Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 12:14:58  (Central Daylight Time)
   From: Mark Jacobson <jacobson@cns.uni.edu>
     To: 810-088-11-fall@uni.edu
Subject: Maya Lighting/Rendering, Wine Glass, Baseball Bat project...

Hi Maya students,

     Due date:  Wednesday, October 8th.

http://www.cs.uni.edu/~jacobson/maya/lights/LampBaseballBatWineGlass.html

http://www.cs.uni.edu/~jacobson/maya/info.html

Wednesday, October 1st: Lights, Lamps, Rendering, Shadows project to light
                        a scene that has a floor,
                                           two lamps,
                                           one wine glass
                                       and one baseball bat.
Prerequisites and resources:

1. Read and reread and take notes/draw pictures on the following: Luxo
   Lamp and Maya Lighting explanation and links. Consuming some INK will
   help you to thINK and understand the concepts. Then the process of doing
   the project will FLOW more smoothly and your ability with Maya will GROW
   more considerably. If the INK don't flow, the understanding don't grow.

   BICTION is very important during class and outside of class.
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   Take note of this and take notes during class!!!

2. Michael O'Rourke tutorial is linked to from this page: Class #14
   review includes the User ID and Password needed to access the Luxo Lamp
   Hierarchy concepts tutorial.

3. Video tutorial: Modeling a wineglass using Polygons should be
   followed to learn the techniques of Poly Mesh modeling in making your
   wineglass. You will probably enjoy the Aussie accent of the teacher.

4. Here are some examples of what the Rendered assignment might look like:

5. Further information about RENDERING.
            (CHECK BACK ON WEDNESDAY EVENING - October 1st).

6. How to publish examples of your RENDERED work as JPEG files and
   upload the masterpiece to sunny.uni.edu so I and your friends your give
   the URL too can look at it at:

    http://www.uni.edu/yourUserIDatUNi/lampsBatWine1.jpg
    http://www.uni.edu/yourUserIDatUNi/lampsBatWine2.jpg
    http://www.uni.edu/yourUserIDatUNi/lampsBatWine3.jpg

    to see the scene from several different Tumbled, Tracked and Dollied
perspectives and appreciate the colors and shadows and geometry.

            (CHECK BACK ON FRIDAY EVENING - October 3rd).
            (Be in lab on FRIDAY Morning - October 3rd).

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      Your     sunny.uni.edu     account

  and your     http://www.uni.edu/yourUNIuserID    web site
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     You will be given your new sunny.uni.edu account on Friday during
the hands-on class.  Some of you already have sunny.uni.edu accounts
from the past.  If you have not used your old sunny.uni.edu account
yet this fall, PLEASE TRY TO LOGIN to it BEFORE FRIDAY.  Go to the
CCC (Computer Consulting Center) ahead of time if you forgot your
password or your password does not work).  The CCC is on the bottom
or the first floor of our ITTC (old East Gym) classroom and lab building.
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      Your     sunny.uni.edu     account

  and your     http://www.uni.edu/yourUNIuserID    web site
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     See you in the lab on Friday at 9 a.m. or before.

     StudioIT 1 lab on 2nd floor (ITT 134).

     Mark