CPSC 324, Fall 2002                       Information for the Second Test
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     The second test for this course will be given in class on Monday,
November 4.  It will cover Chapter 3, pages 93--139; Chapter 5, pages
173--210; and Labs 6 through 8.  Here are some of the things you should
know about for this test:
   
  transformations                   glOrtho(left,right,bottom,top,near,far)
  modeling coordinates              glFrustum(left,right,bottom,top,near,far)
  modeling transformation           glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION)
  world coordinates                 glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW)
  viewing transformation            glLoadIdentity()
  projection                        glPushMatrix()
  viewport                          glPopMatrix()
  device coordinates                glTranslatef(dx,dy,dz)
  modelview transformation          glScalef(sx,sy,sz)
  perspective projection            glRotatef(angle,vx,vy,vz)
  orthographic projection           gluLookAt(ey,ex,ez, rx,ry,rz, upx,upy,ypz)
  clipping
  view volume                       glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST)
  composition of transformations    glClear(GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT)
  hidden surface removal            
  depth buffer (aka z-buffer)       glEnable(GL_COLOR_MATERIAL)
  z-buffer algorithm                glMaterialfv(faces,property,val)
  equivalence of modeling and       glEnable(GL_LIGHTING)
       viewing transformations      glEnable(GL_LIGHT0)
  lighting                          glLightfv(lightnum,property,val)
  diffuse & specular reflection     
  ambient illumination              glEnable(GL_NORMALIZE)
  materials: diffuse, specular,     glNormal3fv(vx,vy,vz)
     ambient, and emissive color    
  lights in OpenGL                  (all OpenGL functions from
  directional lights                         the previous test!)
  positional lights                 
  setting the position of a light   "glutWire" objects
     in OpenGL                      "glutSolid" objects
  lit vs. unlit scenes in OpenGL
  vector
  normal vector to a surface
  how normal vectors affect
     lighting calculations
  applying transformations to
     lights
  examples of viewing and
     projection in OpenGL              
  
  From Blender:
    tracking with spotlights and cameras,
    shadows and spotlights, bezier curves, 
    lathing, extrusion, key frame animation,
    inserting key values, material animation,
    path animation, IPO curves,
    animation formats (AVI Jpeg, gif, MPEG)