Computer Animation

Schedules
*unless otherwise noted, previous lessons will be continued on the dates with blank columns.

Date	Date	Anim 210 Intro to Comp Anim	Date	Anim 310 Comp Anim I	Anim 344 Comp Anim II	Anim 444 Comp Anim III
18-Aug	19-Aug	Course overview: Program web \| Blackboard Autodesk Maya Educational license Tutorials \| Forums Showcases	19-Aug	Course overview: Program web \| Blackboard Autodesk Maya Educational license Tutorials \| Forums Showcases	Course overview: Program web \| Blackboard Autodesk Maya Autodesk Mudbox Tutorials Showcases Project info & Storyboard	Course overview: Program web \| Blackboard Autodesk Maya Tutorials Showcases Project info & Storyboard
20-Aug	21-Aug	Computer Animation - Career Path Getting Started	21-Aug	3-D Modeling: Mug \| Shelf \| USB drive \| Spoon \| Wire \| Lighthouse	Adv Modeling: Box modeling: Buttons \| Patterns \| Rope \| Perforated Tube	Inspirations Animation festivals What makes an animation good? Colors in animation Early career
25-Aug	26-Aug	Intro to 3D modeling Keyboard shortcuts	26-Aug	Continued	Continued	Pre-production Idea Generation Script Writing (if applicable) Storyboarding
27-Aug	28-Aug	3-D Modeling md1 \| md2 \| md3 \| md4 \| md5	28-Aug	3-D Modeling: Retopology \| Quad Draw	Adv Modeling: Digital sculpting: Mudbox \| Sculpting	Pre-production
1-Sep	2-Sep	Labor Day (University Closed) *Sep 1 only 3-D Modeling md6 \| md7 \| md8 \| md9 \| md10	2-Sep	Assignment 1: Modeling I	Adv Modeling: NURBS Modeling: Revolve \| Loft \| Birail \| Extrude	1st Critique storyboard and specification
3-Sep	4-Sep	Assignment 1	4-Sep	Lab: work in class	1st Critique	Lab: work in class
8-Sep	9-Sep	Lab: work in class	9-Sep	Lab: work in class	Lab: work in class	Production process 3D Layout 3D Modeling
10-Sep	11-Sep	Lab: work in class	11-Sep	3-D Modeling Characters Character samples Assignment 2: Modeling II	Texturing Deform, Float Bump vs Displacement Substance Painter Baking texture	Lab: work in class
15-Sep	16-Sep	Assignment 2	16-Sep	Lab: work in class	Lab: work in class	Lab: work in class
17-Sep	18-Sep	3-D Modeling: Low-poly modeling Ngons	18-Sep	Lab: work in class	Lighting	Lab: work in class
22-Sep	23-Sep	Lab: work in class	23-Sep	Texturing UV Mapping Worn edges aiStandardSurface \| aiMixshader \| aiCurvature \| aiNoise \| aiRange Assignment 3: Texturing	2nd Critique	2nd Critique Present main 3D models
24-Sep	25-Sep	Lab: work in class	25-Sep	Continued	Lab: work in class	Lab: work in class
29-Sep	30-Sep	Texturing (coloring) Assignment 3	30-Sep	Lighting Camera	Camera Depth of Field Motion Blur	Production process 3D Texturing 3D Rigging VFX
1-Oct	2-Oct	Texturing (coloring)	2-Oct	Lab: work in class	Rigging Paint Skin Weights IK Handle Eye blinking Constraints	Lab: work in class
6-Oct	7-Oct	Fall break	7-Oct	Fall break	Fall break	Fall break
8-Oct	9-Oct	Continued	9-Oct	Assignment 4: Lighting Rigging Human, Animal	Continued	Lab: work in class
13-Oct	14-Oct	Lab: work in class	14-Oct	Continued	Continued	Lab: work in class
15-Oct	16-Oct	Lab: work in class	16-Oct	Continued	Continued	3rd Critique texturing, lighting and Rendering
20-Oct	21-Oct	Lighting Assignment 4	21-Oct	Lab: work in class	3rd Critique	Lab: work in class
22-Oct	23-Oct	Lighting	23-Oct	Rendering Editing Shooting ratio	Animation 12 Principles (Follow through) Graph Editor Shape Editor Set driven key	Lab: work in class
27-Oct	28-Oct	Lab: work in class	28-Oct	Assignment 5: Project Info & Storyboard Assignment 6: Animated cameras	Continued	Lab: work in class
29-Oct	30-Oct	Lab: work in class	30-Oct	Animation 12 Principles (Follow through) Graph Editor	FX Tablecloths \| Bed sheet \| Cushion Flag \| Gravity \| Shatter \| Snow \| Fire \| Water Boss Editor \| MASH	4th Critique Present draft of final and demo reel
3-Nov	4-Nov	Camera Assignment 5	4-Nov	Lab: work in class	4th Critique	Post-production Color correction Final output Sound
5-Nov	6-Nov	Rendering	6-Nov	In-progress critique	Lab: work in class	Lab: work in class
10-Nov	11-Nov	Lab: work in class	11-Nov	Lab: work in class	Lab: work in class	Lab: work in class
12-Nov	13-Nov	Lab: work in class	13-Nov	Lab: work in class	Lab: work in class	Lab: work in class
17-Nov	18-Nov	In-progress critique	18-Nov	In-progress critique	5th Critique	5th Critique Present rough cuts
19-Nov	20-Nov	Lab: work in class	20-Nov	Lab: work in class	Lab: work in class	Lab: work in class
24-Nov	25-Nov	Lab: work in class	25-Nov	Lab: work in class	Lab: work in class	Lab: work in class
26-Nov	27-Nov	Thanksgiving Break	27-Nov	Thanksgiving Break	Thanksgiving Break	Thanksgiving Break
1-Dec	2-Dec	Final due (Dec. 2nd)	2-Dec	Final due	Final due	Final due
3-Dec		Final due ((Dec. 3rd))