applies to all subsequent transforms discussed in this chapter.
Figure 4-2 illustrates the effect of several different modeling transformations. The left side
of the figure shows a robot modeled in a basic pose with no modeling transformations
applied. The right side shows what happens to the robot after you apply a series of modeling
transformations to its various body parts. For example, you must rotate and translate the

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 63

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

right arm to position it as shown. Further transformations may be required to translate and

co

rotate the newly posed robot into the proper position and orientation in world space.

Eye Space

cs.

Figure 4-2 The Effect of Modeling Transformations

Ultimately, you want to look at your scene from a particular viewpoint (the "eye"). In the
coordinate system known as eye space(or view space), the eye is located at the origin of the

ww
w.
vtu

coordinate system. Following the standard convention, you orient the scene so the eye is
looking down one direction of the z-axis. The "up" direction is typically the
positive y direction..

The View Transform

The transform that converts world-space positions to eye-space positions is the view
transform. Once again, you express the view transform with a 4x4 matrix.
The typical view transform combines a translation that moves the eye position in world
space to the origin of eye space and then rotates the eye appropriately. By doing this, the
view transform defines the position and orientation of the viewpoint.
Figure 4-3 illustrates the view transform. The left side of the figure shows the robot from
Figure 4-2 along with the eye, which is positioned at <0, 0, 5> in the world-space coordinate
system. The right side shows them in eye space. Observe that eye space positions the origin
at the eye. In this example, the view transform translates the robot in order to move it to the
correct position in eye space. After the translation, the robot ends up at <0, 0, -5> in eye
space, while the eye is at the origin. In this example, eye space and world space share the
positive y-axis as their "up" direction and the translation is purely in the z direction.
Otherwise, a rotation might be required as well as a translation.

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 64

10CS65

co

Figure 4-3 The Effect of the Viewing Transformation

Computer Graphics and Visualization

The Modelview Matrix

cs.

Most lighting and other shading computations involve quantities such as positions and
surface normals. In general, these computations tend to be more efficient when performed in
either eye space or object space. World space is useful in your application for establishing
the overall spatial relationships between objects in a scene, but it is not particularly efficient

ww
w.
vtu

for lighting and other shading computations.

For this reason, we typically combine the two matrices that represent the modeling and view
transforms into a single matrix known as the modelview matrix. You can combine the two
matrices by simply multiplying the view matrix by the modeling matrix.

Clip Space

Once positions are in eye space, the next step is to determine what positions are actually
viewable in the image you eventually intend to render. The coordinate system subsequent to
eye space is known as clip space, and coordinates in this space are calledclip coordinates.
The vertex position that a Cg vertex program outputs is in clip space. Every vertex program
optionally outputs parameters such as texture coordinates and colors, but a vertex
program always outputs a clip-space position. As you have seen in earlier examples,
the POSITION semantic is used to indicate that a particular vertex program output is the
clip-space position.

The Projection Transform

The transform that converts eye-space coordinates into clip-space coordinates is known as
the projection transform.
Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 65

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

The projection transform defines a view frustum that represents the region of eye space
where objects are viewable. Only polygons, lines, and points that are within the view
frustum are potentially viewable when rasterized into an image. OpenGL and Direct3D have
slightly different rules for clip space. In OpenGL, everything that is viewable must be within
an axis-aligned cube such that the x, y, and z components of its clip-space position are less

w, and -w

but the zrequirement is 0

w, -

w. Direct3D has the same clipping requirement for x and y,

z

w. These clipping rules assume that the clip-space

co

than or equal to its corresponding w component. This implies that -w

position is in homogeneous form, because they rely on w.

The projection transform provides the mapping to this clip-space axis-aligned cube

cs.

containing the viewable region of clip space from the viewable region of eye space
otherwise known as the view frustum. You can express this mapping as a 4x4 matrix.

The Projection Matrix

The 4x4 matrix that corresponds to the projection transform is known as the projection

ww
w.
vtu

matrix.

Figure 4-4 illustrates how the projection matrix transforms the robot in eye space from
Figure 4-3 into clip space. The entire robot fits into clip space, so the resulting image should
picture the robot without any portion of the robot being clipped.

Figure 4-4 The Effect of the Projection Matrix

The clip-space rules are different for OpenGL and Direct3D and are built into the projection
matrix for each respective API. As a result, if Cg programmers rely on the appropriate
projection matrix for their choice of 3D programming interface, the distinction between the

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 66

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

two clip-space definitions is not apparent. Typically, the application is responsible for

ww
w.
vtu

cs.

co

providing the appropriate projection matrix to Cg programs.

