Graphics Programming

Introduction to OpenGL
 Outline
• What is OpenGL
• OpenGL Rendering Pipeline
• OpenGL Utility Toolkits
• OpenGL Coding Framework
• OpenGL API
 Graphics System

Function
calls Output
User
User Graphics
Graphics I/O
I/O
Program
Program System
System Device
Device
Data Input

Graphics API
What is OpenGL
• OpenGl stands for (Open Graphics
Library)
• IS A software interface to graphics hardware
• A 3D graphics rendering API (>120 functions)
• Hardware independent
• Very fast (a standard to be accelerated)
• Portable

http://www.opengl.org
 A History of OpenGL
• Was SGI’s Iris GL – “Open”GL
• “Open” standard allowing for wide range
hardware platforms
• OpenGL v1.0 (1992)
• OpenGL v1.1 (1995)
• OpenGL v1.4 (latest)
• Governed by OpenGL Architecture Review
Board (ARB)

“Mesa” – an Open source

(http://www.mesa3d.org)
 Graphics Process
Geometric Primitives

Rendering
Rendering Frame
Buffer
Image Primitives

+ =
OpenGL Architecture
 OpenGL is Not a Language
It is a Graphics Rendering API

Whenever we say that a program is

OpenGL-based or OpenGL applications,
we mean that it is written in some
programming language (such as C/C++)
that makes calls to one or more of
OpenGL libraries
 Window Management
• OpenGL is window and operating
system independent
• OpenGL does not include any functions
for window management, user
interaction, and file I/O
• Host environment is responsible for
window management
 Window Management API
We need additional libraries to handle window
management
• GLX/AGL/WGL
– glue between OpenGL and windowing systems
• GLUT
– OpenGL Window Interface/Utility toolkit
• AUX
– OpenGL Utility Toolkit
OpenGL API Hierarchy
 OpenGL Division of Labor
• GL
– “core” library of OpenGL that is platform
independent
• GLU
– an auxiliary library that handles a variety of
graphics accessory functions
• GLUT/AUX
– utility toolkits that handle window
managements
 Libraries and Headers
Library Name Library File Header File Note
OpenGL opengl32.lib (PC) gl.h “core” library
-lgl (UNIX)
Auxiliary library glu32.lib (PC) glu.h handles a
-lglu variety of
accessory
functions
Utility toolkits glut32.lib (PC) glut.h window
-lglut (UNIX) glaux.h managements
glaux.lib (PC)
-lglaux
(UNIX)
All are presented in the C language
 Learning OpenGL with GLUT
• GLUT is a Window Manager (handles window
creation, user interaction, callbacks, etc)
• Platform Independent
• Makes it easy to learn and write OpenGL
programs without being distracted by
your environment
• Not “final” code (Not meant for
commercial products)
 Environment Setup
• All of our discussions will be presented in C/C++
language
• Use GLUT library for window managements
• Files needed
gl.h, glu.h, glut.h
opengl32.lib, glu32.lib, glut32.lib
• Go to http://www.opengl.org download files
• Follow the Setup instruction to configure proper
path
 Usage
Include the necessary header files in your code
#include <GL/gl.h> // “core”, the only thing is required
#include <GL/glu.h> // handles accessory functions
#include <GL/glut.h> // handles window managements

void main( int argc, char **argv )

{
…..
}

Only the “core” library (opengl32.lib, gl.h) are required

 Usage
Link the necessary Libraries to your code

• Link GL library
– Link opengl32.lib (PC), or -lgl (UNIX)
• Link GLU library
– Link glu32.lib (PC), or -lglu (UNIX)
• Link GLUT library
– Link glut32.lib (PC), or -lglut (UNIX)
 OpenGL Data Types
To make it easier to convert OpenGL
code from one platform to another,
OpenGL defines its own data types
that map to normal C data types

GLshort A[10]; short A[10];

GLdouble B; double
B;
 OpenGL Data Types
OpenGL Data Type Representation As C Type
GLbyte 8-bit integer signed char
GLshort 16-bit integer short
GLint, GLsizei 32-bit integer long
GLfloat 32-bit float float
GLdouble 64-bit float double
GLubyte, GLboolean 8-bit unsigned integer unsigned char
GLushort 16-bit unsigned short unsigned short
GLunit, GLenum, GLbitfield 32-bit unsigned integer unsigned long
 OpenGL Function Naming
OpenGL functions all follow a naming
convention that tells you which library the
function is from, and how many and what type of
arguments that the function takes

<Library prefix><Root command><Argument count><Argument type>

 OpenGL Function Naming

glColor3f(…)
gl library Root command, # of arguments, type of arguments

gl means OpenGL f: the argument is float type

glu means GLU i: the argument is integer type
glut means GLUT v: the argument requires a vector
Basic OpenGL Coding Framework

