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 322
Lab: Sieg 329

Lab Re-Imaging: Sat 2 - 6 AM
Lab machines in Sieg 329 are unavailable during the re-imaging process.

Course Calendar
Office Hours

Grading
- Grading Criteria
- The Golden Rules
Personnel
- Staff Mailing List:
  cse458-staff [at] cs.washington.edu
- Instructor: Barbara Mones
- Staff: Anna, Johnathan, Melissa, Robert
- STAFF OFFICE HOURS (TBA)

PROJECTS

Production Wiki
Maya Exercises
"Laws" of Animation
Turn-in Instructions / Student File Instructions

Critique Analysis
Due with each project at 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: Basic and Character Rigging

Project #6: Animation or Effects

Project #7: Character Animation, Rendering, & Production Conventions

EXTRAS

Resources
- Templates:
- Principles of Traditional Animation Applied
  to 3D Computer Animation - by John Lasseter
Links
- Tractor Dashboard
  Accessed from the lab machines
- Sieg 329 Lab Information
- Animation Capstone Films
  Completed films from previous years
- Learning-Maya.com - Good tutorials
- CGSociety.org - Everything
- 3DTotal.com - News, textures & etc.
- TurboSquid.com - Free textures
- Highend3D.com - Textures, tools, etc.

University of Washington, Seattle - 2012