CS 325 Introduction to Computer Graphics 02 / 26 / 2010 Instructor: Michael Eckmann

CS 325Introduction to Computer Graphics

02 / 26 / 2010

Instructor: Michael Eckmann

Michael Eckmann - Skidmore College - CS 325 - Spring 2010

Today’s Topics• Questions/comments?

• View volumes and specifying arbitrary views

• Arbitrary view examples


Specifying an arbitrary view• To specify an arbitrary view, we should be able to place the view plane

anywhere in 3d. – we'll need to specify the direction of the plane and where it lives within the

world reference coordinate system (WRC)– we'll also need to know which direction is up (to know what is displayed at

the top of the image when we transform to viewport.

• A common way to specify an arbitrary view is to specify the following:a View Reference Point (VRP) which is a point on the planea View Plane Normal (VPN) which is the normal vector to the planea View Up Vector (VUP) which is a vector from which we determine which

way is up

• See diagram. Is that enough info to specify an arbitrary view in your opinion?

• One note, the VUP vector is allowed to be specified as not perpendicular to

VPN. The up direction (determined by a relation of the directions of VPN and

VUP) though is perpendicular to VPN.


Specifying an arbitrary view• The VRP, VPN and VUP create another reference coordinate system.

We call this the view reference coordinate system (VRC). We name the principle axes u, v and n.

• Within VRC we – specify a window on the view plane with Center of Window (CW)

and min and max u and v values– a Projection Reference Point (PRP) which is the CoP for perspective

views– Front and Back clipping planes specified as distances F and B, from

VRP along the VPN– see next diagram.

• In the World Reference Coordinate (WRC) system we– define VRP, VPN and VUP

• In the View Reference Coordinate (VRC) system we– define CW, PRP, F and B


View Volumes• To be able to clip against the canonical view volume and still allow any

desired arbitrary view volume we'll need to normalize the desired view volume to the canonical view volume.

• So, the procedure to project from 3d to 2d given a finite view volume, will be as follows:

– apply a normalizing transform to get to the canonical view volume– clip against the canonical view volume– project onto the view plane– transform into viewport


Normalizing to CVV• Now we're ready to develop the normalizing transformation for

perspective projections.• This will transform world coordinate positions so that the view volume is

transformed into the canonical view volume.• After this transform is applied, we would clip against the CVV and then

project onto the view plane (via a perspective projection matrix).


Normalizing to CVV• The steps to do this are as follows:

– Given the following: VRP, VPN, VUP, PRP, u and v min and max, F and B

1. Translate VRP (view reference point) to origin2. Rotate the VRC (view reference coordinate system) so that

VPN (n-axis) lies on the z-axis, the u-axis lies on the x-axis and the v-axis lies on the y-axis

3. Translate PRP (the Projection Reference Point which is CoP) to the origin

4. Shear so the center line of the view volume lies on the z-axis5. Scale so that the view volume becomes the canonical view volume

Take a look at the pictures


Translate VRP to origin1. T(-VRP) =

[ 1 0 0 -VRPx ]

[ 0 1 0 -VRPy ]

[ 0 0 1 -VRPz ]

[ 0 0 0 1 ]


Rotate VRC2. Rotate the VRC in the following way:

we want u to go to (1, 0, 0) in x,y,z coordinateswe want v to go to (0, 1, 0) in x,y,z coordinateswe want n to go to (0, 0, 1) in x,y,z coordinates

make them have the correct directions and magnitude 1

n = VPN / | VPN |

u = (VUP x n) / | VUP x n |

v = n x u


Rotate VRC2.

we want u to go to (1, 0, 0)we want v to go to (0, 1, 0)we want n to go to (0, 0, 1)

R =

[ ux u

y u

z 0 ]

[ vx v

y v

z 0 ]

[ nx n

y n

z 0 ]

[ 0 0 0 1 ]

example: This matrix transforms the v vector to (0, 1, 0)


Rotate VRC2. To check, show this matrix transforms the v vector to (0, 1, 0)

[ ux u

y u

z 0 ] [ v

x ] [ u . v ] [ 0 ]

[ vx v

y v

z 0 ] [ v

y ] = [ v . v ] = [ 1 ]

[ nx n

y n

z 0 ] [ v

z ] [ n . v ] [ 0 ]

[ 0 0 0 1 ] [ 1 ] [ 1 ] [ 1 ]

dot product of perpendicular vectors is 0 (cos 90 = 0)and dot product of a vector with itself is its magnitude squared 1*1 = 1


Translate PRP to origin3. T(-PRP) =

[ 1 0 0 -PRPu ]

[ 0 1 0 -PRPv ]

[ 0 0 1 -PRPn ]

[ 0 0 0 1 ]


Shear4. Now we want to shear so the center line is on z-axis. (To see why we don't

simply want to rotate look at the diagram on the handout to see the cross-

section of the view volume after the first 3 steps are performed.)