1. Configure GL (and GLUT)

– Open window, Display mode, ……
2. Initialize OpenGL state
– background color, light, View positions, ……
3. Register callback functions
– Render, Interaction (keyboard, mouse), ……
4. Event processing loop
– glutMainLoop()
 A Sample Program
void main (int argc, char **argv)
{
glutInit (&argc, argv);
glutInitDisplayMode (GLUT_SINGLE | GLUT_RGB);
glutInitWindowSize (500, 500);
1
glutCreateWindow (“My First Program");
myinit (); 2
glutDisplayFunc ( display );
glutReshapeFunc ( resize ); 3
glutKeyboardFunc ( key );
glutMainLoop (); 4
}
 1: Initializing & Creating Window
Set up window/display you’re going to
use
void main (int argc, char **argv)
{
glutInit (&argc, argv); // GLUT initialization
glutInitDisplayMode (GLUT_SINGLE | GLUT_RGB); // display model
glutInitWindowSize (500, 500); // window size
glutCreateWindow (“My First Program"); // create window
……
}
 GLUT Initializing Functions
• Standard GLUT initialization
glutInit (int argc, char ** argv)
• Display model
glutInitDisplayMode (unsigned
int mode)
• Window size and position

glutInitWindowSize (int width, int height)

glutInitWindowPosition(int x, int y)
• Create window

glutCreateWindow (char *name);

 2: Initializing OpenGL State
Set up whatever state you’re going to
use
void myinit(void)
{
glClearColor(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0); // background color
glColor3f(1.0, 0.0, 0.0); // line color
glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION); // followings set up
viewing
glLoadIdentity();
gluOrtho2D(0.0, 500.0, 0.0, 500.0);
glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
}
 Callback Functions

• Callback Function
Routine to call when something happens
- window resize, redraw, user input, etc

• GLUT uses a callback mechanism to

do its event processing
 GLUT Callback Functions
• Contents of window need to be refreshed
glutDisplayFunc()
• Window is resized or moved
glutReshapeFunc()
• Key action
glutKeyboardFunc()
• Mouse button action
glutMouseFunc()
• Mouse moves while a button is pressed
glutMotionFunc()
• Mouse moves regardless of mouse button
state
glutPassiveMouseFunc()
• Called when nothing else is going on
glutIdleFunc()
 3: Register Callback Functions
Set up any callback function you’re going to use

void main (int argc, char **argv)

{
……
glutDisplayFunc ( display ); // display callback
glutReshapeFunc ( resize ); // window resize callback
glutKeyboardFunc ( key ); // keyboard callback

……
}
 Rendering Callback
It’s here that does all of your OpenGL rendering
void display( void )
{
typedef GLfloat point2[2];
point2 vertices[3]={{0.0, 0.0}, {250.0, 500.0}, {500.0, 0.0}};
int i, j, k; int rand();
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
for( k=0; k<5000; k++)
……
}
 Window Resize Callback
It’s called when the window is resized or moved

void resize(int w, int h)

{
glViewport(0, 0, w, h);
glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
glLoadIdentity();
……
display();
}
 Keyboard Input Callback
It’s called when a key is struck on the keyboard

void key( char mkey, int x, int y )

{
switch( mkey )
{
case ‘q’ :
exit( EXIT_SUCCESS );
break;
……
}
 Event Process Loop
This is where your application receives events,
and schedules when callback functions are
called
void main (int argc, char **argv)
{
……
glutMainLoop();
}
 Let’s go Inside
• OpenGL API
– Geometric Primitives
– Color Mode
– Managing OpenGL’s State
– Transformations
– Lighting and shading
– Texture mapping
 OpenGL API Functions
• Primitives
– A point, line, polygon, bitmap, or image
• Transformation
– Rotation, size, perspective in 3D coordinate space
• Color mode
– RGB, RGBA, Color index
• Materials lighting and shading
– Accurately compute the color of any point given the material
properties
• Buffering
– Double buffering, Z-buffering, Accumulation buffer
• Texture mapping
……
 Geometric Primitives

GL_POINTS GL_LINES GL_LINE_STRIP GL_LINE_LOOP

GL_POLYGON GL_QUADS GL_TRIANGLES GL_TRIANGLE_FAN

All geometric primitives are specified by vertices

 Geometry Commands
• glBegin(GLenum type)
marks the beginning of a vertex-data list that
describes a geometric primitives