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 67

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

UNIT - 6

7 hrs
VIEWING

Classical and computer viewing

Viewing with a computer

Positioning of the camera

Hidden-surface removal
Interactive mesh displays
Parallel-projection matrices

ww
w.
vtu

Perspective-projection matrices

cs.

Projections in OpenGL

co

Simple projections

Projections and shadows.

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 68

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

UNIT - 6

7 hrs

VIEWING
6.1 Classical Viewing
3 basic elements for viewing :
One or more objects

A viewer with a projection surface

Projectors that go from the object(s) to the projection surface

co

Classical views are based on the relationship among these elements

Each object is assumed to constructed from flat principal faces

Buildings, polyhedra, manufactured objects

Front, top and side views.

Planar Geometric Projections

cs.

ww
w.
vtu

Projections : Standard projections project onto a plane

Projectors : Lines that either converge at a center of projection or, are parallel
(DOP)

Nonplanar projections are needed for applications such as map construction

Perspective and parallel projections :

Parallel viewing is a limiting case of perspective viewing

Perspective projection has a COP where all the projector lines converge.

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 69

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Parallel projection has parallel projectors. Here the viewer is assumed to be present at infinity.

ww
w.
vtu

cs.

Types Of Planar Geometric Projections :

co

So here we have a Direction of projection(DOP) instead of center of projection(COP).

Orthographic Projections :

Projectors are perpendicular to the projection plane.

Projection plane is kept parallel to one of the principal faces.
A viewer needs more than 2 views to visualize what an object looks like from its
multiview orthographic projection.

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 70

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Advantages and Disadvantages :

Preserves both distances and angles
o Shapes preserved

Building plans

Manuals

o Can be used for measurements

Cannot see what object really looks like because many surfaces hidden from view
Often we add the isometric

co

Axonometric Projections

relative to object.

cs.

Projectors are orthogonal to the projection plane , but projection plane can move

ww
w.
vtu

Classification by how many angles of a corner of a projected cube are the same

none: trimetric
two: dimetric

three: isometric

Advantages and Disadvantages :

Lines are scaled (foreshortened) but can find scaling factors

Lines preserved but angles are not

Projection of a circle in a plane not parallel to the projection plane is an ellipse

Can see three principal faces of a box-like object
Some optical illusions possible
Parallel lines appear to diverge

Does not look real because far objects are scaled the same as near objects
Used in CAD applications

Oblique Projections
Arbitrary relationship between projectors and projection plane

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 71

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Perspective Viewing
Characterized by diminution of size i.e. when the objects move farther from the viewer it
appears smaller.
Major use is in architecture and animation.
(imp) Viewing with a Computer

pipeline,

Positioning the camera

Selecting a lens
Setting the projection matrix
Clipping

cs.

co

Setting the model-view matrix

There are three aspects of the viewing process, all of which are implemented in the

Setting the view volume

The OpenGL Camera

In OpenGL, initially the object and camera frames are the same

ww
w.
vtu

Default model-view matrix is an identity

The camera is located at origin and points in the negative z direction

OpenGL also specifies a default view volume that is a cube with sides of length 2
centered at the origin

Default projection matrix is an identity

Positioning of the Camera.

If we want to visualize object with both positive and negative z values we can either
o Move the camera in the positive z direction

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 72

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Translate the camera frame

o Move the objects in the negative z direction

Translate the world frame

Both of these views are equivalent and are determined by the model-view matrix
o d>0

o Want a translation (glTranslatef(0.0,0.0,-d);)

We can move the camera to any desired position by a sequence of rotations and
translations

Rotate the camera

Move it away from origin

Model-view matrix C = TR

ww
w.
vtu

cs.

co

Example: to position the camera to obtain a side view :

E.g. 1 : Code to view an object present at the origin from a positive x axis

First the camera should be moved away from the object

Secondly the camera should be rotated about the y axis by 90 0.

glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW)
glLoadIdentity();

glTranslatef(0.0, 0.0, -d);

glRotatef(90.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0);

Consider that we would like to get an isometric view of a cube centered at origin.
Consider the camera is placed somewhere along the positive z axis.
Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 73

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

An isometric view could be obtained by :

o Rotate the cube about x-axis till we see the 2 faces symmetrically(45 degrees).
o Rotate cube about y axis to get the desired isometric view (-35.26 degrees)

The final model-view matrix is given by

o M = TRxRy
R = RxRy
0

0 cos -sin 0
0 sin cos 0
0

cs.

