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Minimal Ray Tracer
Some code to accompany tonight's lecture: a version of Paul Heckbert's Minimal Ray Tracer from Graphics Gems IV.

I've updated the code to do the following:

• compile with GNU C
• output plain PPM
• generate a 1024 by 1024 image instead of the tiny 32-pixel original

If you want to experiment with changing the scene defined in ray.h, you'll probably want to download NetPbm for Windows.

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Assignment 10
If you didn't finish Assignment 10, you can download assignment10.c as a starting point for Assignment 11.

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Demos for tonight's lecture
There are two demonstration program for tonight's lecture:

• shading.c
• texture.c

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Pixar's On-line Library
I happened across this the other day: Pixar has made available an On-line library of technical papers. Many of them are probably a bit advanced, but worth a look if you're considering further study.

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Is this normal behavior?
Have you noticed that the lighting calculations don't seem to be affecting your windshield the same way they affect the rest of the car?

I wonder which part of the illumination equation isn't being evaluated normally.

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Material Colors
Here's a function to set the current drawing color, whether or not lighting is enabled:

    void color(double r, double g, double b)
    {
        float color[4] = { r, g, b, 1.0 };

        if (glIsEnabled(GL_LIGHTING)) {
            glMaterialfv(GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL_AMBIENT_AND_DIFFUSE, color);
        } else {
            glColor3f(r, g, b);
        }
    }

Alternatively, you could try reading about GL_COLOR_MATERIAL.

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Chapter mismatch between HTML and PDF versions of the Red Book
HTML and PDF versions of the Red Book -- they're different editions, with different Chapter divisions. The Chapter 12 you want is "Selection and Feedback", not "Evaluators and NURBS." The next chapter, "Lighting", has the same problem.

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