• glEnd (void)
marks the end of a vertex-data list

• glVertex*(…)
specifies vertex for describing a geometric object
Specifying Geometric Primitives
glBegin( type );
glVertex*(…);
……
glVertex*(…);
glEnd();

type determines how vertices are combined

 Example
void drawSquare (GLfloat *color)
{
glColor3fv ( color );
glBegin(GL_POLYGON);
glVertex2f ( 0.0, 0.0 );
glVertex2f ( 1.0, 0.0 );
glVertex2f ( 1.1, 1.1 );
glVertex2f ( 0.0, 1.0 );
glEnd();
}
 Primitives and Attributes
• Draw what…
– Geometric primitives
• points, lines and polygons

• How to draw…
– Attributes
• colors, lighting, shading, texturing, etc.
 Attributes
• An attribute is any property that determines
how a geometric primitives is to be rendered

• Each time, OpenGL processes a vertex, it

uses data stored in its internal attribute tables
to determine how the vertex should be
transformed, rendered or any of OpenGL’s
other modes
 Example
glPointSize(3.0);
glShadeModel(GL_SMOOTH);
glBegin(GL_LINE);
glColor4f(1.0, 1.0, 1.0,
1.0);
glVertex2f(5.0, 5.0);
glColor3f(0.0, 1.0, 0.0);
glVertex2f(25.0, 5.0);
glEnd();
 OpenGL Color
• There are two color models in OpenGL
– RGB Color (True Color)
– Indexed Color (Color map)
• The type of window color model is
requested from the windowing system.
OpenGL has no command to control
 Color Cube

Three color theory

C = T1*R + T2*G + T3* B

 RGB Color
• R, G, B components are stored for each
pixel
• With RGB mode, each pixel’s color is
independent of each other
RGB Color

Red

Green

Blue
 How Many Colors?

Color number = 2color_depth

For example:
4-bit color
24 = 16 colors
8-bit color
28 = 256 colors
24-bit color
24
 How Much Memory?
Buffer size = width * height *color depth
For example:
If width = 640, height = 480, color depth = 24
bits Buffer size = 640 * 480 * 24 = 921,600
bytes
If width = 640, height = 480, color depth = 32
bits Buffer size = 640 * 480 * 32 = 1,228,800
bytes
 Alpha Component
Alpha value
A value indicating the pixels opacity
Zero usually represents totally transparent and the
maximum value represents completely opaque

Alpha buffer
Hold the alpha value for every pixel
Alpha values are commonly represented in 8 bits, in
which case transparent to opaque ranges from 0 to 255
 RGB Color Commands
• glColor*(…)
specifies vertex colors

• glClearColor(r, g, b, a)
sets current color for cleaning color buffer

• glutInitDisplayMode(mode)
specify either an RGBA window (GLUT_RGBA
), or a color indexed window (GLUT_INDEX )
 Example
glutInitDisplayMode (GLUT_RGBA);
glClearColor(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0);
void drawLine (GLfloat *color)
{
glColor3fv ( color );
glBegin(GL_LINE);
glVertex2f ( 0.0,
0.0 );
glVertex2f ( 1.0, 0.0 );
glEnd();
 Indexed Color
• Historically, color-index mode was
important because it required less
memory
• Use Color-map (lookup table)
• With color-index mode, each pixel with
same index stored in its bit-planes
shares the same color-map location
 Color Lookup Table
Index Red Green Blue
0 0 0 0
1 120 123 187
…

253 … … …
254
255
8 bits 8 bits 8 bits
RGBA vs. Color Index Mode
Color index model
Index R G B
0 0 0 0
1 120 123 187
2
… … …
…

254
255

RGBA model
 Color Index Commands
• glIndex*(…)
specifies vertex colors

• glClearIndex(Glfloat index)
sets current color for cleaning color buffer.

• glutSetColor(int color, GLfloat r, GLfloat g, GLfloat b )

sets the entries in a color table for window.
 Shading Model
Green

Red

Blue

(0, 0, 0) (128, 128, 128) (255, 255, 255)

Black Gray White
 Shading Model
Green

Red

Blue

A triangle in RGB color space

Smooth shading in OpenGL
 Shading Model Commands
• glShadeModel(mode)
set the shading mode. The mode parameter can be
GL_SMOOTH (the default) or GL_FLAT.