0 0

co

Rx is of the form : 1

[ NOTE : The default matrix for homogeneous coordinate, right handed, 3D system is
given by :
0

0 1

ww
w.
vtu

0 0

0 0

Refer chap 4 (transformations) ]

Ry is of the form :

cos

0 sin

1 0

-sin 0 cos 0
0

Translation is a simple addition of the matrices.

glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW)
glLoadIdentity();

glTranslatef(0.0, 0.0, -d);

glRotatef(35.26, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0);

glRotatef(45.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0);

The openGL function to set camera orientation :

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 74

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

The Look At function : glLookAt(eyex, eyey, eyez, atx, aty, atz, upx, upy, upz)
Where : eyex, eyey, eyez coordinates of the COP
atx, aty, atz

- coordinates of the point at which the camera is pointing

at.
- The up direction

upx, upy, upz

co

OpenGL Perspective

In case of orthographic projections, the default view volume is a parallelpiped. This is

because the projector lines are parallel and they do not converge at any point(theoritically

cs.

they converge at infinity)

In case of perspective projections, the projector lines converge at the COP. Hence the view
volume would be a frustum rather than a parellelpiped.

ww
w.
vtu

The frustum (part of a pyramid) as shown in the diagram has a near and a far plane. The
objects within this would be within the view volume and visible to the viewer.

OpenGL provides a function to define the frustum.

glFrustum(left,right,bottom,top,near,far)

Using Field of View

With glFrustum it is often difficult to get the desired view

gluPerpective(fov, aspect, near, far) often provides a better interface
Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 75

10CS65

where aspect = w/h

Computer Graphics and Visualization

co

Fov = field of view (The area that the lens would

cover is determined by the angle shown in the diagram)

cs.

Hidden surface removal

A graphics system passes all the faces of a 3d object down the graphics pipeline to generate
the image. But the viewr might not be able to view all these phases. For e.g . all the 6 faces of

ww
w.
vtu

a cube might not be visible to a viewer.Thus the graphics system must be careful as to which
surfaces it has to display.

Hidden surface removal algortithms are those that remove the surfaces of the image that
should not be visible to the viewer.

2 types:

Object Space Algorithm : Orders the surfaces of the objects in such a way that
rendering them would provide the correct image.

Image Space Algorithm : Keeps track of the distance of the point rasterized from the
projection plane.

The nearest point from the projection plane is what gets rendered.

E.g z buffer algorithm.

Culling : For convex objects like sphere, the parts of the object which are away from
the viewer can be eliminated or culled before the rasterizer.
glEnable(GL_CULL);

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 76

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Interactive Mesh Displays

A mesh is a set of polygons that share vertices and edges.Used to calculate topographical

cs.

co

elevations.

Suppose that the heights are given as a function of y as :

ww
w.
vtu

y = f(x,z)

then by taking samples of x and z ,y can be calculated as follows :

yij = (xi,zj)

yi+1,j = xi+1,zj
yi,j+1 = xi,zj+1

yi+1,j+1 = xi+1,zj+1

Normalization

Rather than derive a different projection matrix for each type of projection, we can
convert all projections to orthogonal projections with the default view volume
This strategy allows us to use standard transformations in the pipeline and makes for
efficient clipping

We stay in four-dimensional homogeneous coordinates through both the modelview

and projection transformations

o Both these transformations are nonsingular

o Default to identity matrices (orthogonal view)
Normalization lets us clip against simple cube regardless of type of projection
Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 77

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Delay final projection until end

o Important for hidden-surface removal to retain depth information as long as
possible

Orthogonal Normalization

glOrtho(left,right,bottom,top,near,far)

ww
w.
vtu

cs.

co

The diagram shows the normalization process

First the view volume specified by the glortho function is mapped to the canonical form
Canonical Form : default view volume centerd at the origin and having sides of length 2.

