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CSS 305 - Interdisciplinary Information
Technology: Fall 2004 Room: UW2-140 M/W: 3:30
– 5:35pm |
Announcements:
ü Here is the link to the evaluation site.
ü Each person must submit one form.
ü PLEASE do not evaluate your group!
ü Here is an example story I try to tell.
ü Storyboard due time: 3:30pm Dec 6, 2004.
ü Final Product due time: 3:30pm Dec 15, 2004.
Syllabus:
Instructor: Phone: (425) 352-5420 Email: ksung@u.washington.edu |
Office Hours: Tuesday 3-5pm (or
by appointment) Office: UW1-339 |
We
will be learning:
In this course we
will use the creation of computer generated animations as means to study the field
of Computer Graphics. Specifically, we will study the essential foundations of
Computer Graphics: Modeling, Rendering, and Animation. We will acquire the
knowledge behind each of these foundations with hands-on experimentation and
practices. Through these interactions, we will gain in-depth understandings of
how special effects in mass media are created. At the same time, we will become
more confident computer users with comprehensive appreciation for sophisticated
modern applications and how information is organized on modern computer
systems.
Textbooks:
Required Text:
Michael
O’Rourke, Principles of
Three-Dimensional Computer Animation 3rd edition, Norton &
Company, 2003.
Reference Tutorial (there are
20 copies of this book on-reserved in the library):
Learning
Maya™ 5 | Foundation, Maya Press, ISBN: 1-894893-34-4, 2003.
Reference Text:
·
Dariush Derakhshani, Introducing Maya 5: 3D for Beginners, Sybex, 2003.
·
Isaac Kerlow, The art of 3D Computer Animation and Effects
3rd edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2003.
·
Anne Morgan Spalter, The Computer In the Visual Arts, Addison
Wesley, 1999.
Grading:
Final Project 25%
Projects Assignments (4-5) 55-65%
In-class
Quiz (4-6) 10-20%
Approximated
Schedule:
Week |
Topics |
Readings |
Date |
Assignment |
1 |
Story telling and Computer Animation |
Chap 1 |
Sep 29 |
Assign:
Project 1 (5% - on using the Tools) |
2 |
Intro to Modern Animation
Tools Modeling: Coordinate Systems and Transformations |
Chap 2 LMF: 5 & 6 (Reading only) |
Oct
4 Oct
6 |
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3 |
Modeling: Common Techniques |
Chap 2 |
Oct
11 Oct 13 |
Due:
Project 1 Assign:
Project 2 (on Modeling) |
4 |
Modeling: Grouping/Hierarchies |
Chap2 LMF: 13 (stop at p263) |
Oct
18 Oct 20 |
|
5 |
Rendering: Camera and 3D Viewing |
Chap 3 LMB: 11 |
Oct
25 Oct 27 |
Due:
Project 2 Assign:
Project 3 (on Rendering) |
6 |
Rendering: Lighting/Shading/Texturing |
Chap 3 LMB: Finish 12 & 13 |
Nov
1 Nov 3 |
|
7 |
Rendering: Batch image generation |
|
Nov
8 Nov 10 |
Due:
Project 3 Assign:
Project 4 (on Animation) |
8 |
Animation: Keyframing and Interpolation |
Chap 4 LMF: 9 & 10 |
Nov
15 Nov 17 |
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9 |
Guest Lecturer: Robert Riedl
(Her Interactive) Thanksgiving
– no class |
Chap 4 |
Nov
22 Nov 24 |
Assign: Final Project |
10 |
Guest Lecturer: Constantin
Behler (UWB) Animation: Constraints, Motion Path |
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Nov
29 Dec 1 |
Due:
Project 4 |
11 |
Presentation: Storyboard presentation Animation: Final wrap up |
|
Dec
6 Dec 8 |
Due: Final Project: Storyboard. |
12 |
Final Project Demonstrations (in class) |
|
Dec 15 |
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*Chapter
numbers are reference to our textbook. *LMF
#–Refers to Learning Maya Foundation 5 Lesson # |
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Here are some general
information/policies for this class
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If you
have a disability and wish to discuss academic accommodations, please contact Rosa
Lundborg at Student Affairs (425-352-5307) as soon as
possible. I will coordinate with the University to ensure that the appropriate
accommodations are made in this class.
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If you
have any problem with this course, please talk to me as soon as possible. Please let me help in anyway I could, but I
have to know there is a problem. If you should fall behind in this class, it
will be difficult to catch up.
Some
inspirations from the past:
1. Project 2: On Modeling (Have you seen these posters before? J)
2. Project 3: Rendering (Animation is not there yet, but we were learning J)
3. Final Project: Story Telling (Now, everything should look cool J)
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