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Procedural Methods for Images, 6 credits
Procedurella metoder för bilder, 6 hp
TNM084
Main field of study
Media Technology and EngineeringCourse level
Second cycleCourse type
Programme courseExaminer
Stefan GustavsonDirector of studies or equivalent
Camilla ForsellEducation components
Preliminary scheduled hours: 44 hRecommended self-study hours: 116 h
Available for exchange students
YesECV = Elective / Compulsory / Voluntary
| Course offered for | Semester | Period | Timetable module | Language | Campus | ECV | |
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| 6MDAV | Computer Science, Master's programme | 3 (Autumn 2017) | 2 | 4 | Swedish | E | |
| 6CMEN | Media Technology and Engineering, M Sc in Engineering | 7 (Autumn 2017) | 2 | 4 | Swedish | E | |
Main field of study
Media Technology and EngineeringCourse level
Second cycleAdvancement level
A1XCourse offered for
- Media Technology and Engineering, M Sc in Engineering
- Computer Science, Master's programme
Entry requirements
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
Prerequisites
Calculus, multivariate calculus, linear algebra. Basic computer graphics. Technical aspects of 3D modeling and animation. Programming plus Object Oriented Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms. Knowledge in image processing and image analysis is desirable and useful as a prerequisite, but not required.Intended learning outcomes
Procedural generation of images is a versatile and often used tool in modern computer graphics. The course aims at giving a deep and general knowledge of classic and modern methods for procedural generation of images, particularly textures meant to emulate complex and visually detailed phenomena in nature.
After the course, students should be able to use general and special-purpose programming languages to generate images, and be able to describe and implement a selection of classic methods for procedural pattern synthesis. Starting from a real world problem described in terms of the desired visual result, students should be able to choose, motivate, execute, describe and to some extent evaluate a solution of their own based on existing, published methods.
Course content
The principle behind procedural images, their use, advantages and shortcomings in texturing. Textures in 2, 3 and 4 dimensions. Regular and irregular patterns. "Perlin noise" and its relatives (lattice noises). Multifractal synthesis and simulation of turbulence. Methods for animated images. Direct Fourier synthesis. Programming in general programming languages for procedural images. RenderMan shading language and other shading languages. Functions for texture synthesis in modern graphics hardware.
Teaching and working methods
Lectures (some in seminar form), programming-oriented practicals and a project assignment. The project assignment, which is chosen relatively freely under supervision of the examiner, is to be performed individually and independently by the student with some supervision, and a written report should be presented to the examiner for assessment and distribution to other participants in the course.
Examination
| LAB1 | Laboratory work | 3 credits | U, G |
| UPG1 | Project | 3 credits | U, 3, 4, 5 |
Grades
Four-grade scale, LiU, U, 3, 4, 5Department
Institutionen för teknik och naturvetenskapDirector of Studies or equivalent
Camilla ForsellExaminer
Stefan GustavsonCourse website and other links
http://www.itn.liu.se/~steguEducation components
Preliminary scheduled hours: 44 hRecommended self-study hours: 116 h
Course literature
Additional literature
Books
- Texturing and Modeling: a Procedural Approach Third edition Morgan Kaufmann publishers
ISBN: ISBN 1-55860-848-6
Other
Additional web-based material will be announced during the progress of the course.
| Code | Name | Scope | Grading scale |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAB1 | Laboratory work | 3 credits | U, G |
| UPG1 | Project | 3 credits | U, 3, 4, 5 |
Regulations (apply to LiU in its entirety)
The university is a government agency whose operations are regulated by legislation and ordinances, which include the Higher Education Act and the Higher Education Ordinance. In addition to legislation and ordinances, operations are subject to several policy documents. The Linköping University rule book collects currently valid decisions of a regulatory nature taken by the university board, the vice-chancellor and faculty/department boards.
LiU’s rule book for education at first-cycle and second-cycle levels is available at http://styrdokument.liu.se/Regelsamling/Innehall/Utbildning_pa_grund-_och_avancerad_niva.
Additional literature
Books
Texturing and Modeling: a Procedural Approach Third edition Morgan Kaufmann publishers
ISBN: ISBN 1-55860-848-6
Other
Additional web-based material will be announced during the progress of the course.
Note: The course matrix might contain more information in Swedish.
I = Introduce, U = Teach, A = Utilize
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| 5.5 Presentation and evaluation of research or development projects |
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