Flat shading: the color of one particular vertex

of an independent primitive is duplicated across
all the primitive’s vertices to render that
primitive.
Smooth shading: the color at each vertex is
treated individually. The colors of interior pixels
 OpenGL’s State Machine
In OpenGL, all rendering attributes are
encapsulated in the OpenGL State
– rendering styles
– color
– shading
– lighting
– texture mapping
OpenGL’s State Management
• Setting Vertex Attributes
– glPointSize(...) -- point size
– glLineWidth(…) -- line width
– glColor*(…) -- color Attributes
– glNormal*(…) -- normal
– glTexCoord*(…) -- texturing

• Controlling State Functions

– glEnable(…)
– glDisable(…)
 Controlling State Functions
• OpenGL has many states and state
variables can be changed to control
rendering
Ex.
– GL_LIGHTING
– GL_DEPTH_TEST
– GL_SHADE_MODEL
– GL_LINE_STIPPLE
……
 Controlling State Functions
• By default, most of the states are
initially inactive. These states can be
turn on/off by using:
• glEnable (Glenum state)
turn on a state
• glDisable (Glenum state)
turn off a state
 Example
glEnable(GL_LIGHTING);
glShadeModel(GL_SMOOTH);
glBegin(GL_LINE);
glColor3f(1.0, 1.0, 1.0);
glVertex2f(5.0, 5.0);
glColor3f(0.0, 1.0, 0.0);
glVertex2f(25.0, 5.0);
glEnd();
glDisable(GL_LIGHTING);
OpenGL Transformations

Model View direction

View position (eyepoint)

 Graphics Pipeline
Object Transformation
Object Coordinates Object -> World

World Transformation
World Coordinates World -> Viewport
Viewport Clipping
Viewport Coordinates Screen Coordinates

Rasterization
Scan Converting Triangles
 Camera Analogy
The graphics transformation process is
analogous to taking a photograph with a
camera
- Position camera
- Place objects
- Adjust camera
- Produce photograph
Transformations and Camera Analogy

• Viewing transformation
– Positioning and aiming camera in the world.
• Modeling transformation
– Positioning and moving the model.
• Projection transformation
– Adjusting the lens of the camera.
• Viewport transformation
– Enlarging or reducing the physical photograph.
OpenGL Transformation Pipeline
 Transformations in OpenGL
• Transformations are specified by matrix
operations. Desired transformation can
be obtained by a sequence of simple
transformations that can be concatenated
together.
• Transformation matrix is usually represented
by 4x4 matrix (homogeneous coordinates).
• Provides matrix stacks for each type
of supported matrix to store matrices.
Programming Transformations
• In OpenGL, the transformation matrices are
part of the state, they must be defined prior to
any vertices to which they are to apply.
• In modeling, we often have objects specified in
their own coordinate systems and must use
transformations to bring the objects into the
scene.
• OpenGL provides matrix stacks for each type of
supported matrix (model-view, projection,
texture) to store matrices.
 Steps in Programming
• Define matrices:
– Viewing/modeling, projection, viewport …
• Manage the matrices
– Including matrix stack
• Composite transformations
Transformation Matrix Operation
• Current Transformation Matrix (CTM)
– The matrix that is applied to any vertex that is
defined subsequent to its setting.
• If change the CTM, we change the state
of the system.
• CTM is a 4 x 4 matrix that can be altered
by a set of functions.
Current Transformation Matrix
The CTM can be set/reset/modify (by
post- multiplication) by a matrix
Ex:
C <= M // set to matrix M
C <= CT // post-multiply by T
C <= CS // post-multiply by S
C <= CR // post-multiply by R
Current Transformation Matrix
• Each transformation actually creates a new
matrix that multiplies the CTM; the result,
which becomes the new CTM.
• CTM contains the cumulative product
of multiplying transformation matrices.
Ex:
If C <= M; C <= CT; C <= CR; C
<= CS
Then C=MTRS
Viewing-Modeling Transformation
• If given an object, and I want to render it from a
viewpoint, what information do I have to have?

– Viewing position
– Which way I am looking at
– Which way is “up”
…..
 Viewing Position
y

y R, T
x

x
• Translation
• Rotation
z Camera
 Where I am and Looking at

y y
Loot at
View-up vector
(atx, aty, atz)
(upx, upy, upz)

x x
Model
z z
Eyepoint
(eyex, eyey, eyez)
 Define Coordinate System
+Y
In the default
position, the
camera is at the
origin, looking
down the +X
negative z-axis
+Z
 If we use OpenGL
• Look-At Function

gluLookAt (eyex, eyey, eyez, atx, aty, atz, upx, upy, upz )
Define a viewing matrix and multiplies it to the
right of the current matrix.
 Ways to Specify Transformations
• In OpenGL, we usually have two styles
of specifying transformations:
– Specify matrices ( glLoadMatrix,
glMultMatrix )
– Specify operations ( glRotate, glTranslate )
 Specifying Matrix
• Specify current matrix mode
• Modify current matrix
• Load current matrix
• Multiple current matrix
 Specifying Matrix (1)
• Specify current matrix mode

glMatrixMode (mode)
Specified what transformation matrix is modified.
mode:
GL_MODELVIEW
GL_PROJECTION
 Specifying Matrix (2)
• Modify current matrix

glLoadMatrix{fd} ( Type *m )
Set the 16 values of current matrix to those
specified by m.

