December 7th thru December 19th: FINAL PROJECTS Fall 2009
12 projects done so far.

Is YOUR PROJECT here? FINAL PROJECTS Fall 2009

Send it in anytime during finals week as attachment to jacobson@cs.uni.edu
The Monday after finals week is still okay too. Just get it done!

 
   
 
 
Final Exam - 10-11:50 a.m. Wednesday, December 16
November 2nd to December 16th - last 5 weeks plus final exam.
GO TO previous 5 weeks - to Sep 28th thru Oct 30th - 2nd 5 weeks 810:088 Maya 3D Graphics web page.  
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
Week 11 Nov 02   Nov 04   Nov 06  

Link to October web page

Lamps assignment links and resources.

Link to October web page for LAMPS...

LAMPS assignment due by 10 p.m.

Email jacobson@cs.uni.edu with attachment.

Screen snapshots of RENDERED Lamps assignments - 13 students submitted so far. Last update - Thursday at noon 11/05.

Texturing - Quackers with UVs.
  1. Story boards for animation.

  2. STORYBOARD example! - Study the Story board for a drama involving path animations and lattice deformations.

  3. Spring 2009 Maya projects were each preceeded by a storyboard.
Assignment due on Monday.
Path Animation - animating an object along a path - aircraft takes off and lands.

Path Animation covered on 11/02 and 11/04. Study all of Lesson 3: Path Animation.

Lesson 3 PathAnim.mb Maya file.
To animate an object to do this type of motion smoothly with keyframe animation would require you to laboriously create and edit many keys for the motion. By having the object move along a curve, you can easily adjust the object's path by editing the curve.
StudioIT lab class

Animation Curves tutorials from 3DBuzz.

VIP: Inverse Kinematics readings and tutorial.

Links to VERY USEFUL resources from 3DBuzz, Wiley, Swinburne and Michael O'Rourke.
 
Week 12 Nov 09   Nov 11   Nov 13  

Assignment due: Final Project ideas - top ten list.

QUIZ SEVEN

QUIZ SEVEN

 Maya Dynamics and Effects: Pool table - trouble right here in River City, with a capital T!
 
Week 13 Nov 16   Nov 18   Nov 20

Assignment due: STORYBOARD tentative outline for final project.

Start your Final Project.

Maya to AE to FLV to Flash: Maya animations published to the web involves Maya, Adobe After Effects and Adobe Flash. 		Thanksgiving break begins!

November 21st thru November 29th.

 
Week 14 Nov 30   Dec 02   Dec 04  
Maya to AE to FLV to SWF and HTML published for the web. NOT ON QUIZ!

QUIZ EIGHT

Study Guide

Final Project

Final Project

 
Week 15 Dec 07   Dec 09   Dec 11  
Friday's lab review with Rain and the Expression Editor.

RAIN 

 User ID: mayatuts
Password: morourke
Expression Editor is another way to do animation. 		Sine Wave Bouncing Ball using Expression Editor to drive the animation. No Quiz

Final Exam next week

Final project due this week or anytime next week.

FINAL PROJECTS December 2009

Final Exam Study Guide/Outline is available here.
 

December 7th thru December 19th: FINAL PROJECTS Fall 2009
12 projects done so far.

Send it in anytime during finals week as attachment to jacobson@cs.uni.edu
The Monday after finals week is still okay too. Just get it done!

Final Exam - Wednesday, December 16th - 10-11:50 a.m.