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 Autodesk Mudbox 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	Adv Modeling: Retopology \| Quad Draw
25-Aug	26-Aug	Intro to 3D modeling Keyboard shortcuts	26-Aug	Lab: work in class	Lab: work in class	Lab: work in class
27-Aug	28-Aug	3-D Modeling md1 \| md2 \| md3 \| md4 \| md5	28-Aug	3-D Modeling: Ngons \| more tools Trees, rocks, leaves	Adv Modeling: Retopology Invalid polygon geometry Digital sculpting: Mudbox \| Sculpting	Texturing Worn edges aiStandardSurface \| aiMixshader \| aiCurvature \| aiNoise \| aiRange
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	Baking texture
3-Sep	4-Sep	Assignment 1	4-Sep	Lab: work in class	1st Critique	1st Critique
8-Sep	9-Sep	Lab: work in class	9-Sep	Lab: work in class	Lab: work in class	Lab: work in class
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 UV Mapping Substance Painter	Rigging
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	2nd Critique
22-Sep	23-Sep	Lab: work in class	23-Sep	Texturing UV Mapping Substance Painter Assignment 3: Texturing	2nd Critique	Lab: work in class
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	Animation Set driven key
1-Oct	2-Oct	Texturing (coloring)	2-Oct	Assignment 4: Lighting	Rigging Paint Skin Weights IK Handle Eye blinking	Lab: work in class
6-Oct	7-Oct	Fall break	7-Oct	Fall break	Fall break	Fall break
8-Oct	9-Oct		9-Oct	Rigging	Continued
13-Oct	14-Oct		14-Oct		Constraints	3rd Critique
15-Oct	16-Oct	Lab: work in class	16-Oct
20-Oct	21-Oct	Lighting Assignment 4	21-Oct	Continued	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	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	Lab: work in class
3-Nov	4-Nov	Camera Assignment 5	4-Nov	Lab: work in class	4th Critique	4th Critique
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
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		2-Dec
3-Dec	4-Dec	Final due	4-Dec	Final due	Final due	Final due