Note: m is the 1D array of 16 elements arranged by the

columns of the desired matrix
 Specifying Matrix (3)
• Modify current matrix

glLoadIdentity ( void )
Set the currently modifiable matrix to the 4x4
identity matrix.
 Specifying Matrix (4)
• Modify current matrix

glMultMatrix{fd} ( Type *m )
Multiple the matrix specified by the 16 values
pointed by m by the current matrix, and stores the
result as current matrix.

Note: m is the 1D array of 16 elements arranged by the

columns of the desired matrix
 Specifying Operations
• Three OpenGL operation routines
for modeling transformations:
– Translation
– Scale
– Rotation
 Recall
• Three elementary 3D transformations

1 0 0 dx
 
Translation: 0 1 0 d y
T  d, d , d 
x y z

0 0 1 dz

0 0 0 1
sx 0 0 0
0 
0
Scale: sy 0
S s , s , s   0
x y z
0 0
 
 0 sz 1
0
0
 Recall
1 0 0 0
 
0
Rx (
0 cos 
Rotation Rx ( ) )
0 sin sin 0
1

 0
0cos 0
Rotation Ry ( ) Ry( )  
0 sin 0 0 0
 0 
1
cos
cos
 0 sin0
 sin 0
1 cos 
Rotation Rz ) 
sin 0
( Rz ( )   0
0 0
 
 0 00 1
0
 Specifying Operations (1)
• Translation

glTranslate {fd} (TYPE x, TYPE y, TYPE z)

Multiplies the current matrix by a matrix that
translates an object by the given x, y, z.
 Specifying Operations (2)
• Scale

glScale {fd} (TYPE x, TYPE y, TYPE z)

Multiplies the current matrix by a matrix that
scales an object by the given x, y, z.
 Specifying Operations (3)
• Rotate

glRotate {fd} (TPE 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 origin through the point by the given x, y, z. The
angle parameter specifies the angle of rotation in
degree.
 Example
Let’s examine an example:
– Rotation about an arbitrary point

Question:
Rotate a object for a 45.0-degree about the line
through the origin and the point (1.0, 2.0, 3.0) with
a fixed point of (4.0, 5.0, 6.0).
Rotation About an Arbitrary Point

1. Translate object through vector –V.

T(-4.0, -5.0, -6.0)
2. Rotate about the origin through
angle 
R(45.0)
3. Translate back through vector V
T(4.0, 5.0, 6.0)

M = T(V ) R( ) T(-V )

 OpenGL Implementation

glMatrixMode (GL_MODEVIEW);
glLoadIdentity ();
glTranslatef (4.0, 5.0, 6.0);
glRotatef (45.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0);
glTranslatef (-40.0, -5.0, -6.0);
 Order of Transformations
• The transformation matrices appear in reverse
order to that in which the transformations are
applied.
• In OpenGL, the transformation specified
most recently is the one applied first.
 Order of Transformations
• In each step:
C <= I
C <= CT(4.0, 5.0, 6.0)
C <= CR(45, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0)
C < = CT(-4.0, -5.0, -6.0)
• Finally
C = T(4.0, 5.0, 6.0) CR(45, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0) CT(-4.0, -5.0, -6.0)
Write it

Read it
Matrix Multiplication is Not Commutative

First rotate, then translate =>

First translate, then rotate =>

 Matrix Stacks
• OpenGL uses matrix stacks mechanism
to manage transformation hierarchy.
• OpenGL provides matrix stacks for each
type of supported matrix to store
matrices.
– Model-view matrix stack
– Projection matrix stack
– Texture matrix stack
 Matrix Stacks
• Current matrix is
always the topmost
matrix of the stack Pushing
• We manipulate the Popping Top
current matrix is that
we actually
manipulate the
topmost matrix.
• We can control the Bottom
current matrix by
using push and pop
operations.
 Manipulating Matrix Stacks (1)

• Remember where you are

glPushMatrix ( void )
Pushes all matrices in the current stack down one
level. The topmost matrix is copied, so its contents
are duplicated in both the top and second-from-the
top matrix.

Note: current stack is determined by glMatrixModel()

 Manipulating Matrix Stacks (2)

• Go back to where you were

glPopMatrix ( void )
Pops the top matrix off the stack, destroying the
contents of the popped matrix. What was the
second-from-the top matrix becomes the top
matrix.

