CSCI 441 - Computer Graphics

Fall 2017 - Resources

Canvas | CS @ Mines | Mines | Piazza

Example Name	Screen Shot	Download
Lab Templates	[00] [01] [02] [03] [04] [05] [08] [09] [10] [11]	[00] [01] [02] [03] [04] [05] [08] [09] [10] [11] [12]
CSCI441 Library (Changelog)	v1.8.0 (11/16/17) v1.6.0 (11/15/17) v1.5.1 (11/10/17) v1.5.0 (11/06/17) v1.3.0 (10/26/17) v1.2.0 (09/28/17) v1.1.1 (09/22/17) v1.1.0 (09/21/17) v1.0.1 (09/19/17)
Colored Rectangle	(.png)	(.zip)
A2	World Map (.png)	Code: (.zip) Images: (.zip)
Freetype Lab Compiled Binaries	(.zip)
SOIL3 (SOIL for OpenGL 3)	(.zip)

Document Name	Download
Syllabus	(.pdf)
Student Website Template	(.tar.gz) (.zip)
Setting Up Your Machine	OpenGL (.pdf) GLFW (.pdf) SOIL (.pdf) GLEW (.pdf)
Lab Writeups (PDFs)	[00] [01] [02] [03] [04] [05] [08] [09] [10] [11] [12]
Picking Made Easy	(.pdf)
Arc Length Parameterization	(.pdf)
Exam I Review Questions	(.pdf)
Checklists	VAO / VBO / IBO Vertex / Geometry / Fragment Shaders FBO

For Specifications, & Reference Cards - see Canvas document repository.

OpenGL Programming Guide (The Red Book 2nd Ed.)
OpenGL Reference Guide (The Blue Book)
WikiBooks GLSL
(Note: These next four links feature nVidia specific shader code using Cg not GLSL. However, the concepts and techniques still apply and can be ported to GLSL.)
The Cg Tutorial · GPU Gems · GPU Gems 2 · GPU Gems 3

Makefile Tutorial
Picking Tutorials: Lighthouse3d.com · Red Book · OpenGL
Lighthouse3d Tutorials: GLUT · GLSL · GLSL 1.20
Neon Helium Tutorials (Note: The Legacy NeHe Tutorials are still pretty good to give you ideas of things to do. Lately, the tutorials have been turning to WebGL.)
OpenGL 3.3+ Tutorials
Swiftless Tutorials
Tom Dalling's Modern OpenGL Series
Megabyte Softworks
Paul's Projects (Note: These are written for Visual Studio/Windows so would need to be ported to GLUT/cross-platform libraries we are using.)
Raster Tek
PythonStuff.org: GLSL
oZone3D.net: GLSL
Geeks3D Shader Library
DevMaster (Lots of discussions, tools, tutorials, and general help.)
Humus-3D (DX11 Tutorials and discussions)

Tool	Links
Extensions	OpenGL Extension Wrangler (GLEW)
Frameworks (OS/Hardware interface)	OpenGL Framework (GLFW)
GLSL	GLSL Sandbox
Math	OpenGL Mathematics (GLM)
Modeling	Blender
OpenGL	OpenGL Home Page OpenGL SDK
OpenGL API	OpenGL 4.5 & GLSL 4.40 OpenGL 3.3 & GLSL 3.30 OpenGL 2.1
Text	FreeType
Textures	Simple OpenGL Image Library (SOIL)

Material Lists:
Teapot Example Materials
COLOURLovers

File Format Specifications:
WaveFront: [.obj] | [.mtl]
Doom 3 MD5: [.md5mesh] & [.md5anim]

Model Repositories:
3D Printing Model Repositories Repository
3DVia (requires account)
cgTrader
Stanford 3D Scanning Repository
The 3D Studio ($$$)
The Models Resource (GREAT site)
Turbo Squid

See Canvas files for course Model Repository.

Humus Cube Maps
The Textures Resource
Textures.com
TextureMaker (includes Bump Maps)

See Canvas files for course Texture Repository.