The course calendar below gives the lecture topics, assignment and due dates for homeworks and projects, exam dates, times of project help sessions, and observed holidays. The calendar is subject to change during the quarter, and we will remind you as each of the due dates and help sessions comes near.
Week |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
1 |
September 25
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26 |
27 Introduction
Start looking for Impressionist partner |
28
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29 Introduction Displays Impressionist Assigned |
2 |
October 2 Displays Image Processing
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3
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4 Image Processing
|
5 |
6 Image Processing
HW #1 assigned |
3 |
9 Image Processing
|
10 |
11 Affine Transformations
Choose partners for Modeler |
12
Impressionist Due |
13 Affine Transformations Hierarchical Modeling
|
4 |
16 Hierarchical Modeling Projections
Impressionist Artifact Due |
17
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18 Projections
|
19 |
20 Projections
HW#1 Due |
5 |
23 Hidden Surfaces Shading
Choose partners for Trace |
24 |
25 Shading
|
26
Modeler Due |
27 Shading Ray Tracing Trace Assigned |
6 |
30 Ray Tracing
|
31
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November 1 Ray Tracing
|
2 |
3 Shading Ray Tracing
|
7 |
6 Anti-aliasing Distribution Ray Tracing |
7
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8 Distribution Ray Tracing Texture Mapping
HW#2 Assigned |
9
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10
No School: Veteran's Day Observed
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8 |
13 Texture Mapping Parametric Curves Choose Partners for Animator |
14
Trace Due |
15 Parametric Curves
Animator Assigned |
16
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17 Parametric Curves
Trace Artifact Due
|
9 |
20
Parametric Curves
|
21
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22 Particle Systems
HW#2 Due |
23
No School: Thanksgiving break |
24
No School: Thanksgiving break
|
10 |
27 Parametric surfaces
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28 |
29 Subdivision curves and surfaces |
30
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December 1 Principles of Traditional Animation Animator Due
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11
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4
Advanced topics |
5
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6
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7
Animation Snapshot due at Noon |
8 In Class Voting!
Animation Artifact Due at 9am |
| Finals week | 11 | 12 |
13
Final Exam 2:30 - 4:20
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14 | 15 |