GPH 338 | Computer Animation Survey (Practical Environment: MAYA)
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Lecture Plan
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Week 11
Lecture Plan
Week 01
(01/03/2007)
Course overview; intro to 3D; get familiar with Maya interface; try some basic box modeling.
Week 02
(01/10/2007)
Topics on Poly vs. NURBS & subDiv, ex: Box Modeling hand and character
Week 03
(01/17/2007)
Topics on Key frame, transformations, modifiers, path animation; ex: butterfly path animation with some scripting;
Week 04
(01/24/2007)
Topics on UV, Texture, Lights, Cameras and Rendering
Week 05
(01/31/2007)
Character Animation I: Rigging, skining/Paint Weight, IK vs FK.
Week 06
(02/07/2007)
Character Animation II: ex: sackbag walk cycle with personality.
Week 07
(02/14/2007)
Intro Facial Animation, Morphing/ Blend shape...
Week 08
(02/21/2007)
Postproduction (AfterEffects) Compression, File formats
Week 09
(02/28/2007)
Topics on Particle Systems, Dynamics, Cloth.
Week 10
(03/07/2007)
Topics on MoCap, live animation
Week 11
(03/14/2007)
Final Presentation