Note: current stack is determined by glMatrixModel()

 Manipulating Matrix Stacks (3)
• The depth of matrix stacks are implementation-dependent.
• The Modelview matrix stack is guaranteed to be at least 32
matrices deep.
• The Projection matrix stack is guaranteed to be at least 2
matrices deep.

glGetIntegerv ( Glenum pname, Glint *parms )

Pname:
GL_MAX_MODELVIEW_STACT_DEPTH
GL_MAX_PROJECTION_STACT_DEPTH
 Projection Transformation
• Projection & Viewing Volume
• Projection Transformation
• Viewpoint Transformation
OpenGL and Windows Screen
Windows Screen Mapping OpenGL Screen Mapping
Y
(0, 0) X
Positive
Positive
(50, 50)

(50, 50)
Positive
(0, 0) X
Y Positive

Remember: the Y coordinates of OpenGL screen is the opposite

of Windows screen. But same as in the XWindows system.
 Orthographic Projection
•Vertexes of an object
are projected towards
infinity
•Points projected
outside view volume
are clipped out
•Distance does not
change the apparent
size of an object Clipped out
Image
 Orthographic Viewing Volume

Clipped out

top

left
right

Bottom
Near-plane Far-plane

Viewing rectangle Viewing volume

 Orthographic Projection Commands

• glOrtho( left, right, bottom, top, zNear, zFar )

Creates a matrix for an orthographic viewing
volume and multiplies the current matrix by
it
• gluOrtho2D( left, right, bottom, top )
Creates a matrix for projecting 2D coordinates
onto the screen and multiplies the current
matrix by it
 Orthographic Projection
(Example)
Define a 500x500 viewing rectangle with the lower-left corner
of the rectangle at the origin of the 2D system

glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION)
glLoadIdentity();
gluOrtho2D(0.0, 500.0, 0.0, 500.0);
glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW)
;
 Perspective Projection Volume
y
aspect ratio = w/h

w h
z

fovy
x Far-plane: zNear
Near-plane: zNear

Viewing volume
Perspective Projection Commands

glFrustum( left, right, bottom, top, zNear, zFar )

Creates a matrix for a perspective viewing
frustum and multiplies the current matrix by
it.
Perspective Projection Commands

gluPerspective( fovy, aspect, zNear, zFar )

Creates a matrix for an perspective viewing
frustum and multiplies the current matrix by
it.
Note: fovy is the field of view (fov) between the top and
bottom planes of the clipping volume. aspect is the aspect ratio
 Hidden-Surface Removal
z-buffer algorithm
- Image-space check
- The worst-case
complexity is
proportional to the
number of polygons z2
z1
- Requires a depth or z
buffer to store the
information as polygons
are rasterized

Viewpoint
 Hidden-Surface Removal

glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST)

glDisable(GL_DEPTH_TEST)

Enable/disable z (depth) buffer for hidden-

surface removal
 Remember to Initialize

glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_DOUBLE|GLUT_RBG|GLUT_DEPTH);

You can also clear the depth buffer (as we did for color buffer)

glClear(GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT)
Clear z (depth) buffer
 Viewing a 3D world
View up

ViewRight
Aspect Ratio  ViewUp

View right
 Viewpoint
• Viewpoint
– The region within the window that will be
used for drawing the clipping area
– By default, it is set to the entire rectangle of
the window that is opened
– Measured in the window coordinates,
which reflect the position of pixels on the
screen related to the lower-left corner of
the window
 Viewpoint Transformation

h
w h

A viewpoint is A viewpoint is
defined as half the defined as the same
size of the window size as the window
 Aspect Ratio
• The Aspect Ratio of a rectangle is the
ratio of the rectangle’s width to its height:
e.g. Aspect Ratio = width/height

• Viewport aspect ratio should be same as

projection transformation, or resulting
image may be distorted.
 Viewpoint Commands
• glViewport( x, y, width, height )
Defines a pixel rectangle in the window
into which the final image is mapped
(x, y) specifies the lower-left corner of the
viewport
(width, height) specifies the size of the
viewport rectangle
 Lighting
• Point light source - approximates the light
source as a 3D point in space. Light
rays emanate in all directions.
• Distributed light source - approximates the light
source as a 3D object. Light rays usually
emanate in specific directions.
• Spotlights - characterized by a narrow range of
angles through which light is emitted.
• Ambient light - provide uniform illumination
throughout the environment. It represents the
approximate contribution of the light to the
general scene, regardless of location of light and
object. (Background Light)
 Light Model
• Ambient
The combination of light reflections from various
surfaces to produce a uniform illumination.
Background light.
• Diffuse
Uniform light scattering of light rays on a surface.
Proportional to the “amount of light” that hits the
surface. Depends on the surface normal and
light vector.
• Sepecular
Light that gets reflected. Depends on the
light ray, the viewing angle, and the surface
normal.
 Light Model
• Light at a pixel from a light = Ambient +
Diffuse +
Specular

