1. 788.14D - Computer Animation Instructor: Rick Parent DL787

2. Animation Animating - Making something appear to
move that doesn’t move itself
Motion Control Techniques and Algorithms
Procedural Animation is Emphasized
NOT: Aesthetics
Animation Production
Digital Post-Processing

3. The Class In-Class Grading Midterm Lectures Final Videos Project
Project reports

4. Lectures Animation, History, Production, Math Low-Level Techniques
Higher-Level Algorithms
Modeling Natural Phenomena
Modeling and Animating Human Figures

5. Videos Conventional Animation (e.g. Disney)
Previous Animations from Class
Historic Computer Animation
Recent Computer Animations

6. Student Animation Project
Vignette
Short action sequence
Part of a story
Use a procedural model
Composition
Camera control
Lighting

7. Student Animation Project
Design and present storyboard
Give progress reports
Present final project

8. Student Presentations
Rough Story
Storyboard (revised)
Detailed Storyboard and sample stills
Sample stills and low-quality rendering of sequences
Finished sequence

9. Storyboard A house on a grassy area A space ship flies in
It finally lands
The ship destroys the house
It flies away
Fade out

10. Class Software
C++ and OpenGL
AL and Renderman
Houdini
Maya
POV

11. Editing System
“Animation PC” in DL680
ACCAD

12. Motion Specification and Control
Techniques: Aids to user
Interpolation
Path following
Keyframing
Languages
Morphing
Algorithms: Procedures
Inverse kinematics
Physics of rigid bodies
Flexible bodies
Particle systems
Flocking
Autonomous Behavior
Figure animation
Reaching, Walking
Facial animation
Clothes
Hair
Skin
Natural phenomena
Plants
Water
Clouds
Fire

13. Immediate Tasks Form into groups Start thinking of animation project
Check out editing system
Choose and familiarize yourself with software