State-of-the-Art OpenGL with Qt

This 5-day, hands-on course provides an introduction to modern OpenGL using programmable shader pipelines. It introduces the use of the Qt framework for infrastructure and support to quickly achieve highly efficient and visually appealing, state-of-the-art, interactive graphics applications. The class covers basic topics such as handling of geometry, graphics pipeline, transformations as well as advanced topics such as vertex, fragment and geometry shaders and their applications. Qt and C++ based Labs are designed to let participants experiment with OpenGL easily in order to deepen the understanding of the material.

Course Availability: On-site, Open Enrollment
Duration: 5 days

Course Prerequisites

Working knowledge of C++ programming
Basic knowledge of geometry
Previous experience with OpenGL and/or Qt is not required

Mandatory computer requirements

Course Outline

This course will be roughly divided into four 90 minute sections and each section will target an even mix of lecture and labs. The goal is to give students plenty of time to experiment with the lab material.

The class uses Qt-5.9.1 and is based on Qt's OpenGL integration classes QOpenGLWidget and QOpenGLWindow.
Course material is divided into four 90 minute sections per day and each section will target an even mix of lecture and labs. The goal is to give students plenty of time to experiment with the lab material.

Larger OpenGL Topics are organized into parts that are not necessarily equal in length as follows:

Part 1 – The Basic

What is OpenGL
Steps to Render a Scene with OpenGL
Qt’s OpenGL Support
OpenGL Rendering Pipeline
Shaders
Labs: Contexts and Windows, Draw Triangles

Part 2 – Qt Refresher

Lab: Wavefront .obj File Reader (Relevant to the Rest of the Course)

Part 3 – GLSL

OpenGL Shading Language
in Detail
Lab: Rectangles, Grids

Part 4 – A Day at the Movies

Vertices and Vectors
Models and Cameras, the Model-View Transformation
Demo Programs
Matrices
Depth and Culling
Simplest Possible Light Model
Lab: Three Dimensional Objects

Part 5 – Directing the Scene

Primitives
Indexed Drawing
Vertex Array Objects (VAO)
Handling Multiple Components
of Objects
Lab: Three Dimensional Scenes

Part 6 – Let there be Light

Let There be Light (at the End of the Tunnel?)
Lab: Diffuse Light Model, ADS (Phong) Light Model, Multiple Lights

Part 7 – Textures

Texture Basics
Textures, Images, Samplers
Multiple Textures
Qt Support for Textures
CubeMap
Labs: Multiple Textures, Cube Map

Part 8 – More Textures

Textures Advanced
FrameBuffer Objects
Lab: Framebuffer Objects

Part 9 – Advanced OpenGL

Geometry Shaders
Vertex Displacement Shaders
Animating Textures
Image Based Techniques
Procedural Texturing with Noise
Mapping Explained, Specular, Occlusion, Alpha, Environment, Bump
Labs

Part 10 – More Advanced OpenGL

More Advanced Topics (Spotlight, Fog, Smoke, Shadows, Cartoon Shading)
Reflection and Refraction with Cubemaps
Point Sprites
Transform Feedback and Particle Systems
Instanced Rendering

Part 11 – Timing is Everything

QtOpenGLExtensions Module
OpenGL Debugging and Timing with Qt

Part 12 – Qt and OpenGL

Integration of OpenGL and QtQuick, Custom OpenGL QQuickItem
QPainter on QOpenGLPaintDevice

Qt3DPart 13 – Optimizations

Best Practices
GLSL Optimizations
Vertex Specification Best Practices
Common Mistakes
Convert GL 3.3 to GLES 2.0

Download Course Description:

ICS_CourseDescritions_OpenGLQt.pdf

Dates	Course	Location	Early Bird**	Price	Register
June 11, 2018 to June 15, 2018	State-of-the-Art OpenGL with Qt	Sunnyvale, CA	$2,495	$2,995	Register
June 18, 2018 to June 22, 2018	State-of-the-Art OpenGL with Qt	Washington D.C.	$2,495	$2,995	Register
August 13, 2018 to August 17, 2018	State-of-the-Art OpenGL with Qt	Virginia / Washington, DC	$2,495	$2,995	Register
September 17, 2018 to September 21, 2018	State-of-the-Art OpenGL with Qt	Sunnyvale, CA	$2,495	$2,995	Register
November 5, 2018 to November 9, 2018	State-of-the-Art OpenGL with Qt	Waltham, MA	$2,495	$2,995	Register

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