Ilight = Iambient + Idiffuse +

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 Shading
• Flat Shading
– Calculate one lighting calculation (pick a vertex)
per triangle
– Color the entire triangle the same color
• Gouraud Shading
– Calculate three lighting calculations (the vertices)
per triangle
– Linearly interpolate the colors as you scan
convert
• Phong Shading
– While do scan convert, linearly interpolate the
normals.
– With the interpolated normal at each pixel,
calculate the lighting at each pixel
 Lighting in OpenGL
• OpenGL supports the four types of light
sources.
• OpenGL allows at least eight light
sources set in a program.
• We must specify and enable individually
(as exactly required by the Phong
model)
 Steps of Specifying Lighting
• Define normal vectors for each vertex of
every object.
• Create, position, and enable one or more
light sources.
• Select a lighting model.
• Define material properties for the objects in
the scene.
• Don’t forget to Enable/disable lighting.
 Creating Light Sources
• Define light properties
– color, position, and direction

glLight*(Glenum light, Glenum pname, TYPE param)

Create the light specified by light, which can be

GL_light0, GL_light1,…GL_light7.
pname indicates the properties of light that will be
specified with param.
 Creating Light Sources
• Color

GLfloat light_ambient[] = {0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0);

GLfloat lght_diffuse[] = {1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0);

glLightfv (GL_LIGHT0, GL_AMBIENT, lgiht_ambient);

glLightfv (GL_LIGHT1, GL_DIFFUSE, lgiht_diffuse);

glEnable(GL_LIGHT0);
glEnable(GL_LIGHT1);
 Creating Light Sources
• Position

GLfloat light_position[] = {1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0);

glLightfv (GL_LIGHT0, GL_POSITION, lgiht_position);

GLfloat spot_dir[] = {-1.0, -1.0, 0.0);

glLightfv (GL_LIGHT1, GL_SPOT_DIRECTION, spot_dir);

glEnable(GL_LIGHT0);
glEnable(GL_LIGHT1);
 Creating Light Sources
• Controlling a Light’s Position and Direction

OpenGL treats the position and direction of a light

source just as it treats the position of a geometric
primitives. In other word, a light source is subject
to the same matrix transformations as a primitives.
– A light position that remains fixed
– A light that moves around a stationary object
– A light that moves along with the viewpoint
 Selecting Lighting Model
• OpenGL notion of a lighting model has three components:
– The global ambient light intensity.
– Whether the viewpoint position is local to the scene or whether
it should be considered to be infinite distance away.
– Whether lighting calculations should be performed differently
for both the front and back faces of objects.

glLightModel*(Glenum pname, TYPE param)

Sets properties of the lighting model.

 Selecting Lighting Model
• Global ambient light
GLfloat lmodel_ambient[] = {0.2, 0.3, 1.0, 1.0);
glLightModelfv (GL_LIGHT_MODEL_AMBIENT, lmodel_ambient);

• Local or Infinite Viewpoint

glLightModelfi (GL_LIGHT_MODEL_LOCAL_VIEWER, GL_TRUE);

• Two-sided Lighting
glLightModelfi (GL_LIGHT_MODEL_TWO_SIDE, GL_TRUE);
 Defining Material Properties
• OpenGL supports the setting of material properties
of objects in the scene
– Ambient
– Diffuse
– Specular
– Shininess

glMaterial*(Glenum face, Glenum pname, TYPE

param)

Specifies a current material property foe use in

lighting calculations.
OpenGL Image Path
 Texture Mapping in OpenGL
• Steps in Texture Mapping
– Create a texture object and specify a texture for that
object.
– Indicate how the texture is to be applied to each
pixel.
– Enable texture mapping.
– Draw the scene, supplying both texture and geometric
coordinates.

• Keep in mind that texture mapping works only in

RGBA mode. Texture mapping results in color-
index mode are undefined.
 Specifying the Texture
GLubyte image[rows][cols]
void glTexImage2D (GLenum target, GLint level,
GLint internalFormat, GLsizei width, GLsizei height,
GLint border, GLenum format, GLenum type, const
GLvoid
*pixels)

