Graphics Pipeline

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Graphics (rendering) pipeline
Viewing Geometry Processing World Coordinates
(floating point)
Rendering Pixel Processing Screen Coordinates
(integer)
Conservative VSD Selective traversal of object
database (or traverse scene graph to get CTM)
Transform Vertices To canonical view
volume
Light at Vertices Calculate light intensity at
vertices (lighting model of choice)
Conservative VSD Back-face Culling
Conservative VSD View Volume Clipping
Image- precision VSD Compare pixel
depth (Z-buffer)
Shading Interpolate color values (Gouraud) or
normals (Phong)
per polygon
per pixel of polygon
avd November 9,
2004 VSD 6/48
avd November 5,
2002 VSD 5/45