COMPUTER GRAPHICS MADRAS UNIVERSITY SYLLABUS

Title of the Course/  Paper	COMPUTER GRAPHICS
Elective	II Year & FOURTHSemester	Credit: 5
Objective of the course	This course introduces the fundamental concepts of Graphics.
Course outline	Unit 1: INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER GRAPHICS : Brief Survey of Computer Graphics – Graphics Systems: Video Display Devices – Types – Raster-Scan Systems and Random-Scan Systems – Input Devices – Hard-Copy Devices – Graphics Software.
	Unit-2: OUTPUT PRIMITIVES AND THEIR ATTRIBUTES Line-Drawing (DDA and Bresenham’s) Algorithms – Circle-Generating (Midpoint) Algorithm – Ellipse-Generating (Midpoint) Algorithms- Area-Filling (Boundary-Fill and Flood-Fill) Algorithms - Line Attributes - Color and Grayscale Levels – Character Attributes – Inquiry Functions.
	Unit 3: TWO-DIMENSIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND  VIEWING : Basic Transformations - Matrix Representations and Homogeneous Coordinates – Composite Transformations - Other Transformations – Window-to- Viewport Coordinate  Transformation – Clipping Algorithms: Cohen-Sutherland Line Clipping and Sutherland- Hodgeman Polygon Clipping – Basic Modeling Concepts - Interactive Input Methods: Logical Classification of Input Devices – Interactive Picture-Construction Techniques.
	Unit-4: THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONCEPTS:  Three-Dimensional Display Methods: Parallel and Perspective Projections – Depth Cueing -  Visible Line and Surface Identification – Polygon Surfaces: Polygon Tables, Plane Equations and Polygon Meshes - Three-Dimensional Transformations: Basic, Other and Composite Transformations.
	Unit-5 : THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIEWING : Viewing Pipeline and Coordinates – Transformation from World to Viewing Coordinates – Projection Transformations - Matrices - View Volumes - Hidden Surface and Hidden Line Elimination Methods: Back-Face Detection , Depth-Buffer and A-Buffer Methods –Wireframe Methods- Light Sources – RGB,CMY and HLS Color Models – Computer Animation: Design of its Sequences and Languages.

1. Recommended Texts

i. D. Hearn  and M.P. Baker,2005,Computer Graphics,  2^nd Edition, Pearson Education, Prentice Hall, 19^th Reprint.

2.Reference Books

i.   S. Harrington,1987, Computer Graphics , 2^nd Edition , McGraw-Hill Book Co.

ii. W.M.  Newman  and R.F. Sproull ,1997, Principles  of   Interactive  Computer       

     Graphics, 2^nd Edition,Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd.

        iii.  D.P. Mukherjee ,1999,Fundamentals   of    Computer   Graphics   and   

     Multimedia ,  1^st  Edition,  Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.

      iv.  N. Krishnamurthy ,2002, Introduction to Computer Graphics, 1^st Edition, Tata  

            McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd.

       v. D.F.Rogers ,2001,Procedural  Elements  for  Computer  Graphics, 2^nd  Edition,

           Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd.

      vi. Z. Xiang and R.A. Plastock,2002, Computer Graphics, Schaum’s  Outline Series,

           Tata McGraw-Hill  Publishing Co.