CS 4480: Digital Video Special Effects (Spring 2003)

Instructor:

CoCB 102

TA:

Tuesday - Thursday 4:35pm-5:55pm

TA:

Schedule

Final Projects: (See Videos!)

1. "Life in Paints" (Brigante, Gruetzmacher, Tyman)
   A 3D painting from 2D image. (Effect: Tour into the Picture)

2. "Das Tattoo" (Chambless, MacTavish, Rodrigue
   Digital painted moving Tattoos. (Effect: Tracking and CG alignment)

3. "Blind Date" (Bailey, Hurst, Yeh)
   Getting ready for a date. (Effect: Combining faces)

4. "Smoker" (Rashaan Griffith, Kevin Linebarger, Alex Powell)
   A person who really smokes, literally. (Effect: Digital Smoke)

5. "Done in 40 seconds" (Bath, Shraybman, Lane, Norbury)
   How students spend hours for 40 seconds of fame. (Effect: View Morphing)

6. "High Tech Toys" (Lawler, Meyer, Woehler)
   A student uses vanishing powers. (Effect: Cloaked person)

7. "JointPlus 3000" (Burghardt, Franslay, Kung)
   An ad for more flexible joints. (Effect: Motion Retargetting)

8. "Where's Your Hall Pass?" (Beck, Foster, Ifedayo Ojomo)
   A student lost in the hallways without a pass. (Effect: Fire and Merging Videos)

9. "Hostage Point" (Ashraf, Ebrahimi, Shah)
   Rescue of Hostages using X-ray vision. (Effect: Compositing video, tracking).

10. "The Getaway" (Colatrella, Parnin, Lin)
    Ability to morph objects and people aid in a "getaway." (Effect: Metamorphosis)

11. "Industrial Hazard" (Champney, Wallace, Fiano)
    A person looses an arm after an interacting with a hazard. (Effect: Tracking /Replacing an Arm)

12. "Beauty Cream 9001" (Mikulka, Quinn, Zaki)
    An ad for a beauty cream. (Effect: Face Deformations)

Guest Speakers

• Maribeth Gandy (IMTC / Georgia Tech) TBD

• Diane Gromala (LCC / Georgia Tech) TBD

• Jerome Solomon (PDI/Dreamworks) 4/1/2003

• Wayne Wooten (Pixar) 4/3/2003

Acknowledgements

• Georgia Tech Technology Lisc. Fee
• Dean, College of Computing (CoC)
• Computing and Network Services, CoC.
• Equipment
  • Intel
  • HP
• Software
  • PIXAR (Renderman)
  • Alias|Wavefront (MAYA at Academic Discount)

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Upcoming Deadlines

• Feb 4 (Tue) NOON: Assignment #1 Due
• Feb 13 (Thu) NOON: Assignment #2a Due
• Feb 18 (Tue):  Critique #1 Due in CLASS  
• Feb 20 (Thu) NOON: Assignment #2b Due  
• Feb 25 (Tue) NOON: Project Proposal Due  
• Mar 13 (Thu) NOON: Mid Term Report Due
• Mar 18 (Tue): Critique #2 Due in CLASS
• Mar 25, Apr 2, 9: Project Updates in CLASS  
• April 10: Final Projects Initial Screening 
• April 24: Final Projects External Screening  
• May 2, 10:50am: EVERYTHING has to be SUBMITTED

Consultants

• Clint Hidinger (Modeling/MAYA)
• Steve Park (MoCAP)
• Spencer Reynolds (Editing, VIPER)
• Gabriel Brostow (Last year's TA)
• CPL Grad Students (as needed!)