CS 4803B
Introduction to Computer Animation

Winter 1999
College of Computing 102
Class: MW 4:30-6
Hackfests: Monday evenings in the SGI Lab

Instructor

Jessica Hodgins

jkh@cc.gatech.edu

214 College of Computing (inside the Animation Lab)

894-9763

Office Hours: Just drop by or send email to schedule an appointment.

Teaching Assistant

Cindy Leistner

leistner@cc.gatech.edu

CoC 226D, 894-9390 or CoC 206 (Animation Lab), 894-4998

General Information

• storyboard, light, compose, and render an animated sequence
• use various animation techniques to produce motion for an animated sequence
• read and critically evaluate the current literature in computer animation

There is one required text for the class:

• Alias/Wavefront Learning Maya 1.0 Manual SGI
  Available from the bookstore or from http://www.journeyed.com/ Item #45641059.

There are several optional texts for the class:

• George Maestri, Digital Character Animation.
  New Riders Publishing, ISBN: 1562055593.

• Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnson, Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life.
  Hyperion; ISBN: 0786860707.

• Isaac Victor Kerlow, The Art of 3-D Computer Animation and Imaging.
  Van Nostrand Reinhold ISBN: 0442018967.

Animation Teams

Syllabus

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Week of	Mon	Wed
January 4	No class	Introduction and Storyboarding Supplemental Reading Assignment 1 out
January 11	Scene Composition Reading: Kerlow pp237-246	In class presentations of storyboards
January 18	No Class	In class presentations of storyboards Assignment 1 due Assignment 2 out
January 25	In class meeting to work on storyboards	Modeling in Maya NURBS and polygons
February 1	Principles of Animation Reading: Thomas and Johnston pp15-44 Keyframing and Interpolation Skeletons and Inverse Kinematics	Particle Systems Supplemental Reading
February 8	Facial Animation	Editing Assignment 2 due Assignment 3 out
February 15	Lighting	Rendering and Texture Maps pics
February 22	Motion Capture Technology Reading: Kerlow pp275-281 Reading: White Paper from SGI	Sound Guest Speaker: James Oliverio
March 1	Guest Speaker: Wayne Wooten, Pixar Assignment 3 due Assignment 4 out	Processing and Modifying Motion Capture Data Reading: The Process of Motion Capture: Dealing with the Data Computer Animation and Simulation '97. Proceedings of the Eurographics Workshop.
March 8	Guest Speaker: Heather Pritchett Disney	Presentation and Critique of Animations Assignment 4 due

Assignments

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