Note: both width and height must have

the form 2m+2b, where m is nonnegative
integer, and b is the value of board.
 Texture Object
• Texture objects are an important new feature
since OpenGL 1.1. A texture object stores data
and makes it readily available.
• To use texture objects for your texture data, take
these steps:
– Generate texture names.
– Initially bind (create) texture objects to texture data,
including the image arrays and texture properties.
– Bind and rebind texture objects, making their data
currently available for rendering texture models.
 Naming a Texture Object
• Any nonzero unsigned integer may be
used as a texture name. To avoid
accidentally resulting names, consistently
use glGenTexture() to provide unused
texture names.
void glGenTextures (Glsizei n, GLuint *textureNames)
Creating and Using Texture Object
• The same routine, glBindTexture(), both
creates and uses texture objects.
void glBindTexture (GLenum target, GLuint textureName)

When using it first time, a new texture object is

created. When binding to previously created texture
object, that texture object becomes active.
Ex:
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, name);
 Cleaning Up Texture Objects
void glDeleteTexture (GLsizei n, const GLuint textureNames)

Delete n texture object, named by elements in the

array textureNames. The freed texture names may
now be reused.
 Set Texture Parameters
void glTexParameter* (GLenum target, GLenum pname, TYPE
param)

Set various parameters that control how a texture is

treated as it’s applied or stored in a texture object.

How to control texture mapping and rendering?

 Texture Mapping Process
Object -> Texture Screen -> Object
Transformation Transformation

(s, t) (u, v) (x, y)

 Rendering the Texture
• Rendering texture is similar to shading: It
proceeds across the surface pixel-by pixel. For
each pixel, it must determine the
corresponding texture coordinates (s, t),
access the texture, and set the pixel to the
proper texture color.

(s, t) (u, v) (x, y)

Combining Lighting and Texturing
• There is no lighting involved with texture
mapping
• They are independent operations, which
may be combined
• It all depends on how to “apply” the
texture to the underlying triangle
 Set Texturing Function
void glTexEnv (GLenum target, GLenum pname, TYPE param)

Set the current texturing function.

We can use directly the texture colors to paint the

object, or use the texture values to modulate or blend
the color in the texture map with the original color of
object.
Ex:
glTexEnv(GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_TEXTURE_ENV_MODE,
GL_BLEND)
 Assigning Texture Coordinates
void glTexCoord* (TYPE coords)

Sets the current texture coordinates. Subsequent calls

to glVertex*() result in those vertices being assigning
the current texture coordinates.

glBegin(GL_QUAN) {
glTexCoord2f (0, 0); glVertex2f (0, 0, 5);
glTexCoord2f (1, 0); glVertex2f (10, 0, 5);
glTexCoord2f (1, 1); glVertex2f (10, 10, 5);
glTexCoord2f (0, 1); glVertex2f (0, 10, 5);
}
Remember to Enable Texture
glEnable (GL_TEXTURE_2D)
glDisable (GL_TEXTURE_2D)

Enable/disable texture mapping

Automatic Texture-Coordinate Generation

• OpenGL can automatically generate

texture coordinate for you.
void glTexGen* (GLenum coord, GLenum pname, TYPE param

Specifies the function for automatically generating

texture coordinates.
coord: GL_S, GL_T, GL_R, GL_Q
 Recall Aliasing
• Aliasing manifests itself as “jaggies” in graphics.
Thus we don’t have enough pixels to accurately
represent the underlying function.
• Three reasons
– Pixel numbers are fixed in the frame buffer
– Pixel locations are fixed on a uniform
– Pixel size/shape are fixed
• How do we fix it?
– Increase resolution
– Filtering
 Increase Rendering Resolution
• Render the image at a higher resolution and
downsample (like you are letting your eye do
some filtering).
 Mip Mapping
• MIP - multium in parvo - many in a small place.
• Build a pyramid of images, each smaller and filtered
from the original.
 Mipmapping
• Thus as we render, we choose the texture that best
“fits” what you are drawing.
• OpenGL supports mipmapping

gluBuild2DMipmaps(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_RGBA, width, height,

GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, image);

glTexParameteri( GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER,

GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR);
 Bump Mapping
• We can also use textures for so
much more than just images!
• We can use the textures as a “road
map” on how to perturb normals
across a surface.
• As we shade each pixel, perturb the
normal by the partial derivatives of
the corresponding s, t in the bump
map.
 Environmental Mapping
• Highly reflective surface are characterized by
specular reflections that mirror the
environment.
• We can extend our mapping techniques to
obtain an image that approximates the
desired reflection by extending texture maps
to environmental (reflection) maps.
 Environmental Mapping
• Two-pass texture mapping
(1) Map the texture to a 3D intermediate surface.
(2)Map the intermediate surface to the surface
being rendered.

Object in environment

Intermediate surface
Projected object
 Environmental Mapping
• Then, we need to map the texture values
on the intermediate surface to the desired
surface.

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 Now It’s Your Turn
• Find a good reference/book
• Play with an example
• Make your own code

Computer graphics is best learned

by doing!