This involves 2 steps :

Move center to origin

T(-(left+right)/2, -(bottom+top)/2,(near+far)/2))

Scale to have sides of length 2

S(2/(left-right),2/(top-bottom),2/(near-far))

The resultant matrix is a product of the above 2 matrices i.e. P = ST =

2
right left

2
top bottom

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

2
near far
0

right left
right left
top bottom
top bottom
far near
far near
1

Page 78

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

UNIT - 7

6 Hrs
LIGHTING AND SHADING

Light and matter

Light sources
The Phong lighting model

Polygonal shading

co

Computation of vectors

Light sources in OpenGL

Specification of materials in OpenGL

ww
w.
vtu

Shading of the sphere model

cs.

Approximation of a sphere by recursive subdivisions

Global illumination

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 79

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

UNIT - 7

6 Hrs
LIGHTING AND SHADING

7.1

Light and matter

In order to obtain realistic images, it is important to apply lighting and shading to the images

that we create using the graphic packages.

The openGL API provides set of functions to implement lighting, shading and material

We need lighting because :

co

properties in the programs.

Light-material interactions cause each point to have a different color or shade

Light sources

Material properties

Location of viewer

Surface orientation

ww
w.
vtu

Types of Materials

cs.

All these following properties affect the way an object looks

Specular surfaces These surfaces exhibit high reflectivity. In these surfaces, the
angle of incidence is almost equal to the angle of reflection.
Diffuse surfaces These are the surfaces which have a matt finish. These types of
surfaces scatter light

Translucent surfaces These surfaces allow the light falling on them to partially pass
through them.

The smoother a surface, the more reflected light is concentrated in the direction a perfect
mirror would reflect light. A very rough surface scatters light in all directions.
Rendering Equation

The infinite scattering and absorption of light can be described by the rendering
equation. Rendering equation is global and includes

Shadows

Multiple scattering from object to object

Bidirectional Reflection Distribution function (BRDF)

The reflection, transmission, absorption of light is described by a single func BRDF
It is described by the following :
Frequency of light
Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 80

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

2 angles required to describe direction of input vector

2 angles required to describe the diurection of output vector.
Light-Material Interaction
Light that strikes an object is partially absorbed and partially scattered (reflected)
The amount reflected determines the color and brightness of the object
A surface appears red under white light because the red component of the light

is reflected and the rest is absorbed

orientation of the surface

Simple Light Sources

cs.

These are the different types of light sources:

co

The reflected light is scattered in a manner that depends on the smoothness and

Point source : This kind of source can be said as as a distant source or present infinite
distance away (parallel)

Spotlight : This source can be considered as a restrict light from ideal point source. A

ww
w.
vtu

spotlight origins at a particular point and covers only a specific area in a cone shape.
Ambient light

Same amount of light everywhere in scene

Can model contribution of many sources and reflecting surfaces

Any kind of light source will have 3 component colors namely R,G and B

Point source

Emits light equally in all directions.

A point source located at p0 can be characterized by 3 component color function:

L(p0) = (Lr(p0),Lg(p0),Lb(p0))

Intensity of light received at a point p from point source p0 is

L(p,p0) = (1/|p-p0|2)L(p0)

Ambient light

The ambient illumination is given by : Ambient illumination = I a

And the RGB components are represented by

Lar,Lag,Lab
Where La scalar representing each component
Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 81

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Spotlights
A spotlight can be characterized by :
A cone whose apex is at Ps

Pointing in the direction Is

Width determined by an angle

Cosines are convenient functions for lighting calculations

co

The Phong Lighting Model

Phong developed a simple model that can be computed rapidly

It considers three components
o Specular
o Ambient
And Uses four vectors

To source represented by the vector l

ww
w.
vtu

cs.

o Diffuse

To viewer represented by the vector v

Normal represented by the vector n

Perfect reflector represented by the vector r

We need 9 coefficients to characterize the light source with ambient, diffuse and specular
components.The Illumination array for the ith light source is given by the matrix:
Lira

Liga Liba

Li = Lird

Ligd Libd

Lirs

Ligs Libs

The intensity for each color source can be computed by adding the ambient,specular and
diffuse components.
E.g. Red intensity that we see from source I:
Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 82

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Iir = RiraLira + RirdLird+ RirsLirs = Ira+Ird+Irs

Since the necessary computations are same for each light source,
I = Ia+Id+Is
Ambient Reflection
The amount of light reflected from an ambient source Ia is given by the ambient reflection

coefficient: Ra = ka

Since the ambient reflection co efficient is some positive factor,

0<=ka<=1

co

Therefore Ia = kaLa
Diffuse Reflection
A Lambertian Surface has:

cs.

