CSE 459 - Computer Animation

CSE 459 builds on the basic principles learned in 458 to cover advanced topics in lighting, compositing, rigging, effects, and motion. Aspects of the film to be produced in spring quarter will also be developed, specifically: concept art, character models, and signature shot.

Time: TTh 10:30 - 11:50 AM
Place: Sieg 322
Lab: Sieg 325

Lab Re-Imaging: Saturday from 3am to 6am. Lab machines in Sieg 325, 322, 332 are unavailable during the re-imaging process and you will be logged off if you are logged in. Remember to save all of your work on Friday night and log off.

ADMINISTRATIVE

Course Calendar

Grading
Personnel
- Staff Mailing List:
  cse459-staff@cs.washington.edu
- Instructor: Barbara Mones
- Staff: Brian, Jason, Nick, Robert G, Robert F
- STAFF OFFICE HOURS

PROJECTS

Maya Exercises
Turn-in Instructions / Student File Instructions

Projects

Project #1:
- A) Shading Networks
- B) Scene Shading
Project #2: Scene Lighting
Project #3: Effects
Project #4: Write-up (groups)
- Effects - Tutorial
- Shading/Lighting - Assignment
- Rigging - Advanced Tutorial,
  Hand Rigging, Wing Rigging

PRODUCTION

Signature Shots Project

RESOURCES

Demo Materials
- 1/26/10, 1/28/10 - Rigging: Outline
Reading
- Maya Cheat Sheet
- Context Menus (right click menus)
- The Hotbox (space bar menu)
- The Shelf
- Animatic Notes
- Lighting Concepts
- Renderfarm (also see Production Rendering)
- Posing a Character
- Storyboarding the Simpsons Way - Chris Roman
- Principles of Traditional Animation Applied
  to 3D Computer Animation - John Lasseter
Links
- Learning-Maya.com - good tutorials
- CGSociety.org - everything
- 3DTotal.com - news, textures & etc.
- TurboSquid.com - free textures
- Highend3D.com - textures, tools, etc.
- ConceptArt.org - awesome 2D

University of Washington, Seattle - 2010