CSE 458 - Computer Animation

CSE 458 introduces basic principles, such as modeling, shading, lighting and motion, of computer generated animation. Students from Art, DXArts, CSE, and various other backgrounds team up on projects to be built on commercially-available modeling and lighting packages.

Time: TTh 10:30 - 11:50 AM
Place: Sieg 332
Lab: Sieg 329

Lab Re-Imaging: Sat 2 - 6 AM

Lab machines in Sieg 332/329 are unavailable during the re-imaging process.

	ADMINISTRATIVE
	Course Calendar Grading Grading Criteria The Golden Rules Personnel Staff Mailing List: cse458-staff [at] cs.washington.edu Instructor: Barbara Mones Staff: Erin Caswell Amanda Cook Robert Forsberg Zixing Guo Ashley Nguyen Ben Schiffler Staff Lab Hours Erin: W 1:00-5:00, TTh 1:30-2:30 Amanda: TTh 1:30-6:30 Zixing: Th 1:30-5:30, F 1:30-5:00 Ashley: MWF 10:30-1:30 Ben: M 3:30-6:00, F 1:30-5:30
	PROJECTS
	Production Wiki Maya Exercises Student File Instructions Critique Analysis Due into Collect-It on Catalyst with each project by 11:59 PM Project #1: Basic and Hand Modeling Project #2: Head Modeling Project #3: Shading and Texturing Project #4: Basic and Room Lighting Project #5: Object and Character Rigging Project #6: Effects Project #7: Mouse Trap Project #8: Preproduction
	RESOURCES
	Documents Templates: Storyboard Sheet - 4:3 Storyboard Sheet - 16:9 - small Storyboard Sheet - 16:9 - large Thumbnail sheet "Laws" of Animation Principles of Traditional Animation Applied to 3D Computer Animation - by John Lasseter Links Course Links Tractor Dashboard Renderfarm access from the lab machines Sieg 329 Lab Information Animation Capstone Films Completed films from previous years External Links Maya Student Version - Free version of Maya for students. 11 Second Club - Monthly animation competition. Provides free rigs and animation tips. Maya Learning Channel - YouTube channel with various Maya tutorials. CGSociety.org - Everything 3DTotal.com - News, textures & etc. TurboSquid.com - Some free textures and models. Highend3D.com - Textures, tools, etc.