Perfectly diffuse reflector

Light scattered equally in all directions

Here the light reflected is proportional to the vertical component of incoming light
reflected light ~cos qi

cos qi = l n if vectors normalized

ww
w.
vtu

There are also three coefficients, kr, kb, kg that show how much of each color
component is reflected

Specular Surfaces

Most surfaces are neither ideal diffusers nor perfectly specular (ideal reflectors)
Smooth surfaces show specular highlights due to incoming light being reflected in
directions concentrated close to the direction of a perfect reflection . This kind of
specular reflection could be observed in mirrors.

Modeling Specular Relections

Phong proposed using a term that dropped off as the angle between the viewer and the
ideal reflection increased

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 83

10CS65

Computer Graphics and Visualization

Here Ir is the reflected intensity

Ks = Absorption coefficient

co

I = Incoming intensity and cos

The Shininess Coefficient

cs.

Metals are lustrous by nature so they have a higher sineness coefficient. The figure below

ww
w.
vtu

shows shineness coefficients for different materials:

Values of a between 100 and 200 correspond to metals

Values between 5 and 10 give surface that look like plastic

Computation of Vectors
Normal vectors :

Given 3 non collinear points (p0,p1,p2) on a plane , the normal can be calculated by
n =(p2-p0) X (p1-p0)

If a surface is described implicitly by the function : f(p) = f(x,y,z) =0 and if p & p0 are
2 points close to each other on a smooth surface

Normal to Sphere

Implicit function f(x,y.z)=0

Normal given by gradient
Sphere f(p)=pp-1
Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 84

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

n = [f/x, f/y, f/z]T=p

Parametric Form
For sphere

y=y(u,v)=cos u cos v
z= z(u,v)=sin u

p/u = [x/u, y/u, z/u]T

p/v = [x/v, y/v, z/v]T
Normal given by cross product

ww
w.
vtu

n = p/u p/v

cs.

Tangent plane determined by vectors

co

x=x(u,v)=cos u sin v

Polygonal Shading

Flat shading

In case of flat shading there are distinct boundaries after color interpolation 3 vectors
needed for shading are: l,n,v .

The openGL function to enable flat shading is :glShadeModel(GL_FLAT)

For a flat polygon,n is constant as the normal n is same at all points on the polygon.
Also if we assume a distant viewer, the vector v is constant and if we consider a
distant light source then the vector l is also a constant.
Here all the 3 vectors are constant and therefore the shading calculations needs to be
done only once for an entire polygon and each point on the polygon is assigned the
same shade. This technique is known as Flat shading.
Disadvantage : But if we consider light sources and the viewer near the polygon, then
flat shading will show differences in shading and the human eye is very sensitive to
slightest of such differences due to the principle of Lateral Inhibition

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 85

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Light Sources in OpenGL

Shading calculations are enabled by

o glEnable(GL_LIGHTING)
o Once lighting is enabled, glColor() ignored

Must enable each light source individually

o glEnable(GL_LIGHTi) i=0,1..

and the position

GLfloat diffuse0[]={1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0};
GLfloat ambient0[]={1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0};

cs.

GLfloat specular0[]={1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0};

co

For each light source, we can set an RGB for the diffuse, specular, and ambient parts,

Glfloat light0_pos[]={1.0, 2.0, 3,0, 1.0};

glEnable(GL_LIGHTING);
glEnable(GL_LIGHT0);

ww
w.
vtu

glLightv(GL_LIGHT0, GL_POSITION, light0_pos);

glLightv(GL_LIGHT0, GL_AMBIENT, ambient0);
glLightv(GL_LIGHT0, GL_DIFFUSE, diffuse0);

glLightv(GL_LIGHT0, GL_SPECULAR, specular0);

The source colors are specified in RGBA

The position is given in homogeneous coordinates

If w =1.0, we are specifying a finite location

If w =0.0, we are specifying a parallel source with the given direction vector

The coefficients in the distance terms are by default a=1.0 (constant terms), b=c=0.0
(linear and quadratic terms).