Notice the CW is on that line and so is the origin (which PRP got translated

to.)

So, to get that center line on the z-axis, we want the direction of the vector

CW – PRP to be in the (DoP) direction of projection [0,0,z].


Shear4.

[ ( umin

+ umax

) /2 ] [ PRPu ]

CW = [ ( vmin

+ vmax

) /2 ] PRP = [ PRPv ]

[ 0 ] [ PRPn ]

[ ( umin

+ umax

) /2 – PRPu ]

CW – PRP = [ ( vmin

+ vmax

) /2 – PRPv ]

[ 0 – PRPn ]


Shear4. SH

per =

[ 1 0 SHx 0 ]

[ 0 1 SHy 0 ]

[ 0 0 1 0 ][ 0 0 0 1 ]

[ 1 0 SHx 0 ] [ ( u

min + u

max) /2 – PRP

u ] [ 0 ]

[ 0 1 SHy 0 ] [ ( v

min + v

max) /2 – PRP

v ] = [ 0 ]

[ 0 0 1 0 ] [ 0 – PRPn ] [ DoP

z ]

[ 0 0 0 1 ] [ 1 ] [ 1 ]

So, DoPz = – PRP

n

Solve for SHx and SH

y and get

SHx = ( ( u

min + u

max) /2 – PRP

u ) / PRP

n

SHy = ( ( v

min + v

max) /2 – PRP

v ) / PRP

n


Scale5. A few notes about the diagram that shows the scaling

There is a mistake where y= (vmax

– vmin

)/2 and y= -(vmax

– vmin

)/2 are

pointing to the top of the back clipping plane. Instead they should be

pointing to the top of the viewing window which is the middle vertical line.

Second, the diagram shows a value vrp'z which is equal to -PRP

n


Scale5. scaling done in 2 steps

first scale in x and y (to make the sloped planes be unit slopes)second scale uniformly (in x,y,z) so that back clipping plane is at z = -1,

and the unit slopes remain unit slopes

To scale in x and y we have a matrix of the form:[ s

x1 0 0 0 ]

[ 0 sy1

0 0 ][ 0 0 1 0 ][ 0 0 0 1 ]

From the diagram (a) y= -(vmax

– vmin

)/2 is the y value of the bottom of the window.

We want that bottom side of the view volume to lie on the y=z plane which is a unit slope, so we want y= -(v

max – v

min )/2 = z.

z for the viewing window is -PRPn . So, we need to figure out what scale

factor will make -(vmax

– vmin

)/2 equal to -PRPn .

sy1

= 2 PRPn / (v

max – v

min )


Scale5. (see diagram)

This is similar in the x direction, but the viewing window range in x direction

is (umax

to umin

) so, to scale in x and y so that the 4 sloped planes are unit

slope, we set the scales to be:

sx1

= 2 PRPn / (u

max – u

min )

sy1

= 2 PRPn / (v

max – v

min )


Scale5. (see diagram)

to then scale so that back clipping plane is at z = -1 (do the scaling uniformly

(in x y and z) so that the 4 sloped planes remain unit slope.) We have a

matrix of the form

[ sx2

0 0 0 ]

[ 0 sy2

0 0 ][ 0 0 s

z2 0 ]

[ 0 0 0 1 ]we want the z = -PRP

n + B plane to be the z = -1 plane . So, we need to

figure out what scale factor will make -PRPn + B be -1.

sx2

= -1 / (-PRPn + B)

sy2

= -1 / (-PRPn + B)

sz2

= -1 / (-PRPn + B)

where B is the distance to the back clipping plane from -PRPn


Scale5. final scale matrix S

per =

[ sx2

0 0 0 ] [ sx1

0 0 0 ]

[ 0 sy2

0 0 ] [ 0 sy1

0 0 ][ 0 0 s

z2 0 ] [ 0 0 1 0 ]

[ 0 0 0 1 ] [ 0 0 0 1 ]


Perspective NormalizationComposite matrix transformation to do Normalization of arbitrary perspective

projection view volume to canonical view volume

Nper

= Sper

SHper

T(-PRP) R T(-VRP)

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CS 325 Introduction to Computer Graphics 02 / 26 / 2010 Instructor: Michael Eckmann