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DMS 424 (Programming Graphics 2) will be for 3 credits next spring.
In the future, 423 & 424 will be 4 credits each.

Anyone who will be 1 or 2 credits short of graduating because of this can do an independent study or other small course to make up the difference - see Merideth.

Possible topics:

• Alpha transparency
• Advanced texturing:
  • Texture animation
  • Texgen
  • Lightmaps
  • Multitexturing
• Multipass rendering
• Physics of motion
• Springs
• Particle systems
• Flocking
• Scene graphs
• Vertex & pixel shaders
• Video interaction
• Volume rendering
• Shadows
• Networking