Graphics Pipeline

The 3D Graphics PipelineScene graphObject geometry

Modeling Transformations

Illumination

Illumination

NN

Camera

Surface

LightSource

Viewing Transform

Clipping and Projection

Projection

• Projection transform– Apply perspective foreshortening• Distant = small: the pinhole camera model

– View coordinates a screen coordinates

Rasterization and Display

Rasterization

Importance of Transformation