Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:29:16 -0500 (CDT)
    From: Mark Jacobson <jacobson@cns.uni.edu>
      To: 810-088-11-spring@uni.edu
 Subject: Lang 213 - Maya to After Effects to Flash on Monday...

Hello Maya students,

    Reminder:  We will have our last Monday class in Lang 213 on
                    this Monday, April 27th.

    1.  Download a Maya scene from the web site, possibly customize
        it by putting our own color or texture on one of the objects
        or revolving a curve to make a vase or cool shape.

    2.  Do a batch render of the Maya animation, probably 100 or 200
        frames long, to targa format.

    3.  Import the batch render as footage into an Adobe After Effect
        project.

    4.  Create an After Effects composition that is exactly the same
        time length as the targa footage adn exactly the same size
        (height and width).

    5.  If we have time, personalize your After Effects composition
        with a text layer, so it has your animated name in it, i.e.
        "Created by: Paula Panther" or "Samuel Student Productions".

    6.  Render the After Effects composition as Flash Video.

    7.  Start up Flash, add the .flv (Flash Video) file to a video player
        with a controller to start, stop, pause, and go full screen
        with the "movie".

    8.  Publish the Flash creating a flash SWF movie and an HTML to
        be the home for the SWF Flash movie.

    9.  Upload the SWF, the HTML, the .js and the .flv files to you
        sunny.uni.edu account.

        Note:  If you did not get logged into sunny.uni.edu today
               because of a password problem, go to the CCC
               (Computer Consulting Center) and get the problem
               password changed!  They are on 1st floor of our
               ITT building and they have Sunday hours and early
               Monday morning hours.  I am not sure about Saturday???

   10. The address of the file (one rendered frame that we created this
       morning in class of the bouncing ball that lands on a box after
       moving across the "stage" would be:

         http://www.uni.edu/jacobson/number10.jpg

         http://www.uni.edu/yourUserID/number10.jpg

         Note:  number10.jpg is NOT the same as Number10.jpg

                and NUMBER10.jpg is not the same as number10.jpg
                                 to the sunny.uni.edu web server!

    MONDAY - Lang 213 - Maya to After Effects to Flash on Monday...

    WEDNESDAY - EXAM (this is a TEST, it is not a quiz)

    Mark