Handling Hidden Surfaces

Lighting and Shading needs to be done properly to the hidden surfaces as well. In order to
enable the shading for hidden surfaces, we use

glLightModeli(GL_LIGHT_TWO_SIDED,GL_TRUE)

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 86

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Material Properties
All material properties are specified by :
glMaterialfv( GLenum face, GLenum type, GLfloat *pointer_to_array)
We have seen that each material has a different ambient, diffuse and specular properties.
GLfloat ambient[] = {1.0,0.0,0.0,1.0}

GLfloat diffuse[] = {1.0,0.8,0.0,1.0}

GLfloat specular[] = {1.0, 1.0, 1.0,1.0}
Defining shineness and emissive properties

co

glMaterialf(GL_FRONT_AND_BACK,GL_SHINENESS,100.0)
GLfloat emission[] = {0.0,0.3,0.3,1.0};

glMaterialfv(GL_FRONT_AND_BACK,GL_EMISSION,

Defining Material Structures

typedef struct materialStruct
GLfloat ambient[4];

ww
w.
vtu

GLfloat diffuse[4];

cs.

emission)

GLfloat specular[4];
GLfloat shineness;

materialStruct;

Global Illumination

Ray tracer

- Considers the ray tracing model to find out

the intensity at any point on the

object
o

Best suited for specular objects

Radiosity Renderer
o

Based on the principle that the total light energy is conserved. Involves lot

of mathematical calculations

Best suited for diffuse objects

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 87

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

UNIT - 8

8 Hrs
IMPLEMENTATION

Basic implementation strategies

The major tasks

Clipping

Clipping of other primitives

Clipping in three dimensions
Rasterization

ww
w.
vtu

Bresenhams algorithm

cs.

Polygon clipping

co

Line-segment clipping

Polygon rasterization

Hidden-surface removal
Antialiasing

Display considerations.

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 88

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

UNIT - 8

8 Hrs
IMPLEMENTATION

8.1

Clipping

Clipping is a process of removing the parts of the image that fall outside the view volume

ww
w.
vtu

cs.

co

since it would not be a part of the final image seen on the screen.

Sutherland and Cohen 2D Clipping Algorithm

Basic Idea

Encode the line endpoints

Successively divide the line segments so that they are completely contained in the
window or completely lies outside the window

Clipping happens as follows :

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 89

10CS65

Computer Graphics and Visualization

co

Bresenhams mid point line algorithm

Consider drawing a line on a raster grid where we restrict the allowable slopes of the line to
the range

If we further restrict the line-drawing routine so that it always increments x as it plots, it

cs.

becomes clear that, having plotted a point at (x,y), the routine has a severely limited range of
options as to where it may put the next point on the line:
It may plot the point (x+1,y), or:
It may plot the point (x+1,y+1).

ww
w.
vtu

So, working in the first positive octant of the plane, line drawing becomes a matter of
deciding between two possibilities at each step.

We can draw a diagram of the situation which the plotting program finds itself in having
plotted (x,y).

In plotting (x,y) the line drawing routine will, in general, be making a compromise between
what it would like to draw and what the resolution of the screen actually allows it to draw.
Usually the plotted point (x,y) will be in error, the actual, mathematical point on the line will
not be addressable on the pixel grid. So we associate an error,
real value of y should be

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

, with each y ordinate, the

. This error will range from -0.5 to just under +0.5.

Page 90

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

In moving from x to x+1 we increase the value of the true (mathematical) y-ordinate by an
amount equal to the slope of the line, m. We will choose to plot (x+1,y) if the difference
between this new value and y is less than 0.5.

Otherwise we will plot (x+1,y+1). It should be clear that by so doing we minimise the total

error between the mathematical line segment and what actually gets drawn on the display.
The error resulting from this new point can now be written back into

, this will allow us to

co

repeat the whole process for the next point along the line, at x+2.

The new value of error can adopt one of two possible values, depending on what new point is

Otherwise it is:

cs.

plotted. If (x+1,y) is chosen, the new value of error is given by:

This gives an algorithm for a DDA which avoids rounding operations, instead using the error
to control plotting:

ww
w.
vtu

variable

This still employs floating point values. Consider, however, what happens if we multiply
across both sides of the plotting test by

and then by 2:

All quantities in this inequality are now integral.

Substitute

for

. The test becomes:

This gives an integer-only test for deciding which point to plot.

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 91

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

The update rules for the error on each step may also be cast into

form. Consider the

form.

Using this new ``error'' value,

cs.

which is in

yields:

co

Multiplying through by

floating-point versions of the update rules:

, with the new test and update equations gives Bresenham's

ww
w.
vtu

integer-only line drawing algorithm:

Integer only - hence efficient (fast).

Multiplication by 2 can be implemented by left-shift.

This version limited to slopes in the first octant,

Liang & Barskys Algorithm

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 92

10CS65

ww
w.
vtu

cs.

co

Computer Graphics and Visualization

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 93

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

Rasterization

Consider drawing a line on a raster grid where we restrict the allowable slopes of the line to
the range

If we further restrict the line-drawing routine so that it always increments x as it plots, it

options as to where it may put the next point on the line:

It may plot the point (x+1,y+1).

co

It may plot the point (x+1,y), or:

becomes clear that, having plotted a point at (x,y), the routine has a severely limited range of

So, working in the first positive octant of the plane, line drawing becomes a matter of
deciding between two possibilities at each step.

ww
w.
vtu

plotted (x,y).

cs.

We can draw a diagram of the situation which the plotting program finds itself in having

In plotting (x,y) the line drawing routine will, in general, be making a compromise between
what it would like to draw and what the resolution of the screen actually allows it to draw.
Usually the plotted point (x,y) will be in error, the actual, mathematical point on the line will
not be addressable on the pixel grid. So we associate an error,
real value of y should be

, with each y ordinate, the

. This error will range from -0.5 to just under +0.5.

In moving from x to x+1 we increase the value of the true (mathematical) y-ordinate by an
amount equal to the slope of the line, m. We will choose to plot (x+1,y) if the difference
between this new value and y is less than 0.5.

Otherwise we will plot (x+1,y+1). It should be clear that by so doing we minimise the total
error between the mathematical line segment and what actually gets drawn on the display.

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 94

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

The error resulting from this new point can now be written back into

, this will allow us to

repeat the whole process for the next point along the line, at x+2.
The new value of error can adopt one of two possible values, depending on what new point is
plotted. If (x+1,y) is chosen, the new value of error is given by:

Otherwise it is:

to control plotting:

ww
w.
vtu

cs.

variable

co

This gives an algorithm for a DDA which avoids rounding operations, instead using the error

This still employs floating point values. Consider, however, what happens if we multiply
across both sides of the plotting test by

and then by 2:

All quantities in this inequality are now integral.

Substitute

for

. The test becomes:

This gives an integer-only test for deciding which point to plot.

The update rules for the error on each step may also be cast into

form. Consider the

floating-point versions of the update rules:

Multiplying through by

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

yields:

Page 95

Computer Graphics and Visualization

form.

Using this new ``error'' value,

which is in

10CS65

, with the new test and update equations gives Bresenham's

cs.

co

integer-only line drawing algorithm:

ww
w.
vtu

Integer only - hence efficient (fast).

Multiplication by 2 can be implemented by left-shift.

This version limited to slopes in the first octant,

Hidden Surface Removal

Drawing the objects that are closer to the viewing position and eliminating objects which are
obscured by other nearer objects

Two General Categories of Algorithms:

- Object Space: Compares objects and parts of object to each other to determine which
surfaces and lines should be labeled as invisible
Generally used for hidden line removal

- Image Space: Visibility is determined point by point at each pixel position on the
projection plane Generally used for hidden surface removal Back face culling is also a
form of hidden surface removal

Painters Algorithm

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 96

Computer Graphics and Visualization

10CS65

The painters algorithm is the simplest hidden surface removal algorithm

- Start by drawing the objects which are furthest from the viewpoint
- Continue drawing objects working from far to near
- Draw the closest objects last

The nearer objects will obscure the farther objects

Problems:

- Objects must be drawn in a particular order based upon their distance from the view point

co

- If the viewing position is changed, the drawing order must be changed

Z Buffering

cs.

Commonly used image-space algorithm which uses a depth or Z buffer to keep track of the
distance from the projection plane to each point on the object

- For each pixel position, the surface with the smallest z coordinate is visible

ww
w.
vtu

- Depth or Z values are usually normalized to values between zero and one

Z Buffer Algorithm

1. Clear the color buffer to the background color

2. Initialize all xy coordinates in the Z buffer to one

3. For each fragment of each surface, compare depth values to those already stored in the
Z buffer

- Calculate the distance from the projection plane for each xy position on the surface
- If the distance is less than the value currently stored in the Z buffer:
Set the corresponding position in the color buffer to the color of the fragment
Set the value in the Z buffer to the distance to that object
- Otherwise: Leave the color and Z buffers unchanged

Comments

- Z-buffer testing can increase application performance

- Software buffers are much slower than specialized hardware depth buffers
- The number of bitplanes associated with the Z buffer determine its precision or resolution

Dept. of CSE, SJBIT

Page 97